SYDNEY — Ben Roberts-Smith’s high-profile defamation trial is expected to continue hearing evidence on July 30 from Afghan witnesses about a controversial Special Air Service mission during which local man Ali Jan was killed. Roberts-Smith, 42, claims Ali […]
BRISBANE, Australia — Tighter rules are needed to close a loophole that could allow live shark finning to happen in Australian waters, states a new report. Australia exports shark fins into China and Hong Kong and imports […]
ADELAIDE, Australia — Two days after South Australia broke loose of its week-long lockdown, two new cases have been traced back to a local Covid-19 cluster that started it. The state reported two new infections on July […]
CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian government is working to repatriate close to 32,000 Australians stranded overseas who want to return home. More than 38,000 people have registered to come back amid the worsening Covid-19 pandemic. 4569 on the […]
CANBERRA, Australia — Reopening Australia before four in every five Australians has vaccinated risks the rampant spread of coronavirus and hospitals overwhelmed, said the Grattan Institute. The think tank released modeling on July 29, suggesting allowing Covid-19 […]
BRISBANE, Australia — Queensland’s chief health officer said it’s “almost inevitable” that Covid-19 cases will rise in the state in the coming months. Jeannette Young said the state has weathered 13 incursions of the virus from interstate […]
CANBERRA, Australia — The Federal Parliament of Australia resumes on August 3 with about a third of all the members of parliament not coming to the capital city of Australia, Canberra, after weighing up advice on […]
CANBERRA, Australia — Airline ground workers who Qantas dismissed after their outsourced jobs have won a partial victory against the airline giant. The Federal Court found that Qantas had failed to prove its decision in November […]
BRISBANE, Australia — A local mayor has entered territory no state or federal politician has ventured after apologizing for the blackbirding practices that helped build Queensland’s sugarcane industry. Bundaberg Mayor Jack Dempsey said the practice of “forcing indentured […]
SYDNEY — Up to a thousand police officers will be on duty to meet anyone considering attending an anti-lockdown protest in Sydney this weekend, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mick Fuller has warned. Fuller said in a press […]
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