Archive: Australasia

'The ties that bind': UK offers help after New Zealand quake

A new Zealand flag: Many Britons are currently in New Zealand for work or holidays

The UK has offered its assistance to New Zealand, after a devastating earthquake killed at least 65 people in Christchurch.

UK 'ready to assist' Australia

Australian far-right leader cancels move to UK

PM to offer Australian apology

Opinion Former Articles

PCS: Welfare plans mean 'big profits for big business'

Plans by the government to further 'open up' the welfare state will simply mean "big profits for big business" the Public and Commercial Services union says.

IET: Apprenticeships and professional training seen as better option than degree

London, 08th May 2012: With the cost of degrees set to rise this autumn, the route offered by apprenticeships is a worthwhile alternative career path for future engineers, according to a new report released today by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Despite the admission that degrees are still generally held in higher regard, both are valid routes to professional engineering qualifications.

Rio Tinto receives US$2.025 billion binding offer for the majority of Alcan Packaging businesses

CIOT: UK Tax Advisers Strengthen 'Special Relationship' with Launch of Branch in New York

Australian far-right leader cancels move to UK

Welcome home? Pauline Hanson is expected to stay in Australia

The far-right Australian politician Pauline Hanson has cancelled a planned move to the UK, citing the number of immigrants in the country.

Barry Island girl becomes Aussie PM

Julia Gillard was previously deputy Labor leader

Julia Gillard, originally from Barry Island in south Wales, has become the first female prime minister of Australia.

PM apologises for child migrants

Chuld migrants were packed off to Australia between 1920 and 1967 and were frequently abused

The prime minister apologised to the British children forcibly sent to Commonwealth countries for a life of abuse and unpaid labour this afternoon.

PM to offer Australian apology

Thousands of British children were shipped off to the Commonwealth - predominantly Australia and Canada.

The prime minister is preparing to offer an apology to British children forcibly sent to Commonwealth countries for a life of abuse and unpaid labour.