TONY ABBOTT

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's recent statements about a referendum for same-sex marriage stand in stark contrast to comments he made in May.

The pledge to cut emissions by at least 26 percent was denounced by activists as "vastly inadequate."

Australia's iconic food paste is responsible for alcohol abuse and social ills in small towns, Australia's indigenous affairs minister said.

Relatives of passengers aboard the missing plane remain in limbo after the first physical link emerges between Flight MH370 and its disappearance in March 2014.

The $12 billion coal mine in Queensland is expected to produce up to 60 million tons of coal for export every year.

Australian search authorities had earlier said they are "increasingly confident" that the debris found on Réunion Island is from the missing Flight MH370.

Australia is on high alert for attacks by radicalized Muslims, including home-grown militants returning from fighting in the Middle East.

British Conservative Party lawmaker Richard Benyon said that Abbott's pro-coal and anti-renewable policies were "profoundly un-conservative."

Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 -- bound from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur -- was shot down over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014. All 298 on board were killed.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the country's post-2020 emissions target will not be announced before August.

Australia's Agriculture Minister Barnaby Joyce, who canceled his appearance on the show, said he was simply following orders.

Many politicians in the country are seeking to use the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage as a springboard to relaunch discussion of the issue.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has proposed revoking the Australian citizenship of dual nationals fighting for militant groups overseas.

Australian research says free trade accords with China, South Korea and Japan could create 180,000 jobs in 20 years.

Australia would have stooped to a "new low" if reports that its navy paid people-smugglers bound for Australia thousands of dollars to turn back their boat are true, an Indonesian government official said on Saturday.

"You can't negotiate with an entity like this," Australian Prime Minister Abbott said at this year's regional anti-jihadist summit.

"Above all, we need idealistic young people to appreciate that joining this death cult is an utterly misguided and wrong-headed way to express their desire to sacrifice."

Ambassador Paul Grigson was withdrawn by Australia in protest over the execution of its two nationals Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran by Indonesia.

Opposition leader Bill Shorten introduced the bill, hoping to capitalize on momentum from Ireland's popular referendum on the issue.

The Australian government will introduce legislation to strip citizenship from dual nationals engaged in terrorism, both at home and abroad.

The move will mark the fiftieth anniversary of the first troops departing Australia to fight in the Vietnam War.