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CANBERRA - Australian Labor Party Senator Doug Cameron has claimed that lawmakers under leadership of former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd behaved like "zombies".
CANBERRA - Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Attorney General Robert McClelland formally opened Australia's first counter-terrorism control center here on Thursday, even as the country's spy chief David Irvine revealed that hundreds of potential terrorist attacks on Australian interests are under investigation.
Canberra (Australia), Oct.19 (ANI): Australia will remain in Afghanistan after its troops complete their training mission in 2014 and be engaged there "through this decade at least", Prime Minister Julia Gillard said today.
SYDNEY - Police say a graphic video of an unarmed man who was zapped with a Taser 13 times shows an unacceptable misuse of stun guns, as questions are raised about how much the devices are used in Australia.
SYDNEY - Graphic video of police repeatedly stunning an unarmed man with a Taser has helped restart a debate about whether stun guns are being overused by authorities in Australia.
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