Tag: Australia
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Australian treasurer, visiting Beijing, welcomes Chinese efforts to stimulate its economy
Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Friday welcomed Chinese efforts to stimulate its slowing economy, noting that its recent weakness has hurt Australia. Chalmers was wrapping up ... -
Australia’s treasurer will visit China this week as bilateral ties are mending
Treasurer Jim Chalmers will this week become the first Australian government minister in that key economic role to visit China in seven years, in the latest ... -
Albanese proposes legal minimum age for children accessing social media
The Australian government yesterday promised to legislate this year to enforce a minimum age for children to access social media, but it has yet to announce ... -
Indonesia and Australia sign defense agreement
Indonesia and Australia signed a defense agreement yesterday that both sides described as a significant upgrade to their military relationship. Indonesia’s president-elect Prabowo Subianto, who also ... -
Man opens plane’s door and walks on wing at airport before he’s arrested
A passenger was arrested at an Australian airport after he left a stationary airliner through an emergency exit, walked along a wing, and then climbed down ... -
Indonesia and Australia finalize new bilateral defense treaty
Indonesia and Australia yesterday finalized a new bilateral defense treaty that will enhance the neighboring nations’ ability to operate their militaries in each other’s territory. The ... -
Japan, US, Australia, India at Tokyo talks on maritime and cyber security
Top diplomats from Japan, the U.S., Australia and India met Monday to discuss security concerns and joint support to reinforce maritime safety and cybersecurity in the ... -
Relatives of those killed when MH17 was shot down mark 10 years since tragedy
Relatives of passengers killed when Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over Ukraine gathered with officials at Australia’s Parliament House yesterday to mark the 10th ... -
Views toward China diverge between rich and middle-income nations
Global views toward China appear to be divided between high-income and middle-income countries, and the gap apparently is the widest among China’s neighbors in the Indo-Pacific ... -
Australia appoints special envoy to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country
The Australian government named a special envoy yesterday to confront a rise in antisemitism across the country since the Israel-Hamas war began. A similar envoy will ... -
Police arrest 14-year-old boy suspected of stabbing a student at the University of Sydney
A 14-year-old boy dressed in military clothing was arrested after police alleged he stabbed a 22-year-old student in the neck yesterday at the University of Sydney. ... -
Australia appoints second woman governor-general in 123 years to represent British monarch
Australia appointed Sam Mostyn yesterday as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial role representing the British monarch who is the nation’s head of state. ... -
Opposition puts nation’s first nuclear power plants in electoral platform
Australia’s main opposition party yesterday announced plans to build Australia’s first nuclear power plants as early as 2035, arguing the government’s policies for decarbonizing the economy ... -
Farrell anticipates China will lift final obstacle for exports
Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell yesterday predicted the final obstacle for exports to China, Beijing’s ban on live lobster imports, will be lifted soon after Chinese ... -
Farrell anticipates China will lift final obstacle for exports
Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell yesterday predicted the final obstacle for exports to China, Beijing’s ban on live lobster imports, will be lifted soon after Chinese ... -
Chinese premier to visit Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia
Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit New Zealand, Australia and Malaysia starting tomorrow, officials said. Li will visit the three countries from June 13 to 20, ... -
Military will recruit some noncitizens in a bid to boost troop numbers
The Australian military will begin recruiting some noncitizens in a bid to boost troop numbers, the government said yesterday. Only people from other members of the ... -
Australian woman denies murdering her former husband’s relatives with poisonous mushroom lunch
A woman accused of serving her ex-husband’s family poisonous mushrooms pleaded not guilty in an Australian court yesterday to three charges of murder and five charges ... -
Australia accuses Chinese fighter jet of ‘unsafe behavior’
Australia has protested to Beijing that a Chinese fighter jet endangered an Australian navy helicopter with flares in international waters, officials said yesterday. The incident occurred ... -
Prime minister describes domestic violence as a ‘national crisis’ after protests
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday described domestic violence as a “national crisis” after thousands rallied around the country against violence toward women. Thousands protested in ... -
Australia and New Zealand honor their war dead with dawn services on Anzac Day
Hundreds of thousands of people gathered across Australia and New Zealand for dawn services and street marches yesterday to commemorate their war dead on Anzac Day. ... -
Australia and Papua leaders trek toward WWII South Pacific battleground
Australia and Papua New Guinea’s prime ministers yesterday began trekking into the South Pacific island nation’s mountainous interior to commemorate a pivotal World War II campaign ... -
Tensions rise after a bishop and priest are wounded in a knife attack in a church
A teenager has been accused of wounding a Christian bishop and priest during a church service in a second high-profile knife attack to rock Sydney in ... -
Police probe why man who stabbed six people to death targeted women
Australian police are examining why a lone assailant who stabbed six people to death in a busy Sydney shopping mall and injured more than a dozen ... -
Police identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed six people
Police identified yesterday the assailant who stabbed and killed six people at a busy Sydney shopping center before a police officer fatally shot him. New South ... -
Olympic officials move to support 2032 Brisbane Games
After weeks of uncertainty about billion-dollar stadium projects for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, the IOC and local organizers moved to present the games more positively. Plans ... -
GP Sainz wins race after Verstappen retires early with engine fire
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz ended Red Bull’s Formula 1 winning streak yesterday when the Spaniard took advantage of Max Verstappen’s early retirement to win the Australian Grand ... -
Photographer accuses Taylor Swift’s dad of punching him on Sydney waterfront
A photographer told police he was punched in the face by Taylor Swift’s father on the Sydney waterfront yesterday, hours after the pop star’s Australian tour ... -
Indonesia and Australia hold talks as both nations move toward signing a security agreement
Indonesia and Australia held high-level talks in Jakarta on Friday as the neighboring countries seek to strengthen security ties by signing a defense cooperation agreement in ... -
Taekwondo instructor killed his 7-year-old student and boy’s parents: Sydney police
A taekwondo instructor killed a 7-year-old student at his academy and the boy’s parents before going to a Sydney hospital with stab and slash wounds on ... -
Papua New Guinea’s PM becomes first Pacific leader to address Parliament House
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape yesterday become the first Pacific leader to address Australia’s parliament, vowing “nothing will come in between our two countries.” ... -
New Zealand says it will contemplate sharing military tech with US, Britain
New Zealand said yesterday it will contemplate sharing advanced military technologies with the United States and Britain as it pursues closer defense ties with Australia amid ... -
Rugby Australia to help run debt-affected Melbourne Rebels for Super Pacific season
Rugby Australia said yesterday it is working with the debt-affected Melbourne Rebels to ensure they field a team in this year’s Super Rugby Pacific competition. The ... -
Sinner rallies from two sets down to beat Medvedev and clinch his first Grand Slam title
Jannik Sinner lined up a forehand, drilled it down the line and dropped to the court on his back, giving himself some moments to process how ... -
Chinese ambassador says support of Pacific nations with policing should not alarm Canberra
China’s ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian, sought to reassure that China’s increased involvement in the Pacific, particularly in policing efforts, should not be a cause of ...
