Sources: BBC
A 41-year-old Australian former soldier is arrested and charged with the murder of an Afghan man while he was deployed in Afghanistan, becoming the first Australian military member to be charged following the release of the report. 2023-03-20
President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen suspends negotiations for a free trade agreement with Australia over Australia's recent cancellation of a submarine contract with France, demanding that Australia must apologise to France before the agreement can continue. 2021-09-21
Australia suspends flights from India until May 15 amidst a surge of the COVID-19 cases. 2021-04-27
The Parliament of Australia votes to make same-sex marriage legal in Australia. 2017-12-7
The United States Congress negotiates a deal to fast track the Trans-Pacific Partnership between the US and Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. 2015-04-16
Voters in Australia will go to the polls on September 7 for a federal election. 2013-08-4
The governments of the United States, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands protest the start of Japan's whaling season off the coast of Antarctica. 2011-12-14
Sydney experiences record weather conditions, hottest night on record. 2011-02-6
The Australian state of Queensland evacuates off-shore islands and low-lying parts of North Queensland ahead of Cyclone Yasi which is expected to hit the state as a Category 4 tropical cyclone late on Wednesday or early Thursday. 2011-02-1