Watch: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks to NZ media
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has met with New Zealand counterpart, Nanaia Mahuta, in Wellington today. Speaking to media this afternoon, Wong said Australia's new...
Ardern meets with Australian PM: A ‘significant shift in the language’ on deportations
Recently-elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese might not be committing to any change to his country's deportation policies, but New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern says...
World’s largest plant found in Australia
Researchers in Australia have stumbled upon earth's largest known plant that stretches more than a hundred miles and has survived thousands of years, according to...
Australia’s Anthony Albanese sworn in as new prime minister
Anthony Albanese has been sworn in as Australia's 31st prime minister, as his incoming Labor government takes power after almost a decade of Coalition rule....
Jacinda Ardern congratulates incoming Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
The Prime Minister has congratulated Australia's Anthony Albanese following last night's election. Jacinda Ardern says she hopes to soon formally meet with incoming Australian prime...
Australian PM Scott Morrison concedes defeat in election
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded Saturday to the opposition Labor Party's Anthony Albanese in the federal election. "Tonight I have spoken to the leader...
OCEANIA week in Detail: Volcanoes, elections, shipping and apples
Every weekday, The Detail makes sense of the big news stories. This week on the podcast, we’ve covered what made the eruption of the Hunga...
Australian voters head to polls in close-run election
Australians vote in a national election on Saturday, with opinion polls showing the opposition Labor Party narrowly ahead of the ruling conservative coalition although a...
6.9M earthquake strikes in Australia/New Zealand area for 2nd time in 7 weeks
A powerful earthquake struck off the coast of Australia on Thursday and created a tsunami warning, scientists said. The quake registered a magnitude of 6.9...
Australian leaders focus on undecided voters in final campaign push
Australia's political leaders raced to get their message out to undecided voters in marginal seats on Thursday, two days before a general election, with economic...
Australia’s economy holds plenty of pitfalls for election winner
Whichever party takes the reins of power at Australia's election on Saturday faces an economic road pitted with pot holes, from runaway inflation to rising...
Australia election polls show race tightening in final campaign stretch
Australia's national election has become too close to call, polls out on Wednesday showed, as the ruling conservative coalition narrowed the gap with the main...
ANZAC Day commemorations in Australia and New Zealand highlight Australia and New Zealand’s solidarity for Ukraine.
After the COVID-19 epidemic cancelled or limited public meetings and commemorations in the previous two years, thousands of people gathered throughout Australia and New Zealand...
The Australian federal election will be place on May 21.
Australians will go to the polls in six weeks to pick a federal government, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison declaring today that the election will...
What is known so far about the earthquakes in Victoria
Residents of south-east Australia were jolted this morning when an earthquake shook Melbourne and regional Victoria, sending shockwaves as far as Canberra, Adelaide, and parts...
There are 1,599 new COVID-19 cases in NSW, with eight deaths.
In the 24 hours leading up to 8 p.m. yesterday, New South Wales documented 1599 locally acquired Covid-19 cases. During the reporting period, there were...
The state of New South Wales has reported nine deaths and 1542 new Covid-19 cases.
In just 24 hours, New South Wales has reported 1542 new locally acquired Covid-19 cases and 9 deaths, while paramedics warn the volume of infected...
In Australia, a surfer is killed after being attacked by a shark.
On Father's Day in Australia, a man died after sustaining a "severe" arm injury in a shark attack on the New South Wales North Coast...
New 1281 Covid-19 cases are reported in NSW, with five deaths.
In the 24 hours leading up to 8 p.m. yesterday, New South Wales recorded 1281 new locally acquired Covid-19 infections. Health workers conduct Covid-19 tests...
In Australia, there have been 1533 instances of Covid-19, with 190 cases in Victoria.
People queue for Covid-19 vaccination in Sydney. Photo: AFP On Covid-19, New South Wales had documented 1533 new locally acquired cases and four deaths. The...
NSW announces six deaths, bringing the overall number of cases to 1218.
In today's bulletin, New South Wales reported 1218 Covid-19 cases and six deaths. It's the most ever recorded in a 24-hour period by an Australian...
NSW records 753 new cases and surpasses the 6 million vaccination mark.
In the 24 hours leading up to 8 p.m. yesterday, New South Wales recorded 753 new locally acquired Covid-19 cases. Sydneysiders queue for their vaccinations....
Victoria has recorded 71 local Covid-19 instances, and Melbourne has been advised to undertake a’soft lockdown.’
If the present lockdown fails to contain the outbreak, a top epidemiologist has advised that Victoria implement a "soft lockdown" as a bridge measure to...
The NSW Covid-19 crisis has resulted in 319 new cases and 5 deaths.
In the 24 hours leading up to 8 p.m. yesterday, the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) recorded 319 new locally acquired Covid-19 infections....
The presence of police deters Sydney’s anti-COVID-19 lockdown protest.
After last week's protest turned violent, police deterred a protest against the COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney on Saturday. New South Wales Police said in a...
The family claims that the only option is to live in Australia or to die while waiting for Pharmac.
A Tauranga couple is dissolving their family so that their daughter can receive treatment for Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) in Australia, which Pharmac will not...
The presence of police deters Sydney’s anti-COVID-19 lockdown protest.
After last week's protest turned violent, police deterred a protest against the COVID-19 lockdown in Sydney on Saturday. More than 1,300 police were involved in...
Covid-19: NSW records 170 new cases as Berejiklian issues a warning about the lockdown protest
In New South Wales, 170 new locally acquired cases have been reported, with at least 42 of those being infectious while in the community. ...