Feb 13 Australia adds $300 million in funding for Indigenous pledge By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Feb 02 Australia to remove British monarchy from new bank notes By Nick Perry, Rod McGuirk, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
Jan 30 France, Australia to supply Ukraine with artillery shells By Associated Press France and Australia have announced plans to jointly produce and send several thousand 155-millimeter artillery shells to Ukraine. The first deliveries are expected by the end of March. Continue reading
Dec 06 WATCH: Blinken and Austin hold news briefing with Australian counterparts By Associated Press The U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense met with their Australian counterparts in Washington on Tuesday to discuss strategic concerns including the war in Ukraine. Continue reading
Nov 02 Watch 7:33 News Wrap: Cameras at Pelosi home not monitored during attack because speaker wasn’t there In our news wrap Wednesday, U.S. Capitol Police said it was not watching cameras monitoring the Pelosi home when an attacker broke in because the speaker herself was not there, Benjamin Netanyahu remains headed for a decisive win in Israel's… Continue watching
Oct 18 Singapore and Australia agree to make their economies net-zero By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press Australia has committed to reducing its emissions to net-zero by 2050 and Singapore is considering adopting the same target. Continue reading
Oct 14 Watch 6:12 News Wrap: Teenager accused in N.C. mass shooting, DOJ seeks end to special master review By PBS NewsHour In our news wrap Friday, police say a 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after shooting and killing five people in Raleigh, North Carolina, the U.S. Justice Department asked a federal appeals court to end an outside review of documents… Continue watching
Jul 07 Floodwaters recede from Sydney area as rain threat moves north By Associated Press Floodwaters are receding in Sydney and its surrounding area as heavy rain threatens to inundate towns north of Australia's largest city. Continue reading
Jul 05 Watch 3:51 News Wrap: NATO takes another step toward Finland and Sweden memberships In our news wrap Tuesday, NATO's 30 nations signed accession protocols for Finland and Sweden to join the alliance, more than 50,000 people in Sydney, Australia are under evacuation orders amid a flood emergency, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson faces… Continue watching
Jul 05 Torrential rain floods Sydney, affecting 50,000 residents By Rod McGuirk, Mark Baker, Associated Press 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. Continue reading