Australia

Australia’s Labour Party leader Anthony Albanese was sworn in on Monday to become the country’s 31st prime minister following his victory in Saturday’s federal election. Albanese, joined by members of his leadership team, on Monday…

Google’s digital advertising dominance is facing stricter regulation by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC). The ACCC, on Thursday, published the interim report from its landmark Digital Advertising Services…

  Google on Friday threatened to pull its search engine from Australia over a proposed media code that would require the tech firm to pay for news content. Mel Silva, managing director for Google’s Australian operations, told a…

Russian state media on Tuesday reported that Russian authorities had detained leaders of the local organisation of the Jehovah’s Witnesses because the religion is banned in the country. SEE ALSO: Trump Campaign Fires Sidney Powell From…

The state that was at the centre of Australia’s second wave of the coronavirus pandemic on Tuesday recorded no active COVID-19 cases for the first time in nearly nine months. SEE ALSO: COVID-19: Chinese City Completes Coronavirus Testing…

Pet owners who fled back to Australia before the peak of the coronavirus pandemic have chartered a 100,000-dollar (70,000 dollars) flight to bring their stranded furry friends back from Canada. A local media, Nine News reported…

Canberra on Tuesday said it was seeking reassurance from Beijing after reports that several Chinese state-owned steelmakers and power plants had been told to stop importing Australian coal. Trade Minister, Simon Birmingham,…

An eight-week night-time curfew in place across metropolitan Melbourne was lifted on Monday as new virus cases in the Australia’s state of Victoria dropped to their lowest level since early June. Five new coronavirus cases…

Rescuers on Friday confirmed they have saved a total of 94 long-finned pilot whales involved in Australia’s largest mass stranding on Tasmania’s west coast. SEE ALSO: Unknown Gunmen Kill Naval Officer, Woman In Kogi State Six were freed,…

Facebook had threatened to stop Australians from sharing news on its platform after regulators proposed forcing the company as well as Google to pay local media outlets for news content.

Australia has officially fallen into its first recession in 29 years with the biggest fall in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on record. According to national accounts data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday…

Facebook has threatened to stop users from sharing news content in Australia as it prepares for a new law forcing it to pay publishers for their articles. Australians would be stopped from posting both local and international news…

The man behind the massacre Brenton Tarrant, 29, admitted to the killing of 51 people, attempted murder of another 40 people and one charge of terrorism. The judge called Tarrant's actions "inhuman", saying he "showed no mercy". The…

Australian wine exports to China became the centre of a new trade wrangle on Tuesday as China launched an investigation into whether Australian winemakers were dumping wine at cheap prices, taking customers away from local producers. SEE…

Australia’s daily COVID-19-related death toll hit a new record high on Wednesday with 21 fatalities in the past 24 hours all reported in the state of Victoria. SEE ALSO: Chinese Court Sentences Another Canadian To Death On Drug Charge The…

Researchers from Australia’s nuclear science agency have revealed that the unique immune system of alpacas could hold the key to coronavirus breakthroughs. SEE ALSO: Pakistan Lifts COVID-19 Restrictions Despite Concerns From Medics The…

Australia’s national science agency has opened the country’s first accredited face mask testing facility to help in the fight against COVID-19. SEE ALSO: Chloroquine Effective In Treating Covid19 - Chinese Ministry of Science and…

A night curfew has been announced in Australia’s second-largest city of Melbourne as COVID-19 cases continue to rise, mostly due to community transmission, despite strong restrictions. SEE ALSO: Security Tightens Around U.S Chengdu…

Australia says its budget deficit will be 85.8 billion Australian dollars (AD) ($61.2 billion) in 2019-20 and AD184.5 billion in 2020-21. SEE ALSO: Google releases ‘Think with Google’ in sub-Saharan Africa This marks the biggest deficit…

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has cancelled the next planned sitting of the federal parliament in Canberra due to the growing spread of COVID-19 cases, especially in the country’s two largest cities of Melbourne and Sydney. SEE…

Australia and New Zealand were handed the right to host the 2023 Women’s World Cup football tournament by a comfortable margin after a vote by the FIFA Council on Thursday. SEE ALSO: Google Strikes Deals To Pay Some Publishers For News…

A criminal suspect who allegedly tried to flee Australia on a yacht has been apprehended after he was found hiding in an air-conditioning vent on a ship. Police said the man, 31, was facing a sexual assault charge in Sydney, Australia.…

Australia’s second-most populous state, Victoria, on Sunday extended its state of emergency for four more weeks to July 19, as it battles a spike in coronavirus infections with a pick-up in community transmission. SEE ALSO: Iron-Ore prices…

Virgin Australia will follow rival Qantas to increase domestic flying as state border restrictions ease, in spite of entering voluntary administration, Australia’s second-largest carrier said on Thursday. SEE ALSO: Coronavirus Can Cause…

Australia’s Border Force has extended a restriction on cruise ships entering the country’s waters for a further three months, to last until Sept. 17. SEE ALSO: Europe Imposes New Travel Bans After Italy’s National Lockdown “Any cruise…

Australia has asked the Chinese ambassador to explain his “threats of economic coercion” in response to Canberra’s push for an international inquiry into the source and spread of the coronavirus. SEE ALSO: ECOWAS Supports Debt…

Australia’s jobless rate is forecast to spike to the highest level in a quarter of a century because of the coronavirus pandemic, but officials said on Tuesday it was still too soon to let up on social restrictions that are curbing economic…