Australia

Albanese eyes up cabinet picks after Australian election victory

The Labor prime minister has a packed bench of colleagues for his cabinet, but some will be disappointed

I wrote down all my relationships and why they ended: ‘I cheated’, ‘he cheated’

Brianna Parkins: I imagined the public servant looking through the answers and surmising I was in fact, the problem

I have become a person who goes to the gym three times a week. Maybe because I can stop working without guilt at 6pm

It might primarily be a change of location, but moving forces you to re-evaluate the entire landscape of your life

Irish in Australia on why returning home is not an option: ‘It’s lifestyle, it’s opportunity’

Irish expats unimpressed by Government ‘rhetoric’ attempting to lure them home

Irish-born MP among the victims of Australia’s surprising election

Anthony Albanese’s party returned to power as opposition leader and his Dublin-born successor lose their seats

Australia election results: Anthony Albanese’s Labor Party secures majority in federal vote

Opposition leader Peter Dutton concedes defeat, accepting ‘full responsibility’ for unconvincing election campaign

Australia’s almost sure-footed Labor PM polling ahead of Liberal rival as election looms

Saturday’s election has been redirected by fallout from 10% tariffs imposed by Trump on Australia

Estranged husband of alleged Australian ‘mushroom murderer’ tells trial of strained relationship

Woman denies charges, claims deaths of three family members were ‘terrible accident’

Irish-born Australian residents surpass 100,000 for first time

The figure of 103,080 from the Republic eclipses the figure reached after the Irish economic crash more than a decade ago

Woman goes on trial in Australia accused of poisonous mushrooms murders

Erin Patterson (50) charged with murdering her husband’s parents and aunt

The challenges of moving to another country

Brianna Parkins and Laura Kennedy discuss how moving to Australia brings difficulties while we also hear from an Irish tailor in Spain

Irish woman in Australia ‘vindicated’ by High Court ruling on citizenship for non-biological children

‘Ms X’ says decision a ‘double-edged sword’ as it confirms her children were treated unequally

Julian Benson obituary: Dancer, choreographer and cystic fibrosis advocate

If Benson glittered fabulously on RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars, his story was much bigger than any one TV series

Australia’s China ties in focus as election rivals hunt for votes

Donald Trump’s hard line on Beijing forces Canberra into uncomfortable balancing act

Yes, smartphone addiction is unhealthy – but so is getting a dumb phone and pretending it’s 2003

Going cold turkey creates as many problems as it solves. Plus, it’s not going to work

I have seen the next Usain Bolt, and his name is Gout Gout

Australians have no doubt the 17-year-old Brisbane schoolboy smashing world age-group records is their new athletics superstar

How to move job, move country and find a new social scene

Relocating for work can be exciting – but once the novelty wears off, how can you avoid the loneliness trap?

There are things Australians do better than the Irish. Death isn’t one of them

We get all awkward and weird about it, even though there’s a 100% chance it will happen to everyone

This homesickness is not a yearning for return but rather for reconnection

It has only been six months since my return to Australia and yet here the feeling is

Two €10 wines offering good value and great flavour

Wines for the Weekend: Easy drinking red and white are €10 each for Tesco club card holders

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