Sources: Al Jazeera
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will pay Nauru to accept foreign-born criminals who are expelled from Australia following the signing of a memorandum by Nauruan president David Adeang. 2025-09-1
Peter Dutton, the leader of Australia’s Liberal Party, calls on the Australian government to ban the entry of Palestinian refugees fleeing from conflict in the Gaza Strip, which is met with significant condemnation from several politicians and organizations as promoting racial stereotypes. 2024-08-15
Australia and the Philippines upgrade their bilateral relations to a strategic partnership. 2023-09-8
Two teenagers are arrested in Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia, for killing 14 kangaroos two days ago. The animals were found slaughtered on two different roads. 2021-10-11
A XPT train derails in Victoria, Australia, killing two people. 2020-02-20
Flash flooding kills two people and causes major power outages in Sydney, Australia. 2018-11-28
The government of the Australian external territory of Norfolk Island announces it is going to take its governance issue to the United Nations. Former and final Chief Minister of the island Lisle Snell said he seeks to have Norfolk Island added on the UN's list of Non-Self-Governing Territories and be given the rights that are accorded under the terms and conditions of being on the list. In 2015, the Australian government terminated Norfolk Island's self-governing status in response to serious financial issues but without the islanders' or government's consent. 2016-04-19
Australia issues a security alert, warning that terrorists may be planning attacks in and around the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur. It also recommended that Australians avoid travel to the coastal region of eastern Sabah, where the beaches and islands are popular with foreign tourists. 2016-02-21
Australia raises its terror threat level to high following concerns about militants returning from conflicts in Iraq and Syria. 2014-09-12
Australia celebrates indigenous culture with NAIDOC Week with the 2010 theme 'Unsung Heroes - Closing the Gap by Leading Their Way'.2010-07-5