Australia dispatches immigrants to remote Pacific atoll
Australia has started ferrying immigrants to the barren Pacific nation of Nauru under a contentious deal inked this year, home affairs minister Tony Burke said Tuesday.
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Dozen hurt in Sydney mass shooting
A 60-year-old man was in custody in Australia Monday after police said he shot up to 50 bullets into a busy Sydney street, wounding more than a dozen people...
Australian 鈥業S brides鈥�, children return home
Six Australian women and children with links to Islamic State group jihadists have smuggled themselves out of Syria and returned home, with Canberra saying Friday it was 鈥榤onitoring鈥� their situation.
PNG approves contentious defence treaty with Australia: PM
Papua New Guinea鈥檚 cabinet has approved a contentious mutual defence treaty with Australia, the Pacific country鈥檚 prime minister said Thursday, as Canberra seeks to deepen ties with the region and counter Beijing鈥檚 rising influence.
Three died in Australia telco outage
The Australian government said Saturday that telco firm Optus 鈥榣et Australians down鈥� after three people died during a network outage that prevented calls to emergency services.
Rising oceans to threaten 1.5m Australians by 2050: report
Rising oceans and flooding caused by climate change will threaten the homes and livelihoods of more than a million Australians by 2050, while deaths from heat-related illness will soar, a landmark report warned Monday ahead of...
Australia to spend $8b on nuclear sub shipyard facility
Australia will spend an initial Aus$12 billion (US$8 billion) to upgrade shipyard facilities for a future fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, the government said Sunday.
Australia failing to combat 鈥榩ersistent鈥� anti-Muslim hate: report
Australia has failed to tackle persistent and intensifying Islamophobia, a government envoy said Friday, calling anti-Muslim hate a 鈥榙eeply ingrained societal challenge鈥�.
Decorated Australian soldier loses defamation court challenge
One of Australia鈥檚 most decorated soldiers on Thursday lost his final legal bid in a years-long defamation case against three national newspapers which had implicated him in war crimes while serving in Afghanistan.
Australia to pay $1.6b for Nauru migrant resettlement
Australia will pay US$1.6 billion to the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru over the next three decades to send hundreds of immigrants to the barren island under a secretive new deal, officials said.
Wife of Australian man wanted in police killings urges him to surrender
The wife of an Australian man wanted in connection with the killing of two police officers urged her husband to surrender, in a statement sent to Australian media Sunday.
