Australia News
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Australian regulator may authorise media group talks with Google, Facebook
Australia's competition watchdog said on Thursday (Jul 1) it issued draft proposals to authorise regional newspaper industry group, Country Press...
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Chinese students 'fear speaking out' in Australia
Chinese pro-democracy students in Australia experience harassment and fear punishment if they speak out on sensitive issues, a new report...
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NSW sees 30 new Covid cases as Sydney locks down
The Australian state of New South Wales has reported 30 new Covid cases on the second day of Greater Sydney's...
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Australia's Sydney to go into 2-week lockdown
Sydney and some surrounding areas will enter a difficult two-week COVID-19 lockdown on Saturday as authorities battle to control a...
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Australia 'stunned' by Great Barrier Reef report
Australia's government has lashed out after a US report claimed it hadn't done enough to protect the Great Barrier Reef...
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Australia says taking China to WTO over wine tariffs enables negotiations
Australia's complaint to the World Trade Organisation over China's anti-dumping duties on wine exports should enable bilateral negotiations, Foreign Minister...
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Major banks, airlines in Australia, U.S. report online outages
Major banks and airlines in Australia and america suffered brief online outages Thursday, with several blaming an "external provider" for...
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Australia's Victoria state expects further easing of COVID-19 curbs
Australia's Victoria state expects to announce an additional easing of COVID-19 restrictions this week, Acting Premier James Merlino said on...
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Australia under pressure to free refugee family
Australia is under great pressure to release a refugee friends and family from a Christmas Island detention centre after their...
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Australia's Victoria reports five new COVID-19 cases
Australia's second-most populous state Victoria on Saturday reported a tiny increase in locally acquired COVID-19 cases seeing as authorities hunted...
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World's largest meat provider hit by cyber-attack
The world's most significant meat processing company has been targeted by a advanced cyber-attack.Computer networks in JBS were hacked, leading...
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US, Australia cut back war games more than Covid fears
A significant US-Australia joint armed service exercise will just do it this season despite pandemic concerns but will be drastically...
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Australia's Covid achievement under threat
Five million weary Melbourne residents were put back less than lockdown on Friday, straining local resolve and testing Australia's "zero-Covid"...
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Melbourne enters lockdown as outbreak grows
Australia's second most populous talk about Victoria will enter a good seven-evening lockdown to counter a good fast-spreading outbreak found...
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Bangladesh to sponsor Australia for five T20Is in August
Rather than three, Cricket Australia decided to play five T20Is while visiting Bangladesh in August this season, confirmed Akram Khan,...
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The Aboriginal boy teaching Australia a lesson
A documentary about a 10-year-old Aboriginal boy's experience in school, In My Blood It Runs, has reignited a debate about...