Tag: Australia
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People celebrate Australian-born queen of Denmark with cocktails, picnics and ‘Danish Fiesta’
A day after an Australian became queen of Denmark, her native land yesterday celebrated the unlikely fairy tale with cocktails, picnics and a “Danish Fiesta.” Mary ... -
Coco Gauff advances to 2nd round in bid for consecutive Grand Slam titles
With increased confidence in her serve thanks to some advice from Andy Roddick, Coco Gauff began her quest for back-to-back Grand Slam singles titles with a ... -
A royal first: Australia celebrates Princess Mary’s historic rise to be queen consort in Denmark
For the first time, Australians find themselves on the brink of witnessing one of their own, Princess Mary of Denmark, rise to the rank of queen ... -
Lethal Sydney funnel-web spider ‘Hercules’ sets record for largest specimen collected
With fangs that could pierce a human fingernail, the largest male specimen of the world’s most poisonous arachnid has found a new home at the Australian ... -
Australian jury records first conviction of foreign interference against a Chinese agent
An Australian court yesterday recorded the first conviction under the nation’s foreign interference laws with a jury finding a Vietnamese refugee guilty of “covertly working for the Chinese ... -
Papua New Guinea’s PM says he will sign a security pact with Australia
Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape said yesterday he will sign a bilateral security pact with Australia during a visit this week. Marape said the ... -
France open to South Pacific resettlement requests due to rising seas
French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna said yesterday she was open to any resettlement request from tiny South Pacific nations threatened by rising sea levels, similar to ... -
New laws proposed to detain potentially dangerous migrants
The Australian government yesterday proposed new laws that would place behind bars some of the 141 migrants who have been set free in the three weeks ... -
Canberra commits another $168 million to monitoring migrants freed from indefinite detention
The Australian government yesterday committed an additional 255 million Australian dollars ($168 million) in funding for police and other law enforcement officials to monitor 141 migrants ... -
Dozens evacuate, homes destroyed by a wildfire on the edge of Perth
Dozens of residents have been evacuated and at least 10 homes destroyed by a wildfire burning out of control on the northern fringe of the west ... -
Parliament passes laws to handle migrant convicts who can’t be held indefinitely or deported
Migrants with criminal records face up to five years in prison for breaching their visa conditions under emergency legislation passed by the Australian Parliament yesterday. The ... -
State-sponsored online spies likely to target submarine program, spy agency says
Australia’s cooperation with the United States and Britain to develop an Australian fleet of submarines powered by U.S. nuclear technology is a likely target of state-sponsored ... -
Prime minister to raise imprisoned democracy blogger during China visit
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday he will raise the plight of a detained Australian democracy blogger with Chinese leaders during a state visit to China. ... -
Australia-US Biden calls ally ‘an anchor to peace and prosperity’ during state visit from Albanese
President Joe Biden described Australia as “an anchor to peace and prosperity” while standing alongside Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the White House yesterday [Macau time], ... -
Prime minister announces China visit hours before leaving for US to meet Biden
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he will visit China in early November to meet President Xi Jinping, making the announcement yesterday before he departed for ... -
Australia looks for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after referendum loss
Australia will look for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after voters soundly rejected a proposal to create a new advocacy committee, the deputy prime ... -
King Charles III’s image to appear on Aussie coins this year
An image of King Charles III will soon appear on Australian coins, more than a year after the death of his mother Queen Elizabeth II, officials ... -
Vatican shares investigation into child abuse allegations against a bishop with police
The Vatican had shared with police findings of an internal investigation of a former Australian bishop over child sex abuse allegations and the church would fully ... -
Vatican considers child sexual abuse allegations against a former bishop Saunders
The Vatican is considering the findings of a church investigation into “very serious and deeply distressing” child sexual abuse allegations against a former Australian bishop, a ... -
Australia tells dating apps to improve safety standards to protect users from sexual violence
Australia’s government said yesterday the online dating industry must improve safety standards or be forced to make changes through legislation, responding to research that says three-in-four ... -
Australian and Indonesian forces deploy battle tanks in US-led drills
Thousands of soldiers from the United States, Indonesia, Australia and other allied forces demonstrated their armor capabilities on Sunday in combat drills on the Indonesian island ... -
People to vote in a referendum on Indigenous Voice to Parliament on Oct. 14
Australians will vote on Oct. 14 on a proposed law to create a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the nation’s first referendum in a generation. ... -
3 US Marines killed, 20 injured in an aircraft crash in Australia during a training exercise
A United States Marine Corps aircraft crashed on a north Australian island yesterday, killing three Marines and injuring 20 during a multination training exercise, officials said. ... -
Senate committee recommends ban on TikTok be extended to WeChat
An Australian Senate committee has recommended a ban on the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from federal government devices be extended to China’s most popular social media ... -
Prime minister stands firm against the US on Assange prosecution
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said yesterday his government stands firm against the United States over the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, an Australian citizen ... -
Women’s World Cup opening ceremony focused on First Nations
The Women’s World Cup opened yesterday with an elaborate greeting from the Maori people of New Zealand and the First Nations people of Australia. In a ... -
Leader criticizes Hong Kong’s attempt to arrest 2 activists who now live in Australia
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday criticized Hong Kong authorities over their pursuit of two pro-democracy activists who live in Australia. Hong Kong’s leader said Tuesday ... -
Sisters tell court that abuse by Jewish school principal broke trust, painful to remember
Two sisters told an Australian court yesterday that being sexually abused by their Jewish school’s principal broke their ability to trust and was painful to remember. ... -
Australia’s High Court dismisses Russia’s bid for injunction to halt its embassy’s eviction
Australia’s highest court yesterday dismissed Russia’s request for an injunction that would have halted the eviction of its embassy from a site in the capital, Canberra. ... -
Australia’s online safety watchdog demands answers from Twitter on how it tackles online hate
Australia’s online safety watchdog has issued a legal notice to Twitter demanding an explanation of what the social media giant is doing to tackle a surge ... -
Senator invites International Criminal Court to probe officers in war crime allegations
A senator invited the International Criminal Court to investigate what Australian military commanders knew about war crime allegations in Afghanistan in a bid to pressure Australia ... -
Law created to stop Russia from building new embassy for security reasons
Australia’s Parliament passed legislation yesterday to prevent Russia from building a new embassy near Parliament House citing threats of espionage and political interference, as tensions grow ... -
Driver charged after bus carrying wedding guests in rolls over, killing 10 and injuring 25
The driver of a bus was charged yesterday after the vehicle carrying wedding guests rolled over on a foggy night in Australia’s wine country, killing 10 ... -
Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols in legislation coming next week
Australia’s government plans legislation to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols nationwide due to an increase in far-right activity, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said. While most Australian ... -
Mother imprisoned 20 years freed because of doubt she killed her four children
An Australian woman who spent 20 years in prison was pardoned and released yesterday based on new scientific evidence that her four children died by natural ...
