Australia tells Russia to 鈥榖ack off鈥� on spying
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese on Saturday rejected Russian criticism over the arrest of a Brisbane-based couple accused of spying for Moscow, telling the...
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Australia increases visa fee for foreign student
Australia has significantly increased the visa fee for international students, more than doubling the cost from A$710 to A$1,600....
Julian Assange 鈥榬ediscovering鈥� life as free man in Australia
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is 鈥榬ediscovering鈥� life as he tastes freedom in Australia after a five-year stretch in a London high-security prison, his wife said on...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns home a free man
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man on Wednesday after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell....
Chinese PM Li urges 鈥榮helving differences鈥� with Australia
Chinese prime minister Li Qiang called Saturday for 鈥榮helving differences鈥� with Australia as he embarked on a four-day trip dangling the promise of expanded trade despite their geopolitical rivalry....
Body recovery effort 鈥榗alled off鈥� at PNG landslide site
Hundreds of villagers feared buried in Papua New Guinea landslide will not be recovered, the military said on Wednesday, describing the disaster zone as 鈥榯oo dangerous鈥� to operate in...
Australia opens military to non-citizens
Australia will allow non-citizens to join its armed forces, the government said on Tuesday, as the sparsely populated nation struggles to meet...
Aid reaches Papua New Guinea landslide site
Supplies of food and medicine began arriving at the scene of a deadly landslide in Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, with aid workers discovering children rendered mute by the shock of the disaster...
Papua evacuating thousands under threat of new landslide
Thousands of people living near the site of a deadly Papua New Guinea landslide have been told they may have to evacuate because of the risk of further slips, a top provincial official said on Tuesday...
2,000 people feared buried in Papua New Guinea landslide
More than 2,000 people are feared buried in a Papua New Guinea landslide that destroyed a remote highland village, the government said on Monday, as it pleaded for international help in the rescue effort...
670 estimated dead in Papua New Guinea landslide
More than 670 people are believed to be dead after a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea, a UN official said on Sunday as aid workers and villagers braved perilous conditions in their search for survivors...
Small island states win key climate case in UN court
The UN maritime court on Tuesday ruled in favour of nine small island states who brought a case to seek increased protection of the world鈥檚 oceans from...
Australian police arrest 554 in domestic violence crackdown
Police in Australia鈥檚 most populous state announced on Monday that they had arrested and charged 554 domestic violence suspects in a four-day operation, as the country reckons with a series of high-profile attacks on women.....
16-year-old shot dead by police in Australia
Western Australian police shot and killed a 鈥榬adicalised鈥� 16-year-old boy with a knife who had stabbed a man in a Perth car park, police and the state premier said on...