Government And Politics

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Australian prime minister says Australia is under an increasing cyberattack from an unnamed state

Jun 18, 2020

Australian prime minister says Australia is under an increasing cyberattack from an unnamed state

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Jun 17, 2020

Australia accuses China and Russia of virus disinformation

Australia's foreign minister says China and Russia are using the heightened anxiety around the coronavirus pandemic to undermine Western democracies by spreading disinformation online

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Cricket Australia cuts staff, budget; sets for full season

Jun 17, 2020

Cricket Australia will cut 40 staff and plans to slash costs by millions of dollars to off set the impact of the coronavirus pandemic

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Jun 17, 2020

Down Under sets aside historic acrimony in UK trade talks

Both Australia and New Zealand announced Wednesday they are starting formal talks for separate free-trade deals with the United Kingdom, as they each seek to rekindle a trading relationship that was severely tested nearly 50 years ago

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Jun 16, 2020

Eales and ex-PM on board for Aussie Rugby World Cup bid

Ex-Wallabies captain John Eales and former Prime Minister John Howard have been recruited to a board created to drive Australia’s bid to host the 2027 Rugby World Cup

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Jun 15, 2020

Australia voices concern over man sentenced to die in China

Australia’s prime minister says that his government is “very sad and concerned” by China's sentencing of an Australian man to death for drug trafficking, and that he had repeatedly raised with China the case of the 56-year-old former actor and motivational speaker

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Jun 15, 2020

Australia 'disheartened' by death sentence in China

Australia has described as “deeply disheartening” a death sentence China imposed on an Australian man accused of drug smuggling

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Jun 15, 2020

2 Sydney statues of British explorer James Cook vandalized

Two statues of British explorer James Cook have been vandalized in Sydney, and an Australian state government leader is considering tougher laws to protect monuments

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Jun 13, 2020

Thousands gather for Black Lives Matter rallies in Australia

Protests have gone ahead in support of the Black Lives Matter movement in far-flung parts of Australia against the advice of government and health authorities but on a significantly smaller scale than the previous weekend, when tens of thousands rallied in cities along the east coast