Australia News
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Australia expected to buy up to 5 U.S. nuclear submarines
Australia is expected to buy up to five U.S. Virginia class nuclear powered submarines in the 2030s as part of...
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Australia targets Myanmar, Iran with economic sanctions
Australia on Wednesday announced targeted financial sanctions and travel bans against “individuals responsible for egregious human rights abuses” in Myanmar...
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Australia to spend $2 billion on 40 U.S. Black Hawk choppers
Australia confirmed on Wednesday it would buy 40 Black Hawk military helicopters from the United States for an estimated A$2.8...
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Novak Djokovic will never forget being deported from Australia but is ready to move on
Novak Djokovic said the experience of being deported from Australia will remain with him for the rest of his life,...
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Australian, Chinese foreign ministers meet in bid to repair ties
The foreign ministers of Australia and China met in Beijing on Wednesday in a bid to restore high-level political contacts...
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Australia's floods: Why the country is battling weather again
Floods caused by torrential rain are hitting large swathes of eastern Australia, inundating hundreds of homes and forcing authorities to...
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More heavy rain forecast for flood-weary Australia's east
Australia's two most populous states are preparing for heavy rains over the weekend as authorities on Friday urged residents in...
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Sydney records wettest year since 1858 as eastern Australia braces for more floods
Sydney recorded its wettest year in 164 years as authorities braced for major floods in Australia's east on Thursday, with...
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Australian PM honors Queen Elizabeth with wreath-laying ceremony
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid tribute to Britain's Queen Elizabeth after a wreath-laying ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra...
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Podcast leads to Australian's conviction in wife's murder
An Australian man was convicted on Tuesday of murdering his wife 40 years ago after a renewed police investigation that...
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Australian police seize record 2 tons of methamphetamine
Authorities have found 1.8 metric tons (2 U.S. tons) of methamphetamine hidden in marble tiles shipped from the Middle East...
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Australia PM could launch inquiry into secret ministries saga
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday said his government could consider an inquiry into former Prime Minister Scott Morrison...
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Australia commits to Pacific islands defense training as China seeks rival meeting
Australia will establish a defense school to train Pacific island militaries, Canberra's new Pacific minister said, amid intensifying competition for...
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Australian leader to visit France to fix damaged relations
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday he will meet President Emmanuel Macron in France next week to reset a...
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Australia tells Solomons security needs should be met by Pacific region, not China
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong visited a riot-hit community in the Solomon Islands on Friday to highlight the capabilities of...
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'I'm no hero,' says dancing keeper as Australia qualify for World Cup
Substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne's dancing antics helped Australia claim a shootout win over Peru in an inter-continental playoff on Monday...