The Bank of England is expected this week to announce further quantitative easing while Australia is set to receive an interest-rate cut

Banker nicknamed ‘Fred the Shred’ for his ruthless cost-cutting at UK subsidiary of National Australia Bank

A shout out to all my fiends in Oz...enjoy the day and make it beaut! Australians all let us rejoice For we are young and free We've golden soil and wealth for toil, Our home is girt by sea: Our land abounds in nature's gifts Of beauty rich and rare, In history's page let every stage Advance Australia fair, In joyful strains then let us sing Advance Australia fair. Beneath our radia...

During a ceremony to mark the country’s annual Australia Day celebration in Canberra, Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, was forced to flee the event surrounded by police and bodyguards after being besieged by angry protesters demanding aboriginal rights. Supporters of aboriginal rights in Australia refer to the annual event marking Australia’s creation as ‘Invasian Day...

Don't worry, I don't mean the Indian economy or anything like that. Just their cricket team. Indulge me. Or just skip this. I promise you that this posting is pure cricket, and that it will shed no light whatever on Real Life. Australia are already one up in their four match series, at home against India, and game two just began in Sydney, late last night London time. India lost two earl...

Arinsal, Andorra. January 2011. Bourg Madame, France. January 2011. Roses, Spain. January 2011. Lisbon, Portugal. February 2011. Istanbul, Turkey. March 2011. Slunj, Croatia. April 2011. Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina. April 2011. Fez. Morocco. May 2011. Ceuta. May 2011. Algeciras, Spain. May 2011. Banwar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam, May 2011. Coolangatta, Australia. May 2011. Labuan, Ma...

With a hat tip to the Lowy Institute Blog, these are some interesting comments by Malcolm Turnbull, the Australian Shadow Minister for Communications and Broadband, and a very high ranking leader within Australia's Liberal Party. This is not the typical party line one often sees in the US or Australia, which from a political view, more frequently looks into the future of Asia in the context o...

A chilling film about the ‘Bodies in the Barrels’ murders in Australia favours realism over sensation.

South China sea disputes and US plan for a military base in Australia raised at Asean summit

Accord is a hugely important episode in the growing geopolitical contest between Beijing and Washington over the future of Asia