Australia
China suspends economic accord with Australia
Relations between the two sides have collapsed into acrimony after Canberra called for an independent probe into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic and...
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Cyclone Seroja causes 'widespread damage' in Australia towns
The storm, which devastated parts of Indonesia and East Timor last week, brought lashing rain and winds of up to 170 kilometres per hour (105 mph) to areas officials said had not seen a tropical cyclone in "decades".
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Australia says politicians no longer exempt from sexual harassment rules
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his government would overhaul the country's sexual discrimination laws to make members of parliament, judges and public servants accountable for harassing colleagues in the workplace.
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Australia blames EU supply issues for slow vaccine rollout
Scott Morrison said vaccine shortages and "strict export controls" introduced by the European Commission meant Australia received just 700,000 of a contracted 3.8 million doses of the Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine.
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New Zealand, Australia to open COVID-19 travel bubble
Ardern described it as a world-leading move between New Zealand, with just 26 COVID-19 deaths in a population of five million, and Australia with fewer than 1,000 deaths in a population of 25 million.
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Australia misses vaccine target as concerns grow over slow rollout
Largely coronavirus-free Australia has been heralded globally as a pandemic success story, but it is one of the few rich nations to have an extremely limited vaccination rollout.
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Two Australian cabinet ministers demoted after dual rape scandals
Christian Porter - the government's top legal officer and a former state prosecutor - is accused of raping a 16-year-old fellow student in 1988, an allegation he denies.
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Australia ends pandemic wage subsidy despite job loss warnings
Australia's unemployment rate fell to 5.8% in February -- down from 7.5% in July -- but the Treasury estimates between 100,000 and 150,000 jobs could be lost as a result of the change.
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Former NMB school water polo coach arrested in Australia for child porn
Dean Carelse was handcuffed by police in Queensland on Saturday.
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Australians warned of deadly spider 'plague' after floods
Sydney residents welcomed sunshine on Wednesday after days of rainfall, only to receive an "urgent warning" to brace for an influx of the deadly funnel-web spider, which is endemic to the region.
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'Disgraceful' sex acts in parliament rock Australia's government
The graphic images have prompted fresh outrage from female lawmakers and the Australian public, coming on the heels of the rape allegations that sparked mass nationwide protests.
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Thousands evacuate as Sydney sees worst floods in decades
Around 18,000 residents were told to evacuate their homes, as days of relentless rainfall caused rivers in Australia's most populous state, New South Wales, to their highest levels in 30 years.
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Record rains, flooding prompt evacuations in Australia
Police said hundreds of people had flocked to evacuation centres in areas north of Sydney in New South Wales state, and they expected many more to seek shelter as the rains moved south down the coast.
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Women march across Australia against sexual violence and inequality
The #March4Justice rallies are being held in more than 40 Australian cities and towns, with a major demonstration in Canberra following allegations of sexual assault in the nation's parliament.
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Eye on China, Biden holds first summit with Japan, India, Australia
In a flurry of diplomacy, Japan announced that Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will become the first foreign leader to see Biden in person, a sign of the primacy the new US leader attaches to allies.
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Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms to pay for news
The new law paves the way for Google and Facebook to plough tens of millions of dollars into struggling local media companies, and could provide a model for resolving tussles with regulators worldwide.
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Facebook to restore Australia news pages after deal on media law
Prime Minister Scott Morrison had angrily accused Facebook of making a decision to "unfriend" Australia.
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Global tech firms in Australia launch anti-disinformation code
The measures are said to target paid and political advertising as well as content shared by users.
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Australia administers first Covid-19 vaccines
Prime Minister Scott Morrison was injected with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine at a medical centre in Sydney's northwest, in what the government said was an effort to boost public confidence in the vaccinations.
