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Australia announces rapid antigen tests will be made free to concession card holders amid a nationwide shortage, but resists calls for universal free access.
2022-01-5

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, Malaysia and the People's Republic of China reach an agreement about the costs and direction of the ongoing search for the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean southwest of Western Australia.
2014-08-28

A welcome home parade in Darwin marks the official end of Australia's active involvement in the Afghanistan War.
2014-03-1

Australia temporarily closes its High Commission in the Pakistani capital Islamabad. It says it fears violent protests aimed at Western countries as a result of recent controversies.
2012-09-21

A boat carrying 70 asylum seekers en route to Australia sinks off the coast of Java in Indonesia with eight confirmed deaths and fifteen people missing.
2011-11-1

Australia announces a ban of live cattle exports to Indonesia of up to six months following recent reports of cruel treatment in Indonesian abattoirs.
2011-06-8

Three Filipinos are executed on drug charges in the People's Republic of China.
2011-03-30

Newly released cables from the United States indicate former Prime Minister of Australia Kevin Rudd suggested the use of force against China if it could not be "successfully integrated" into the international community. The Australian government refuses to respond to the release.
2010-12-6

An Australian mining company signs a $70 billion deal to supply Chinese power stations with coal, in the country's biggest ever export contract.
2010-02-6