Sources: Al Jazeera
Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin resigns following a network outage in Australia that took down its phone and internet services nationwide for 14 hours earlier this month. 2023-11-19
Australia reports a record for the twelfth consecutive day of 35,326 new cases of COVID-19. New South Wales, Victoria and other states report record numbers of new cases. 2022-01-1
At an annual meeting of the Convention for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources in Hobart, Australia, twenty-four countries and the European Union agree to create the world's largest marine park in Antarctica's Ross Sea. The marine park will cover more than 12 percent of the Southern Ocean, and will be protected from commercial fishing for 35 years. 2016-10-28
Censors in Australia effectively ban the award-winning Swedish film "Children's Island" due to scenes of child nudity, with anyone caught selling or showing the film in public risking up to 10 years in prison. 2014-02-27
A ship capsizes off the island of Java carrying refugees from Indonesia to Australia. Thirty people are missing and 22 bodies have been recovered, with 31 survivors rescued. 2013-09-27
Australian Trade Minister Craig Emerson says free trade talks between Australia and China are deadlocked over differences of opinion on the removal of investment limits for state-owned enterprises. 2013-04-18
Denis Napthine is sworn in as the Premier of the Australian state of Victoria replacing Ted Baillieu. 2013-03-7
Voters in the Australian state of Queensland go to the polls for a state election, with the Liberal National Party led by Campbell Newman winning government in a landslide. 2012-03-24
David Bartlett resigns as the Premier of the Australian state of Tasmania. 2011-01-23
Actor Paul Hogan is banned from leaving Australia until he settles a multi-million dollar tax bill. 2010-08-25