Apple Inc has been ordered to appear before Australia's parliament with fellow technology giants Microsoft Inc and Adobe Systems Inc to explain why local consumers pay so much for their products, despite the strong Aussie dollar. ...
02:15 PM, Feb 11, 2013
Australia's government and defence force commander apologised to hundreds of victims of abuse within the military on Monday, clearing the way for victims to receive compensation. In an address to Parliament, Defence Minister Stephen Smith acknowledged that soldiers, sailors and member of the air force had suffered abuse, often by superiors under the excuse of toughening up younger recruits, since the early 1950s. ...
02:57 PM, Nov 26, 2012
Sydney: The founder and leader of WikiLeaks, Julian Assange, plans to run for a seat in Australia's Upper House of Parliament, the anti-secrecy group announced on Twitter on Saturday. The comments could not be immediately confirmed. Australian-born Assange, 40, is currently under house arrest in Britain and fighting extradition to Sweden for questioning over alleged sex crimes. "We have discovered that it is possible for Julian Assange to run for...
05:23 PM, Mar 17, 2012
