Sources: BBC
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia will recognise Palestine as an independent country in September. 2025-08-11
Prime Minister Scott Morrison declares a national emergency in Australia in response to the ongoing floods in Australia. 2022-03-9
Health officials in Australia announce that the country will bring forward their vaccination rollout plans by two weeks to early March. 2021-01-6
Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologizes for saying there was "no slavery" in Australia. He says that he was referring specifically to the fact that the first Australian colony of New South Wales was set up without the widespread use of slave labor. 2020-06-12
A man is charged in Australia for allegedly committing the 20-year old crimes. 2016-12-22
Australia commemorates the one-year anniversary of the execution of the ringleaders the Bali Nine. 2016-04-29
Australian police in Sydney arrest two men who, police say, were planning attacks on locations such as naval bases and police headquarters. New South Wales Deputy Police Commissioner Catherine Burn said Wednesday's activity brings the number of people arrested in connection with last year's Operation Appleby to 13. 2015-12-23
Adam Giles is elected as the new leader of the Country Liberal Party in Australia's Northern Territory replacing Terry Mills as Chief Minister. He will be the first indigenous head of government in Australian history. 2013-03-13
Low-lying parts of the Western Australian town of Port Hedland are evacuated with Severe Tropical Cyclone Rusty expected to reach the coast tomorrow. 2013-02-26
The President of the United States Barack Obama arrives in Australia for a visit to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the ANZUS treaty; the United States and Australia announce an agreement to expand military cooperation between them, including the stationing of up to 2,500 U.S. Marines near Darwin. 2011-11-16