Tag: Australia
Google threatens to halt search engine from Australia
Google on Friday threatened to pull its search engine from Australia over a proposed media code that would require the…
Australia on high alert over new COVID-19 strains
Australia’s health officials said, on Saturday, they are on high alert after cases of highly transmissible new variants of the…
Stranded Australians abroad my ‘first priority’ – Morrison
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told Australians stranded overseas that they remain his “first priority,” media reports say.
Australia moves to make Facebook, Google pay news media for content
Australia, in a world first, finalised plans on Tuesday to make Facebook Inc and Google pay its media outlets for…
Australia, China ties deteriorate over Twitter post
Relations between Australia and China have deteriorated, hitting another low ebb on Monday, over a Twitter post by a top…
COVID-19: Australians spend $100,000 to bring stranded pets home
Pet owners who fled back to Australia before the peak of the coronavirus pandemic have chartered a 100,000-dollar (70,000 dollars)…
Aussie man Mark Rapley attacks white shark to save his wife
An Australian man Mark Rapley jumped onto a great white shark and punched it to save his wife when it…
Australia orders Google, Facebook to pay domestic media
Australia Government has ordered Facebook Inc and Google's Alphabet Inc to share advertising revenue with local media firms, as the…
Australia extends coronavirus restrictions
Australia will keep in place restrictions implemented to curb the spread of the coronavirus for at least four more weeks.
Australia shuts ports against COVID-19 stricken cruise ships
Australia insisted Friday it would not let the crew of multiple virus-stricken cruise ships into the country, slapping aside suggestions…
Australia, New Zealand shut borders
Australia and New Zealand have both closed their borders to all visitors except for citizens and permanent residents and their…
Australia upgrades travel ban to Level 4
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, on Wednesday, announced that the government had issued an advisory banning international travel for all…
Australia’s mega forest fires tamed after one billion animals killed
Exhausted Australian firefighters said on Monday they had finally brought the country's largest "megablaze" under control, as wet weather promised…
U.S sends experienced firefighters to Australia
A group of 20 experienced Californian firefighters were due to travel to Australia on Monday to help combat the wildfires…
Extreme weather worsens Australian fires
Extreme weather conditions have taken hold in fire-ravaged south-eastern Australia with temperatures hitting 48 degrees Celsius in parts of Sydney…