Australia right to monitor Japanese whaling: PM
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Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Sunday said the threat of diplomatic action from Tokyo would not stop his government from gathering evidence against Japanese whalers to help stop the slaughter of the animals.
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A plan by Australia to extend its maritime security zone into New Zealand territorial waters has taken New Zealand by surprise. Australia&#39;s Prime Minister John Howard says ships destined for Australia could
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Australia on Wednesday urged Japanese whalers and environmental activists heading for a showdown in the Southern Ocean to show restraint, warning deaths could occur if anything went wrong.
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A popular Internet video accusing Australians of opposing Japanese whaling because of racism while brutally killing animals such as kangaroos and dingoes drew sharp government criticism Monday.
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Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda defends Japan's annual whale hunt, calling for a less emotional debate.
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Australia could send a customs ship to end a high-seas standoff in Antarctic waters by picking up two anti-whaling activists held on board a Japanese whaler, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Thursday.
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Australia will seal a security  relationship with Japan next week stronger than its defense  ties with any country except the United States, but Prime  Minister John Howard dismissed concerns it would harm ties with  China.
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_ Australia plans to closely monitor ships beyond its territorial waters in a move to boost the country&#39;s defenses against possible terror attacks on its soil and offshore oil and gas facilities, Prime Minister John Howard said
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Australia's prime minister posts a video on YouTube warning against violent protests at the Apec summit.
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Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Sunday defended a proposed security pact with Japan that has raised the hackles of China and South Korea.
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Australia said Wednesday that Japan has agreed to release two activists detained after going aboard a Japanese whaling ship near Antarctica, as whale hunters and defenders traded accusations of piracy.
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Australia welcomed Saturday Japan's backdown on plans to hunt humpbacks but said it had still lodged a formal protest with Tokyo calling for an end to all whaling.
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Japan&#39;s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is  set for a rocky appearance before Australia&#39;s parliament with  war veterans on Tuesday calling for an apology over Japanese  war crimes and environmentalists demanding an end to whaling.
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Australia's government has released graphic photographs and video footage a whales being harpooned and dragged aboard a Japanese ship
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Australia&#39;s plans to create a maritime surveillance zone reaching into Indonesian waters is an example of its insensitivity to Asia and will bolster the view of Australia
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Australia will ban alcohol and pornography in Aboriginal communities across the country&#39;s vast Northern Territory to combat widespread child sexual abuse, Prime Minister John Howard said Thursday.
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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will become the first Japanese leader to address Australia&#39;s parliament when he visits in September, his Australian counterpart John Howard said Monday.