Australia
Large parts of Australia endure heat wave, lifting bushfire risk
SYDNEY, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Large swaths of Australia on Sunday sweated through heat wave conditions as authorities warned of a high…
Australian court fines Airbnb over misleading accommodation pricing
Dec 20 (Reuters) - The Australian Federal Court has ordered Airbnb to pay A$15 million ($10.1 million) in penalties and up to…
Australia swelters through heat wave as firefighters battle bushfires
SYDNEY, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Large parts of Australia on Saturday sweltered under heat wave conditions that prompted the nation's weather forecaster…
Australia plans to halve migrant intake, tighten student visa rules
Australia plans to tighten visa rules, potentially halving migrant intake, amid criticism of a "broken" migration system.
Australia’s economy slows to a crawl, consumer spending surprisingly weak
Australia's Q3 GDP growth slowed due to weaker exports and reluctant consumer spending.
Plague of rats hits Australia
Rats are destroying cars, clambering onto boats and washing up dead on beaches in northern Australia after a plague of the rodents…
Australian warship sails through Taiwan Strait
TAIPEI, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Taiwan said on Friday that an Australian warship had sailed through the Taiwan Strait, the sensitive and…
Australia says ports operator cyber incident ‘serious’
SYDNEY, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The Australian government on Sunday described as "serious and ongoing" a cybersecurity incident that forced ports operator…
Australia in a new COVID wave. What can it expect this time?
Australia is now into its next COVID wave. We’ve seen hints of this for a while. Case numbers and indicators of severe…
UPDATED: Australia signs climate, migration and security pact with Pacific’s Tuvalu
By Alasdair Pal and Lewis Jackson SYDNEY, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday signed a bilateral agreement…
Optus outage causes chaos in Australia
By Renju Jose and Byron Kaye SYDNEY, Nov 8 (Reuters) - An outage at No.2 Australian telco Optus left nearly half the…
Australia records driest October since 2002 due to El Nino
CANBERRA, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Australia recorded the driest October in more than 20 years due to an El Nino weather pattern…