Australia passes law to compel Google and Facebook pay for news
Australia has passed a world-first law aimed at making Google and Facebook pay for news content on their platforms. Facebook blocked all news content to...
Second woman accuses former Australia Liberals party staffer of rape
Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he is "upset" to read reports that a second woman was allegedly raped by the same man accused of...
Anxiety levels high among South Auckland kids, despite move to level 2
Another South Auckland outbreak of Covid-19 has community support workers concerned about the impact it's having on the mental health of its young people. From...
Scott Morrison faces fresh questions about when his office learned about alleged rape of Brittany Higgins
Scott Morrison has called in the head of his department to investigate when the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) learned about the alleged rape of a...
Jacinda Ardern slams Australia over Turkey ‘terrorist’ detainees
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has lashed out at Australia for dumping responsibility for a woman and two young children detained at the Turkish border on...
Covid-19: Victoria going into five-day lockdown after quarantine cluster grows
Victoria will enter a "short, sharp circuit-breaker" lockdown for five days to respond to fears the highly infectious UK strain of coronavirus has spread throughout...
Australia says journalist arrested in China after months-long detention
Australian journalist Cheng Lei has been formally arrested in China after six months of detention on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas, Australia’s Foreign...
Australian Open concerns ease as Victoria records no new COVID-19 cases
Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria reported no local coronavirus cases on Saturday for the second straight day, boding well for the Australian Open tennis...
Bushfire smoke blankets Australian city under COVID-19 lockdown
Smoke haze covered Australia’s fourth largest city of Perth on Wednesday from a fast-moving bushfire that razed dozens of homes, complicating a tight lockdown after...
Australian police say no criminal misconduct in Vatican funds transfer
There was no evidence of criminal misconduct in the transfer of an estimated to A$9.5 million ($7.23 million) from the Vatican to Australia between 2014...
Merv Hughes inducted into Australian Cricket Hall of Fame
The former fast bowler Merv Hughes has been inducted into the Australian Cricket Hall of Fame. Australian cricketer Merv Hughes has a drink at the...
Black Ferns to open World Cup campaign against Australia at Eden Park
The defending champion Black Ferns will meet Australia at Eden Park in their opening game of the Rugby World Cup in September. Photo: PHOTOSPORT The...
A trans-Tasman bubble in 8 weeks? AUS-NZ forum chair is hopeful
Australia has extended quarantine-free travel across the ditch for New Zealanders for another 72 hours, with anyone arriving from Aotearoa now being put in hotel...
Australia says it will spend $770 million on navy weapons development
Australia will spend A$1 billion ($770 million) developing new naval weaponry capabilities, including long-range missiles and torpedoes, the federal government said on Monday, part of...
Stolen but not silent: Indigenous Australians protest national celebrations
As Australia prepares for its national day of festivities on Jan. 26, Indigenous woman Rita Wright will be protesting the celebrations at a march in...
Australia’s plan to force Google to pay for news goes too far – National
The National Party says the Australian government's push to make Google share royalties with news publishers is too heavy handed. Photo: 123RF Australia is introducing...
Dangerous heatwave building across Victoria
After a relatively mild summer, authorities are warning of a potentially dangerous heatwave forecast for parts of Australia this weekend. Victorians flocked to St Kilda...
Uber driver sentenced for rape likely to be deported to NZ
A New Zealand-born Uber driver has been jailed for raping a teenage passenger in Australia, and will face deportation home when he is released from...
Google threatens to withdraw search engine from Australia
Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia over the nation's attempt to make the tech giant share royalties with news publishers. Google...
Joe the pigeon spared after US tag found to be fake
A pigeon that was to be put down by authorities in Australia after reportedly crossing the Pacific Ocean has been saved after officials found he...
Covid-19: NSW only Australian state to record new cases
Australia's Chief Health Officer Paul Kelly says "there will be a time sometime this year" when levels of vaccination in the community are high enough...
Brisbane locks down to halt spread of Covid variant
Queensland will enforce a three-day lockdown in Brisbane from tonight, after a quarantine hotel worker tested positive for the more contagious variant of Covid-19 that...
Julian Assange’s father is asking New Zealand to give asylum to his son.
Wikileaks' father, Julian Assange, wants his son to be sent to New Zealand to live while his legal challenge continues. Julian Assange's father, John Shipton,...
United Kingdom Judge refuses the extradition of Julian Assange to the United States
A British judge ordered that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could not be extradited to the United States to face criminal charges, including violation of the...
Western Australia firefighters battle several dangerous bushfires
Crews in Western Australia are fighting three dangerous fires, two in the greater Perth area and one in Geraldton. Large Air Tanker supporting firefighters at...
Three new local Covid cases in Victoria, eight in New South Wales
Victoria has recorded three new locally acquired coronavirus cases overnight, as the state works to contain a cluster linked to a restaurant in Melbourne's south-east....
Border between Victoria and New South Wales now shut
The border closure between Victoria and New South Wales came into effect overnight, as the Covid-19 cluster linked to a Melbourne restaurant rises to 10....
Sydney reports six new Covid-19 cases as wedding-goers defy health orders
Three new cases of Covid-19 linked to Sydney's northern beaches have been recorded overnight but three other infections outside the cluster remain unlinked. A health...
Sydney told to watch its famous New Year’s Eve fireworks from home
Sydney, one of the world’s first major cities to welcome each New Year with a public countdown featuring a fireworks display over its well-known Opera...
Sydney residents discouraged from Boxing Day shopping, some suburbs to re-enter lockdown
Sydney residents were urged not to head to the shops for Boxing Day bargains, while those in some northern beach suburbs prepared to re-enter a...
Millions of Sydney residents asked to ‘limit’ Christmas festivities to fight COVID cluster
Millions of Sydney residents were asked to limit their mobility over the Christmas holidays, with some families in lockdown and festive gatherings limited to 10...
NSW records nine coronavirus cases, smashes daily testing record ahead of Christmas
New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian says the state is not "out of the woods" yet and there will be an increased risk over Christmas...
Australia to deport two New Zealand bikies posing ‘significant risk’
Two men in their sixties who are considered to be high-ranking members of an Australian bikie gang are facing deportation to New Zealand. Photo: 123RF...
Australia just cancelled an order of 51 million doses of a particular COVID-19 vaccine in trials from a company named CSL, because those that were taking it were testing positive for HIV afterward
Australia cancels order for vaccine as trial stumbles Australia canceled an order for 51 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine being developed by CSL Ltd....
Covid-19: Sydney’s northern beaches cluster grows
The coronavirus cluster on Sydney's northern beaches has grown to 83 cases, as record numbers of people come forward for testing in NSW. Photo: AFP...
Australia’s most populous state says COVID-19 cases at 3-day low
Australia’s most populous state on Monday reported its lowest one-day rise in new COVID-19 cases in three days, stoking cautious optimism that authorities have contained...
Flights cancelled, holidays in disarray as Sydney battles pre-Christmas COVID-19 outbreak
Dozens of domestic flights due to leave Sydney were cancelled on Monday and authorities issued more health alerts across the city, as Australia battled to...
Thousands of Aboriginal Australians sue over unpaid work
When 93-year-old Maisie Weston recalls the early years of her working life, she often uses the word "lonely". Photo: Mint Images/Frans Lanting/AFP At 16 years...
Parts of Sydney put into strict lockdown after 13 new cases
Around a quarter of a million people in Sydney's northern beaches were ordered on Saturday to stay at home until Wednesday midnight, after a cluster...
Australia imposes border curbs as Sydney virus cluster grows
Australian states and territories have begun imposing border restrictions after 28 Covid-19 cases were detected from a cluster on Sydney's northern beaches, with fears the...
Sydney Covid-19 cluster causes pubs, restaurants and bars to close voluntarily
New South Wales residents are being urged to be on high alert, following a day where the coronavirus outbreak at Sydney's northern beaches grew to...
Evacuation warnings for NSW towns as storms batter east coast
Australian authorities have issued evacuation warnings for low-lying towns in northern New South Wales (NSW) as storms batter the nation's east coast. Fire evacuation points...
Trans-Tasman bubble to help reunify families, business – Melbourne University epidemiologist
It's looking increasingly likely that the much discussed trans-Tasman bubble is finally on the way. Sydney International Airport in October 2020. Photo: AFP Cabinet have...
Australia travel bubble for early 2021 agreed in principle by Cabinet – Ardern
Cabinet has agreed in principle to establish a travel bubble with Australia early next year, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says. Speaking from about 2pm, Ardern...
Kurdish refugee shocked to be free after eight years in Melbourne refugee detention
After eight years in detention, Farhad Bandesh walked out of Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation carrying his guitar. Farhad Bandesh, right, protests in MITA. Photo: Farhad...
Australia halts local COVID-19 vaccine development due to HIV false positives
Australia abruptly halted the production of a home-made vaccine against COVID-19 after trials showed it could interfere with HIV diagnosis, the developers said, with its...
Teen’s moving rendition of Australian anthem in indigenous language at Tri Nations Test
A 17-year-old has made history in Australia by being the first person to sing the national anthem in an indigenous Australian language at an international...
Opinion: China ‘playing cat-and-mouse game’ with Australia
Opinion - In the moment, Scott Morrison's angry denunciation of the offensive Chinese tweet about alleged Australian war crimes seemed a reasonable response. Australian Prime...
Australia aims to complete review of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine by January 2021
Australia’s pharmaceutical regulator said on Thursday it is on course to review Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine by January 2021, with the country sticking to a March...
Leifer extradition appeal set for Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has already rejected several appeals by Leifer’s defense team on different aspects of her case. MALKA LEIFER, surrounded by Israel Prison Service...