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WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has launched a blistering attack on the Gillard government saying it "bent over more than any other country in the world" to appease the United States.

Tansel Ali is a two time Australian Memory Champion. He has also memorized two Yellow Pages phone books in only 24 days.

A leap and bound over a small section of the Southern Ocean, Kangaroo Island awaits for a distinctive adventure just south of Adelaide, Australia .

Airborne laser technology has uncovered a network of roadways and canals, illustrating a bustling ancient city linking Cambodia's famed Angkor Wat temple complex.

Australian scientists on Tuesday said they had identified a possible 280 additional craters on the moon, a finding they said could shed light on the history of the Earth's natural satellite.

FEW people are aware that Australia is home to the world's oldest and largest rock art landscape.

As the northern summer tourism season is set to begin, the violent protests in Turkey show no sign of calming down.

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TRAVEL website Just Luxe thinks Bondi rates in the top 12 most sexy beaches in the world.

Best job in the World finalists, from left, Greg Snell, Hsin Hsuan Hsieh and Nick Tilley are impressed by Kangaroo Island's Remarkable Rocks.

HOP TO IT: Ex-Services' Sam Hopwood is one of three Orange players selected to represent NSW Country at the upcoming Australian Country Championships.

PHARMACISTS have called for the ability to administer immunisations, but the Australian Medical Association Queensland has continued to resist the move, saying it would take a complete practice overhaul.

Stephen Pahl and Sutasinee Anantanawat from the SARDI Food Safety and Innovation team, with the pipis packaging unit at Waite research precinct, Adelaide.

's "Best Jobs in the World." Hsieh, who arrived on June 15, is among the three final contenders for the position of "Wildlife Caretaker," one of the six best jobs on offer in the competition that is aimed at showcasing to youth travelers.

A $5 all-day fee was announced in the council's new budget, although children under 10 would continue to travel free.

Some of South Australia's finest tourism experiences were on show over the weekend to more than 40 Chinese travel agents visiting the south-east.

At least one hundred jobs are expected to be generated later this year as the Malaysian-based global Tune Hotels opens its new 225-room hotel and operational headquarters in Melbourne.

THE number of people visiting the ACT for a holiday increased by more than 50 per cent in the March quarter of this year, according to a recent tourism survey.

A landmark ruling won by an Australian gender trailblazer which finds that sex does not just mean male or female could have broader implications as society becomes more accepting of diversity, experts say.

PASSENGERS trapped on a plane at Melbourne Airport were refused water and forced to buy food and drink while parked on the tarmac for almost three hours.