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SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s Victoria state, the country’s Covid-19 hot spot, reported four cases related to infections in schools on Saturday (Oct 24), a day…
View More Australia's Covid-19 hot spot sees more school cases a day before curbs set to be eased
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australian police said on Friday (Oct 23) that they have charged 44 men with possessing and producing child-abuse material after a year-long…
View More Australian police arrest 44 in nationwide child exploitation swoop
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s Victoria state – the epicentre of the country’s Covid-19 outbreak – on Friday (Oct 23) reported that active coronavirus cases have…
View More Australia's Covid-19 hotspot Victoria sees active Covid-19 cases fall to 4-month low
MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – Australia’s most heavily hit coronavirus state of Victoria logged a sixth consecutive day of low single digit new cases on Wednesday (Oct…
View More Australia's Victoria state paves way for pop-up dining as coronavirus cases remain low
MELBOURNE (BLOOMBERG) – The state at the epicentre of Australia’s Covid-19 outbreak announced an easing of restrictions on Sunday (Oct 18), but left many businesses…
View More Australia's Victoria state eases lockdown as Covid-19 cases fall
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY • The virus that causes Covid-19 can survive on banknotes, glass and stainless steel for up to 28 days, much longer than the flu…
View More Virus that causes Covid-19 can survive 28 days on banknotes, glass and stainless steel: Study
MELBOURNE (REUTERS) – Former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has called for a major government inquiry into the tight ownership of Australian media by Mr…
View More Australian ex-PM Kevin Rudd calls for inquiry into Murdoch media dominance
Australian world championship surfer Matt Wilkinson came within inches of a five-foot-long shark while paddling in from a surf at Sharpes Beach off the coast…
View More Drone footage shows the tense moment a shark swam within inches of a professional surfer in Australia
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australian casino billionaire James Packer on Thursday (Oct 8) said international tour operators helped Chinese gamblers circumvent Chinese capital controls, and that…
View More Australia casino boss Packer says junkets help skirt China money controls
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank held its cash rate at a record low on Tuesday but hinted at further monetary easing as it looks…
View More Australia central bank holds rates, but signals more easing soon
SYDNEY/BANGKOK – Singapore will allow travellers from Australia, except those from the state of Victoria, and Vietnam to enter from next Thursday (Oct 8), but many holidaymakers…
View More Visitors from Australia, Vietnam unlikely to rush to Singapore after lifting of travel curbs
SYDNEY (AFP) – Australia has approved two major new fossil fuel projects that proponents in the climate change-vulnerable nation say will create badly needed jobs…
View More Australia approves major new fossil fuel projects
SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s coronavirus hotspot state of Victoria on Tuesday (Sept 29) reported 10 new infections in the past 24 hours, turning around a…
View More Australia's coronavirus infection trend falls in hotspot state of Victoria
SINGAPORE – Singapore and Australia began their joint maritime exercise on Saturday (Sept 26) in the southern reaches of the South China Sea – with…
View More No physical interaction in joint Singapore-Australia naval exercise