Australia


New COVID cluster in Australia’s Melbourne sparks mass testing

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Health authorities in Australia’s Victoria state ramped up contact tracing and prepared

Australia tennis chief urges strict quarantine for Tokyo Olympics

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Making the Olympics safe from coronavirus will be difficult for Tokyo without

Australian media say ‘sorry’ for breaching gag order in Cardinal Pell child sex assault case

MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Australian media companies apologised in court on Wednesday for breaching a suppression

Australia’s Victoria state considers N95 masks for quarantine hotels

SYDNEY (Reuters) – The Australian state of Victoria is considering making N95 masks mandatory for

Two directors exit Australia’s Crown board after damning report

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Two Crown Resorts Ltd directors with links to major shareholder James Packer

Australian court rules terrorists can be imprisoned longer

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court on Wednesday upheld a law that can keep

NSW Covid-19 restrictions to be eased from Friday, mandatory masks only on public transport

Sydney, Australia: Sweeping relaxation on restrictions will be effect in the Greater Sydney Area of

Exxon to close Australian refinery

(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil Corp said on Wednesday it will close its 72-year-old Altona refinery

Yes Study World and Gurkhas Fashion extend support to Marpha Football Club, Hobart

Hobart, Tasmania Yes Study World and Gurkhas Fashion have jointly handed over new football jerseys

Australia’s BNPL boom pushes identity theft to record, data shows

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Identity theft complaints in Australia involving buy-now-pay-later finance doubled to a record