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Greenpeace partially leaks a draft report from the International Panel on Climate Change, revealing that a number of large oil, coal, beef and animal feed-producing countries including Australia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Argentina are lobbying the IPCC for looser restrictions on global heating.
2021-10-21

The Australian government signs an agreement with Merck Sharp & Dohme to buy 300,000 courses of the antiviral drug molnupiravir, pending regulator clearance, which would be the first pill to treat COVID-19 patients.
2021-10-4

Facebook unblocks Australian news pages after the Australian government offers to make it exempt from their new News Media Bargaining Code if Facebook, Inc. can form enough private agreements to pay Australian news companies for their content.
2021-02-23

The New Zealand government imposes a mandatory requirement for all travellers to present a negative COVID-19 test result before departing for New Zealand, beginning January 25. This requirement does not include residents of Australia, Antarctica and most Pacific Island countries.
2021-01-19

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer tells a Senate panel that President Donald Trump has decided to "pause" tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from the European Union, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and South Korea.
2018-03-22

Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, Rwanda and South Korea join the UN Security Council.
2013-01-1

Argentina, Australia, Luxembourg, Rwanda, and South Korea are elected to the United Nations Security Council for two-year terms starting in 2013.
2012-10-18

Australia's (and the Southern Hemisphere's) first total artificial heart transplant occurs at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney, Australia.
2010-08-16

Dr. Jayant Patel is convicted at the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia of three charges of manslaughter committed while working at the Bundaberg Base Hospital.
2010-06-29

Australian mining stocks plummet after the government passes a new 40% profit tax on the industry. International mining companies warn that many new mining projects may be canceled.
2010-05-3