The Daintree Rainforest in Australia — a world-famous travel destination and, at an estimated 180 million years old, one of the world’s oldest forests —…
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Sydney plans to start leaving its lockdown in October.
Three months after Australia’s biggest city locked down to contain its latest coronavirus outbreak, the authorities have outlined a path to reopening. If it reaches…
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Australia Took On China. Did It Get It Right?
CANBERRA, Australia — When Australia’s prime minister, Scott Morrison, proclaimed a new “forever partnership” strengthening military ties with the United States, it was a decisive…
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Ex-Principal of Australian School to Stand Trial on Sexual Abuse Charges
MELBOURNE, Australia — An Australian court ruled on Thursday that a former principal of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish girls’ school must stand trial on charges that…
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Earthquake Hits Southeast Australia
MELBOURNE, Australia — An earthquake of 5.8 magnitude hit southeast Australia on Wednesday morning, collapsing the walls of buildings in Melbourne, shattering windows and leaving…
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Why Australia Bet the House on Lasting American Power in Asia
Less than three years ago, Australia’s leader said his country need not choose between the U.S. and China. A nuclear submarine deal shows that much…
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Why I Will Miss the Melbourne Star (No Joke)
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. This week, Melbourne added another tally to…
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The police set up checkpoints outside New Zealands’s largest city.
The police in New Zealand are establishing checkpoints south of Auckland, the country’s largest city, to prevent people from moving illegally between regions with different…
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Australia should shift its focus away from lockdowns, its prime minister says.
Australia, which is battling its worst coronavirus outbreak, must cease lockdowns that attempt to stamp out the virus once the country reaches its initial vaccination…
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In Melbourne, Australia, a protest against Covid restrictions turned violent.
MELBOURNE, Australia — Protesters in Melbourne demonstrating against Covid restrictions on Saturday clashed with the police, who used pepper spray to disperse them. Several officers…
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Australia Is Betting on Remote Quarantine. Here’s What I Learned on the Inside.
HOWARD SPRINGS, Australia — On Day 8 of my two-week stay at Australia’s only remote, dedicated facility for Covid quarantine, I called my 11-year-old daughter…
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A man who traveled to an Australian town while infected with the virus is being charged.
A Sydney man who caused a weeklong lockdown in a coastal Australian town is being charged with breaching public health orders. The man, whom the…
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Australia’s Path Out of the Pandemic: Will it Make You Scream With Anger or Joy?
The prime minister has finally acknowledged that Australia will eventually have to learn to live with Covid. By Damien Cave The Australia Letter is a…
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The Guardians of Australia’s Memory Try Crowdfunding
The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it by email. “We are in a race to preserve…
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