Sources: Kotaku
Buildings and roads are damaged across Melbourne by a magnitude 4.0 earthquake in Victoria, Australia. 2023-05-28
Fifty-one people are arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while trying to emigrate to Australia by sea. Police said that undocumented immigration has increased because of Sri Lanka's economic crisis. 2022-07-3
New Zealand suspends its quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for at least eight weeks amid an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant. However, there will be managed return flights for the next seven days for New Zealand citizens who wish to return home. 2021-07-24
Voters in Australia go to the polls to elect new members of the House of Representatives and half of the Senate. 2019-05-18
Australia commemorates the one-year anniversary of the execution of the ringleaders the Bali Nine. 2016-04-29
The People's Republic of China and Australia sign a free trade agreement in Canberra as Andrew Robb, Australia's Minister for Trade and Investment, warns that the United States Congress only has weeks to approve the Trans-Pacific Partnership. 2015-06-17
In Australia, at least seven emergency warnings have been issued for bushfires in New South Wales resulting in one death at Lake Munmorah, significant property damage and closure of airports and highways. 2013-10-17
A ship capsizes off the island of Java carrying refugees from Indonesia to Australia. Thirty people are missing and 22 bodies have been recovered, with 31 survivors rescued. 2013-09-27
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority grounds all Tiger Airways flights in the country until July 9 due to a range of safety concerns. 2011-07-2
A man from Bamboroo, Queensland becomes the first casualty of Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi in Australia. 2011-02-4