South Australia opens borders to New Zealanders effective immediately
South Australia is joining New South Wales and Northern Territory in opening its borders to...
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Woman charged with New Zealand firefighter’s murder in Australia
A second person has been charged with murder over the death of a New Zealand...
New Zealand travellers arrive in Adelaide, outside of trans-Tasman bubble
Five travellers from New Zealand have been forced into hotel quarantine in Adelaide after arriving...
Ship bound for Brisbane most likely source of Covid transmission – Ashley Bloomfield
The Director-General of Health says a ship now bound for Brisbane is believed to be...
Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot to partially lift lockdown restrictions
FILE PHOTO: A person wears a scarf as a protective face mask in Melbourne after...
Victoria reports one new Covid-19 infection
Victoria’s Health Department says the state has recorded one new coronavirus infection and no deaths....
17 travellers from NZ who landed in Sydney caught entering Melbourne
Seventeen passengers from New Zealand who travelled to Sydney under the trans-Tasman bubble arrangements have...
Victoria should ease lockdown, epidemiologist says
Victoria does not need to get down to just five cases a day to ease...
How Australia is coping with Covid-19
Investigative journalist Dr Norman Swan says the Covid-19 pandemic in Australia saw “superspreading social networks”...
Aussie ex-PM registers as foreign agent over UK role
Australia’s former prime minister Tony Abbott registered as an agent of foreign influence, after taking...
Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot cases inch up, but officials optimistic
New daily coronavirus infections in Australia’s hotspot of Victoria climbed back to double digits on...
Police increase patrolling in Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot
Police in Australia’s coronavirus hotspot state of Victoria stepped up patrolling on Saturday as hundreds...
Trans-Tasman bubble: ‘best news’ or ‘a big blow’?
Australian airline Qantas has welcomed the first stages of a trans-Tasman travel bubble but the...
Australia’s virus hotspot sees five new cases, on track for Christmas opening
Australia’s coronavirus hotspot Victoria recorded a single digit rise in new cases for the first...
New Zealanders may be able to travel to some Australian states before Christmas, Ardern says
Travel between New Zealand and some states of Australia is possible before the end of...
Australia’s Victoria state to ease COVID-19 restrictions as cases slow
Victoria, Australia’s second most populous state and the epicentre of the country’s COVID-19 outbreak, will...
Winston Peters optimistic about Australian travel bubble
Minister of foreign affairs Winston Peters is still optimistic there could be a travel bubble...
Susan Ryan, former Australian minister, age discrimination commissioner, dies aged 77
Susan Ryan, a trailblazing figure for women in politics who later served as Australia’s first...
Australia PM on not sharing vaccine: History will be ‘severe judge’
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, seen here in March 2020, has demanded universal sharing of...
Covid-19’s long-term effects: ‘You just don’t want to get this virus if you don’t have to’
It can be tempting to think of Covid-19 patients as falling into one of two...
Former Australian cricket great Dean Jones dies after heart attack
Jones, part of Australia’s World Cup-winning side in 1987, was one of the country’s most...
Crocodile attacks snorkeller off Australian island
A man is recovering in hospital after a crocodile attacked him while he was snorkelling...
70 pilot whales now returned to sea on Tasmania’s West Coast
Rescuers working to save the survivors of Australia’s largest ever mass whale stranding say more...
Australia’s Westpac to pay record fine for money-laundering
Westpac was accused in 2019 of breaching money-laundering and counter-terrorism regulations 23 million times William...
At least 90 whales dead in mass stranding off Tasmania
At least a third of 270 whales stranded off the coast of Australia’s Tasmania have...
Briton, Australian killed clearing WWII bomb in Solomons
WWII munitions and equipment, like these shown in a village near Honiara in 2005, are...
Covid-19: Victoria records 11 new cases and two deaths
The Australian state of Victoria has recorded 11 new coronavirus cases overnight and two further...
Australia heads for lowest virus count in three months
Australia looked set to record its lowest daily increase in new coronavirus cases in three...
How far off a trans-Tasman bubble are we now?
Australia’s Prime Minister has again raised the idea of a trans-Tasman travel “bubble” . Photo:...
‘Sit!’: Warning to punters after croc wrangler’s close up goes viral
By Lauren Roberts and Henry Zwartz Crocodile wrangler Matt Wright has sparked controversy over a...
Australia to ease border limits and allow more citizens home
Australia says it will increase the number of citizens allowed to return home each week...
Australia’s Victoria reports lowest COVID-19 cases since June
Image: Reuters Victoria, Australia’s second-most populous state, reported 28 new cases on Thursday, the lowest...
Australian stinging trees contain ‘scorpion-like venom’: scientists
Scientits found toxins released by the ‘gympie-gympie’ tree targeted pain receptors in similar ways as...
Australia doubles down on fossil fuels, firing up critics
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has touted a fossil-fuelled recovery plan for Australia’s coronavirus-hit economy Gary...
Young Australian an unlikely target for China’s fury
An Australian university student with a modest social media following and who has never visited...
Australian PGA Championship moved to February because of virus
Defending champion: Adam Scott won last year’s Australian PGA Championship. This year’s has been moved...
Australia’s COVID-19 hotspot on target for easing lockdown as cases drop
Image: Reuters With daily infections falling to double digits over the last several days from...
Wallabies’ relaxed quarantine: If one tests positive, training’s off
The quarantine rules for Wallabies players and staff ahead of two matches here have been...
Covid-19: Victoria reports no deaths, 42 new cases
For the first time in two months, Victoria has recorded no new coronavirus deaths. In...
People protesting against coronavirus lockdown arrested in Melbourne amid clashes with police
Police have arrested 74 people during illegal anti-lockdown protests in Melbourne, including an alleged “agitator”...
Aussie journalist evacuated from China: ‘A pawn in a big game
Bill Birtles: ‘I’d still love to be in Beijing if I could’ An Australian journalist...
Twenty years after Sydney, Freeman’s Olympic legacy endures
Cathy Freeman stands proudly after lighting the Sydney Olympic cauldron at the opening ceremony for...
Covid-19: Melbourne and regional Victoria set to ease some restrictions
Victoria has recorded 41 new cases of Covid-19 and seven deaths, bringing the state’s death...
Australia defends intelligence raids as spat with China escalates
Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton on Sunday defended the government’s right to intelligence raids...
Australia’s coronavirus hotspot sees second weekend of small protests
Protesters in Melbourne defied a coronavirus lockdown for the second straight weekend on Saturday, prompting...
Humpback whales stray up tropical Aussie river
Although whales are sometimes seen off the Northern Territory coast, it is believed to be...
China’s Xinhua cries foul over raids on Chinese journalists in Australia
Raids on Chinese journalists living in Australia are “utterly appalling” and damage relations between the...
Australia to host Rugby Championship as NZ loses out
New Zealand has missed out on hosting the Rugby Championship, with the tournament to be...
Rio Tinto CEO resigns over destruction of Aborginal site
Rio Tinto blasted caves in Western Australia’s remote Pilbara region, destroying one of the earliest...
Koala row threatens leader of Australia’s biggest state
Unprecedented Australian bushfires have destroyed vast swathes of koala habitat AFP/File A dispute over protection...
