Aug 02, 2020, at 03:59 am
Washington: The United States and Australia have reaffirmed their commitment to trilateral dialogues with Japan and Quad consultations with Japan and India.
Hong Kong Conflict: China suspends extradition treaties with Canada, Australia, Britain
Jul 30, 2020, at 08:22 pm
Hong Kong/Beijing: Amid growing conflict, China on Tuesday announced a decision to suspend extradition and judiciary assistance treaties between Hong Kong and Canada, Australia and Britain.
Australia now joins US in declaring China's claims in South China Sea as 'illegal'
Jul 27, 2020, at 03:53 pm
Sydney/Beijing: In a move, which might further deteriorate relations with China, Australia has backed the US in declaring Beijing's territorial claims in the South China Sea to be illegal.
Australian coronavirus death toll rises to 126
Jul 21, 2020, at 09:32 pm
Canberra/Xinhua: Australia on Tuesday reported 388 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, and Deputy Chief Medical Officer Nick Coatsworth welcomed the positive results from COVID-19 vaccine trials around the world.
Australia might ban Chinese app Tik Tok
Jul 11, 2020, at 04:16 am
Sydney: Amid growing concern that the platform might pose a national security threat and even when it is feared that the user's data might be shared with China, the Australia government is planning to ban Tik Tok following the action taken by India after a border faceoff with China, media reports said.
Jul 02, 2020, at 12:33 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Australia has increased its defence budget by a whopping 40 per cent to 270 billion dollars for a ten-year period, the country's Prime Minister Scott Morrison said while he launched the 2020 Defence Strategic Update and the 2024 Structure Plan on Wednesday.
Australia under sophisticated cyber attack, says PM Scott Morrison
Jun 19, 2020, at 05:00 pm
Canberra/UNI: Australia's PM Scott Morrison on Friday informed that the country was currently facing a sophisticated state based cyber attack.
Mysterious green fireball above Australia's outback leaves experts baffled
Jun 15, 2020, at 06:03 pm
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: A mysterious, green colored fireball flew across the sky of Australia's remote outback on Monday, stunning onlookers and leaving local experts baffled about its origins.
Thousands in Australia march on race-related issues
Jun 13, 2020, at 05:02 pm
Canberra/Sputnik/UNI: Australia on Saturday saw protesters take to the streets in most major cities on the back of the worldwide wave of anti-racism demonstrations, local media reported.
US, three other allies target China over Hong Kong national security law
May 29, 2020, at 07:10 pm
Washington: China's decision to impose the new national security law on Hong Kong has earned criticisms from the United States and its three major allies.
Australia sentences Japanese traveller for possessing child pornography
May 27, 2020, at 07:17 pm
Tokyo/UNI: Australia on Monday sentenced a Japanese tourist to 16 months in jail for attempting to import child pornography into Australia.
Australia records 100th COVID-19 death
May 19, 2020, at 04:05 pm
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: Australia has recorded its 100th COVID-19 death on Tuesday when authorities confirmed that a 93-year-old female resident of the Newmarch House aged care facility in Western Sydney became the 100th COVID-19 death in Australia, 19th from Newmarch House.
Australian leaders irked by China's threat to Island Nation's economy
May 08, 2020, at 05:53 pm
Melbourne/IBNS: Australia and China exchanged barbs in recent times after the Island nation demanded an investigation into the origins of coronavirus as well as a review of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
Chinese hacking group is targeting governments across Asia, says security firm Check Point
May 08, 2020, at 05:44 pm
Beijing/IBNS: When the world is busy combating COVID-19, a Chinese hacking group has been conducting “ongoing” espionage operations on foreign governments across Asia, a security firm said.
Australia "exposed" to global medical supply shortage: Minister
Apr 08, 2020, at 12:13 pm
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: Australia's Finance Minister has warned that the nation's medical stockpile has been "somewhat exposed" to international shortages amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Australian Capital Territory declares public health emergency
Mar 16, 2020, at 09:58 am
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has declared a public health state of emergency amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
Australia confirms first death from Coronavirus: Reports
Mar 01, 2020, at 08:26 am
Moscow/Sputnik: Australia has confirmed that the first person, a passenger of the virus-hit Diamond Princess ship, died from the coronavirus disease, officially named COVID-19, media reported on Sunday.
Australian police probe terror links after knife-wielding man shot dead by police
Feb 24, 2020, at 09:38 am
Sydney/Xinhua: Australian police continued to investigate whether a knife-wielding man shot dead by police in Brisbane on Sunday had any links to terror groups.
Train derailment leaves 2 dead in Australia
Feb 21, 2020, at 04:35 pm
Sydney/UNI: Two people were killed and 11 injured when a train carrying 153 passengers derailed near a town north of Melbourne, officials said on Friday.
Australia issues 42 arrest warrants for nationals in Syria suspected of IS links
Feb 21, 2020, at 04:25 pm
Canberra,/UNI: Australian Federal Police has obtained 42 arrest warrants for its citizens accused of supporting the Islamic State in Syria, including women from the Al-Hawl camp, The Guardian newspaper reported on Friday.
National science body to aid Australian recovery from bushfire crisis
Jan 30, 2020, at 09:55 am
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: Australia's national science body will be called up to help the nation recover from devastating bushfires.
More than 5000 feral camels killed in drought-hit areas of southern Australia
Jan 15, 2020, at 01:10 am
Sydney/IBNS: Australia has completed the culling of more than 5,000 feral camels over the last five days that were threatening the survival of indigenous communities in drought-hit areas of southern Australia, reports said.
Bushfire crisis: Thousands protest in Australia
Jan 11, 2020, at 04:22 pm
Sydney/IBNS: Asking the government to act on the issue of climate crisis, thousands of activists marched in different parts of bushfire-hit Australia on Friday.
Australia bushfire crisis: UNICEF offers help and support
Jan 07, 2020, at 04:01 pm
New York/IBNS: Raging bushfires wreaking havoc across Australia have prompted the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, to offer its support to the Australian Government and its partners which are battling the “unprecedented disaster”.
Australian bushfire claims 2 more lives
Jan 04, 2020, at 05:12 pm
Sydney/XINHUA/UNI: Australian authorities confirmed two more deaths in the bushfire on Kangaroo Island of South Australia, according to News.com.au's report on Saturday.
Narendra Modi calls Australian PM Scott Morrison, condoles loss of lives in bushfires
Jan 04, 2020, at 06:40 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison on Friday where he condoled the loss of lives and damage to property caused due to bushfires.
2 more confirmed dead, several missing in Australian bushfires
Dec 31, 2019, at 06:18 pm
Sydney/Xinhua/UNI: Two more people were confirmed dead and several more remain missing in Australia on Tuesday as the result of severe bushfires in the country's southeast.
Catastrophic bushfire warnings issued again for South Australia
Dec 30, 2019, at 10:13 am
Canberra/Xinhua/UNI: South Australia (SA) has been warned to prepare for catastrophic bushfire conditions for the third time in 10 days.
Over 30,000 forced to flee Australia's Gippsland Valley as bushfires rage
Dec 30, 2019, at 10:03 am
Sydney/Xinhua/UNI: Over 30,000 people had been told to evacuate Australia's East Gippsland region before 9 a.m. local time on Monday, as soaring temperatures and high winds are expected to fan the flames of three enormous wildfires which have already burnt through 130,000 hectares of forest.
Australian gov't appoints first female head of intelligence agency
Dec 13, 2019, at 05:49 pm
Canberra/Sputnik/UNI: The Australian government has appointed the first woman to serve as director-general of the country's biggest spy agency, the prime minister and defense minister said in a joint statement on Friday.