MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – Searing heat scorched south-eastern Australia on Monday (Jan 25), stoking bush fires near the city of Adelaide and driving crowds to the…
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Alert issued for parts of Sydney after virus fragments detected in sewage
SYDNEY – Health officials in Australia’s New South Wales state issued an alert on Saturday (Jan 23) for more than 300,000 people after traces of…
View More Alert issued for parts of Sydney after virus fragments detected in sewageGoogle threatens to disable search engine as Aussie row deepens
SYDNEY • Google threatened to disable its search engine in Australia if it is forced to pay local publishers for news, a dramatic escalation of…
View More Google threatens to disable search engine as Aussie row deepensTropical Cyclone Kimi forms off north-eastern Australia, likely to hit coast on Jan 18
BRISBANE (AFP) – A tropical cyclone formed off the north-eastern coast of Australia on Sunday (Jan 17), threatening the tourist hot spots of Cairns and…
View More Tropical Cyclone Kimi forms off north-eastern Australia, likely to hit coast on Jan 18One-way Cook Island travel bubble to New Zealand to start next week
WELLINGTON (REUTERS) – People from the Cook Islands can start quarantine-free travel to New Zealand next week, the two governments said on Friday (Jan 15),…
View More One-way Cook Island travel bubble to New Zealand to start next weekAustralia on track to record zero Covid-19 cases for second straight day
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia is on course to record its second straight day of zero local Covid-19 cases, helped by tougher restrictions on public movement…
View More Australia on track to record zero Covid-19 cases for second straight dayAustralia records handful of new Covid-19 cases as national frictions grow
MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – Australia recorded a handful of new locally acquired coronavirus cases on Tuesday (Jan 12), with frictions increasing between state leaders over the…
View More Australia records handful of new Covid-19 cases as national frictions growThree Australian cities told to get Covid-19 tests and isolate
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s most populous state New South Wales on Tuesday (Jan 5) called on residents in three cities to be tested for Covid-19…
View More Three Australian cities told to get Covid-19 tests and isolateAustralia makes gains in Pacific islands as Covid-19 hinders China
SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG) – Australia is moving to boost ties with small island nations off its eastern coastline, pushing back against China’s growing influence in the…
View More Australia makes gains in Pacific islands as Covid-19 hinders ChinaAustralia's New South Wales makes masks mandatory as virus cluster expands
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) on Saturday (Jan 2) made masks compulsory and imposed new mobility restrictions as…
View More Australia's New South Wales makes masks mandatory as virus cluster expandsAustralia bans exports of waste amid moves to boost local recycling
SYDNEY – Australia has imposed a ban on exports of recyclable waste as it tries to boost recycling in the wake of a Chinese import…
View More Australia bans exports of waste amid moves to boost local recyclingSydney nervous as pre-Christmas Covid-19 outbreak prompts calls for tougher response
SYDNEY – Sydney remains on tenterhooks as a fresh Covid-19 cluster threatens to bring the city to a standstill during the Christmas holiday and prompts…
View More Sydney nervous as pre-Christmas Covid-19 outbreak prompts calls for tougher responseYour Tuesday Briefing
Britain’s sudden coronavirus Christmas isolation. By Natasha Frost Good morning. We’re covering Britain’s sudden isolation, neo-Nazis on police forces in Germany and China’s shifting attitudes…
View More Your Tuesday BriefingInternational students in Australia prepare to spend the holidays away from family
It’s been a rough year surviving the pandemic away from home. By Yan Zhuang The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau.…
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