Sources: News Limited
Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a mass stabbing at a shopping center in Sydney, Australia. The perpetrator is shot and killed by police. 2024-04-13
A hybrid solar eclipse occurs across the South Pacific in Australia, East Timor, and Indonesia. 2023-04-20
A worker at Auckland Airport tests positive a day after the country restarted reciprocal travel to Australia. 2021-04-20
Australia announces its agreement to join the United States' coalition, along with the United Kingdom and Bahrain, to prevent Iran from targeting ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz. Australia will deploy a Boeing P-8 Poseidon and a frigate. 2019-08-21
An Imam in Australia who married a 14 year old to a 34 year old will not face jail time despite conviction. [https:--www.mirror.co.uk-news-world-news-imam-marries-14-year-old-10661681 ("Daily Mirror") ]2017-06-21
Australians vote to elect a government for the next three years. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, leader of the conservative Liberal Party-led Coalition, dissolved both houses of Parliament in May in a bid for a Senate more friendly to his agenda. The final result showed the Coalition with a bare 1 seat majority in the House with 76 seats and the Australian Labor Party with 69 seats. 2016-07-2
Two species of goblin spider are discovered by the Queensland Museum in Australia's Darling Downs region. 2014-02-24
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
Paul Tiensten, a former Minister in Papua New Guinea, flees to Australia after being summonsed in East New Britain Province to face charges of fraud and corruption. 2011-09-14
Australian airline Qantas announces that it will be cutting 1000 jobs while steel maker OneSteel announces the loss of 400 jobs. 2011-08-16