Sources: Al Jazeera
Australia announces that it will fund the construction of a new ministerial wing for Papua New Guinea's Parliament House in Port Moresby as the country marks its 50th anniversary of independence. 2025-09-16
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces that the remaining five members of the Bali Nine drug-trafficking group, who were serving life sentences in Indonesia, have returned to Australia following an agreement between the two countries to end their imprisonment. 2024-12-15
The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade tells its citizens to leave Israel, citing a high threat of military reprisals and terrorist attacks. 2024-04-19
Seven volunteers from the World Central Kitchen, including six British, Polish, Australian and Palestinian nationals and a dual American-Canadian citizen, are killed in an Israeli airstrike south of Deir el-Balah. 2024-04-1
The parliament of Vanuatu elects Sato Kilman as the new prime minister, replacing Ishmael Kalsakau. Vanuatu entered a political crisis after opposition parties lodged a no-confidence petition criticizing then Kalsakau for signing a security pact with Australia. 2023-09-4
Australia is threatening to take legal action against Japan over its resumption of its controversial whale hunt in the Antarctic Ocean. A whaling fleet set sail last week, ignoring international condemnation, and last year's ruling by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) prohibiting these hunts. 2015-12-7
Australia warns of bushfires due to a 40C (104F) heatwave affecting the country. 2014-01-15
Approximately 3000 coal miners working for BHP Billiton in the Australian state of Queensland commence a week-long strike. 2012-02-15
Thousands of residents of Australian towns Bellingen and Moree, New South Wales are warned to prepare to evacuate as a result of heavy rain. 2012-02-2
Over fifty-thousand Australians have been placed on evacuation alert in the Australian state of Victoria in eleven towns since Saturday due to the 2010 Victorian floods. 2010-09-6