World Oct 20 Driver charged with intentionally injuring Australian federal lawmaker Brendan Nugent, from nearby Tarrawingee, was charged with intentionally causing serious injury, dangerous driving causing serious injury and causing harm to a federal official, police said in a statement on Tuesday.
World Oct 19 Australian lawmaker critically injured by car is 'no accident,' prime minister says Helen Haines, 65, was struck by a Toyota Land Cruiser SUV outside her electoral district office mid afternoon in the city of Wangaratta in Victoria state, a police said.
Arts Aug 25 Australia's music industry bans AI-generated tracks from official charts Australia’s recorded music industry will bar tracks wholly generated by artificial intelligence from official charts as burgeoning generative technologies threaten artists’ livelihoods, a representative said on Tuesday.
World May 15 6 passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine Australian Health Minister Mark Butler said the government would implement one of world's strongest quarantine responses to the outbreak.
World Mar 16 Iranian women's soccer team leaves Malaysia for Oman after asylum reversal Iran’s women’s soccer team has left Malaysia for Oman after five of the seven squad members who sparked a diplomatic furor by seeking asylum in Australia reversed their decisions and rejoined the team in Kuala Lumpur.
World Mar 15 Fifth member of Iranian women's soccer team gives up asylum in Australia A fifth member of the Iranian women’s soccer team who accepted a refugee visa to stay in Australia has left the country, the Australian government said on Monday.
World Mar 14 Another 3 members of Iran's women's soccer team decide against staying in Australia as refugees Another three members of the Iran's women’s soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland, an Australian government minister said on Sunday.
World Mar 05 Leaders of Canada and Australia urge Iran war de-escalation, affirm Iranians can't have nuclear weapons The meeting came after news that a U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean and Turkey said NATO defenses intercepted a ballistic missile launched from Iran before it entered Turkey’s airspace.
World Jan 20 Australia's Parliament passes anti-hate speech and gun laws proposed after Sydney attack The gun laws introduce new restrictions and a government-funded buyback program. The anti-hate speech laws allow for groups not classified as terrorist organizations, like Hizb ut-Tahrir, to be banned.
World Dec 31 PHOTOS: How the world is ringing in 2026 Drummers pounded in the New Year and a stampede of computer-generated horses was shown over a section of the Great Wall as China and the rest of East Asia marked the start of 2026.