MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The Australian government said young children will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a rights advocacy group on Wednesday challenging…
Read more Australia will enforce a social media ban for children under 16 despite a court challengeLONDON (AP) — King Charles III, who is 75 and battling cancer, will travel halfway around the world to Samoa this month to take his seat as the…
Read more King Charles III set to visit Australia and Samoa on a trip spanning a dozen time zonesMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Treasurer Jim Chalmers will this week become the first Australian government minister in that key economic role to visit China in seven years, in…
Read more Australia’s treasurer will visit China this week in the latest sign that bilateral ties are mendingMELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Japan and Australia agreed on Thursday to increase joint military training exercises as their government ministers shared concerns over China’s recent incursions into Japanese…
Read more Japan and Australia agree to increase joint military trainingWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of Australia’s most populous state ordered all public employees to work from their offices by default beginning Tuesday and urged stricter…
Read more Australian state orders public servants to stop remote working after a newspaper campaign against itWASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the global nuclear regulatory agency pledged Wednesday to be “very demanding” in overseeing the United States’ planned transfer of nuclear-powered submarines to…
Read more Watchdog pledges ‘demanding’ oversight of nuclear sub dealSAN DIEGO (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to meet Monday with two of America’s closest allies to announce that Australia will purchase nuclear-powered attack submarines from…
Read more Biden in San Diego to announce Australia submarine dealCANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Defense Department will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese Communist Party-linked companies from its buildings, the government said Thursday after the U.S. and…
Read more Australian Defense Department to remove Chinese-made camerasADELAIDE, Australia — Novak Djokovic has reiterated his earlier comments that he bears no hard feelings on his return to Australia after his visa cancellation and subsequent deportation…
Read more Djokovic says no hard feelings over Australian deportationCANBERRA, Australia — The first visit by an Australian foreign minister to China in four years is raising hopes that Australia will make progress on ending trade sanctions…
Read more Australian visit to China raises hopes on trade, detaineesCANBERRA, Australia — Former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has been chosen as the nation’s next ambassador to the United States. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the appointment…
Read more Former Australian leader Kevin Rudd appointed US ambassadorWELLINGTON, New Zealand — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged New Zealand to take a leading role in focusing on the environmental destruction his country is suffering as a…
Read more Zelenskyy asks New Zealand to focus on war’s ecological tollCANBERRA, Australia — An inquiry into a former Australian prime minister secretly appointing himself to multiple ministries recommended Friday that all such appointments be made public in future…
Read more Australia to prevent repeat of former leader’s power grabCANBERRA, Australia — The Australian defense minister on Wednesday played down the significance of a major upgrade of B-52 facilities planned for northern Australia that has raised China’s…
Read more Australia plays down US B-52 bomber plan that angers ChinaCANBERRA, Australia — The United States is preparing to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers in northern Australia, a news report said Monday, prompting China to accuse…
Read more China slams reported plan for US B-52 bombers in AustraliaCANBERRA, Australia — Australia has reversed a previous government’s recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the foreign minister said Tuesday. The center-left Labor Party government Cabinet agreed…
Read more Australia drops recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
