Sources: News Limited
Australia and the Philippines upgrade their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership. 2023-09-8
Australia announces that it will reopen its international borders to fully vaccinated tourists on February 21, after a closure of almost two years in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, Western Australia is expected to continue to close its borders to tourists. 2022-02-7
A C-130 water bomber crashes in southern New South Wales, Australia, while helping control a bushfire. Three American firefighters are killed. 2020-01-23
Australia, Malaysia and the People's Republic of China reach an agreement about the costs and direction of the ongoing search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean southwest of Western Australia. 2014-08-28
Five people die after a light plane catches fire on take-off at Caboolture Airport in Queensland, Australia. 2014-03-22
Australia relaxes sanctions on Myanmar, following political reforms in Myanmar, including by-elections earlier this month in which opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party won dozens of seats. 2012-04-16
A Queensland man is missing presumed dead in floodwaters in Bajool while parts of central New South Wales are declared disaster zones after a week of heavy rains in eastern Australia. 2010-12-3
The death of a Fijian detainee at the Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, sparks a rooftop protest by Tamil detainees. 2010-09-20
Australia immediately suspends all new asylum claims by people from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan. 2010-04-9
Australia and Indonesia sign an agreement to combat people smuggling. 2010-03-10