World Feb 13 Australia adds $300 million in funding for Indigenous pledge Fifteen years after the Australian Parliament's historic apology to its Indigenous people for past wrongs, the government is announcing roughly $300 million in new funding to improve the lives of Australia's original inhabitants.
World Feb 02 Australia to remove British monarchy from new bank notes Australia is removing the British monarchy from its bank notes. The nation's central bank said Thursday its new $5 bill would feature an Indigenous design rather than an image of King Charles III.
World Oct 18 Singapore and Australia agree to make their economies net-zero Australia has committed to reducing its emissions to net-zero by 2050 and Singapore is considering adopting the same target.
World Jul 05 Torrential rain floods Sydney, affecting 50,000 residents Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia's largest city in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people.
World May 22 Australia’s prime minister-elect molded by his humble beginnings Anthony Albanese's financially precarious upbringing in government-owned housing in suburban Camperdown fundamentally formed the politician who has lead the center-left Australian Labor Party into government for the first time since 2007.
World May 21 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison concedes election defeat Opposition leader Anthony Albanese will be sworn in as prime minister after his Labor party clenched its first electoral win since 2007.
Science May 11 Majority of Great Barrier Reef coral studied in 2022 was bleached, Australian scientists say Bleaching is caused by global warming, but this is the reef's first bleaching event during a La Niña weather pattern, which is associated with cooler Pacific Ocean temperatures, the Great Barrier Reef Marine Authority said in its annual report released…
Politics Apr 10 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls for May 21 election Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Sunday advised Governor-General David Hurley as representative of Australia’s head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, to set the election date.
World Mar 01 Thousands evacuate from worst Australian floods in a decade Tens of thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate their homes and hundreds of thousands more have been told to prepare to flee as parts of Australia’s southeast coast are inundated by the worst flooding in more than a…
World Jan 16 Ruled out: Australia deports Djokovic for being unvaccinated Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia on Sunday after losing a bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Open title despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19.