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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank was worried about the potential for a “very material contraction” in economic activity when it unveiled quantitative easing in…
View More 'Very material' contraction likely in Australia due to coronavirus: central bank minutes
MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – New South Wales (NSW), the Australian state most severely affected by last summer’s wildfires on Tuesday (March 31) marked the official close…
View More Australia's New South Wales state calls end to brutal fire season
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia faces a 10% economic contraction in the March quarter as shockwaves from the coronavirus pandemic rip through the economy, the head…
View More Australia's top retail bank boss warns of sharp economic slowdown
SYDNEY – In Australia, where borders between states are often marked by little more than a sign on a dusty road, many travellers may not…
View More Coronavirus: State border closures leave Australia's federal model in strange territory
SYDNEY (AFP) – Australian researchers are fast-tracking large-scale human testing to see if a vaccine used for decades to prevent tuberculosis can protect health workers…
View More Australians trial TB vaccine to fight coronavirus
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia will impose a 14-day self isolation on all international passenger arrivals from midnight Sunday (March 15) to try and contain the…
View More Coronavirus: Australia will impose self isolation on all international arrivals
CANBERRA (AFP) – Lawyers for disgraced Cardinal George Pell claimed the senior cleric’s conviction for child sex abuse was based on “improbabilities”, as they launched…
View More Cardinal Pell's final appeal against child sex conviction opens
A cough on the train at any other time may have been received much differently than it was on Sunday in Sydney, Australia. Given the…
View More ‘Did you cough at me?’: Coronavirus anxiety sparks transit confrontation
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – A former passenger on the Diamond Princess cruise ship that was quarantined off Japan for coronavirus died in a hospital in Perth…
View More Australia's first coronavirus death confirmed as former Diamond Cruise passenger
Canberra wants legislation to prevent people from livestreaming violent crime and ‘weaponising social media platforms’. The Australian government has announced plans to introduce tough new…
View More Australia plans tough social media law after Christchurch attacks
Trump faces litany of investigations into business practice Beyond probe into alleged collusion with Russia, US president’s business dealings are under legal scrutiny. As the…
View More Australia’s 1st Virus Death as Man Returns From Diamond Princess
Far-right party sought up to $20m from pro-gun groups in the United States, undercover Al Jazeera investigation reveals. Sydney, Australia – An official from Australia’s…
View More Australia's One Nation offered 'change to voting system' for cash
Veterinarians at an animal hospital in Australia recently helped a python named Monty who ate a beach towel whole. Video shows the doctors prying the…
View More Veterinarians remove an entire beach towel from python's stomach
SYDNEY (Reuters) – A C-130 tanker plane that crashed and killed all three Americans on board while fighting fires in Australia last month hit the…
View More Tanker plane that crashed in Australia hit ground after low fire retardant drop: preliminary report