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Malcolm Turnbull is the new Prime Minister of Australia after deposing Tony Abbott in a party room ballot.

Financial markets and investors face a testing week with key local June quarter reporting and the US Federal Reserve meeting.

It looks increasingly likely Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott will face a leadership challenge before the year is out.

National is once again comfortably ahead of combined Labour-Green support in August's polls, finds political analyst Colin James.

Hundreds of thousands of people have rallied in Spain in support of independence for the region of Catalonia.

There are concerns over the level of force used in the arrest of former US tennis star James Blake who was mistakenly identified as a suspect in a fraud ring.

OPINION: After a run of election defeats in the UK and New Zealand the Labour Parties in both countries are casting around for a way to win again.

Queen Elizabeth II today becomes the longest reigning British monarch, but royal fans claim she has already broken the record for the longest sovereignty over New Zealand.

The Reserve Bank is expected to cut the benchmark interest rate for the third successive time on Thursday.

Samoa is set to go to the polls for the country's next general election on the 4th of March next year.

Wallabies fullback Israel Folau has been named Australia's rugby player of the year and becomes the first player to win the John Eales Medal in successive years.

Greece's top Supreme Court judge, Vassiliki Thanou, has been appointed caretaker prime minister ahead of early elections next month.

Fiji's Sodelpa Youth Council says young people would prefer money is spent on better education and job opportunities, rather than the planned national flag change.

Fiji's Sodelpa Youth Council is continuing to push for a referendum to allow the public to vote on whether Fiji should change its national flag.

Inflation expectations have edged up, but are still below the mid-point of the central bank's target band.

The latest political poll shows a lift in support for the Labour Party to its highest level since December 2013.

Relaxing Easter Sunday trading laws will remove inconsistencies that allow some towns to trade while preventing others, retailers say. Audio