Australia Australia's largest city Sydney locks down for third week “The situation we’re in now is largely because we haven’t been able to get the vaccine that we need,” New South Wales state Health Minister Brad Hazzard said. 07/07/2021
Australia Australian Grand Prix cancelled due to COVID-19 travel rules The Australian Grand Prix has been canceled after organisers and Formula One couldn't come up with a compromise over Australia's strict COVID-19 travel and quarantine measures. 06/07/2021
Australia COVID-19: Australia further curbs new arrivals due to risks of variant Australia, which already has some of the world’s tightest border restrictions, will reduce its cap on arrivals from 6,000 passengers a week to 3,000 by July 14. 02/07/2021
Australia Delta variant outbreak forced parts of Sydney to go into lockdown The outbreak has been traced back to a Sydney Airport limousine driver who is said to have been infected while transporting a foreign air crew. 25/06/2021
Nature Australia against move to list Great Barrier Reef as 'in danger' A meeting of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee said in a report Monday that "there is no possible doubt" the network of colourful corals off Australia's northeast coast was "facing ascertained danger." 22/06/2021
Eco-Innovation The world's first flying electric car race is ready to take off After completing the final tests on its cars, Airspeeder is planning to launch the first three events later this year. 18/06/2021
no comment New Zealand Floods Aerial video showed the extent of the flooding in New Zealand's Canterbury region on Monday, as forecasters warned of possible heavy rain into the evening before conditions improved. 31/05/2021
Nature First Tasmanian devil babies born on mainland Australia in 3,000 years The Tasmanian devil babies are part of a conservation effort to reintroduce the animals to mainland Australia. 28/05/2021
Samoa Samoa's newly elected first female PM locked out of parliament On Monday morning, Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa and her supporters showed up at parliament to form a new government, but were not allowed inside. 24/05/2021
Mobility This 300-million-year-old insect is helping future drones take flight Aerodynamic dragonflies are some of the best fliers in the animal kingdom - and their skills are helping improve drone design. 30/04/2021
no comment 'We are so lucky': New Zealand-Australia travel bubble opens Excited passengers prepare to fly from Sydney Airport to New Zealand on the first flights to take advantage of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand. 19/04/2021
no comment Families rejoice travel bubble reunions at New Zealand airport Hugs, tears of joy and smiles all around as families and friends are reunited thanks to a travel bubble agreement between New Zealand and Australia. 19/04/2021
Vanuatu Tribe that worships Prince Philip to mark death with ritual wailing The group, based in villages on the island of Tanna in the former Anglo-French colony, revered Philip and believed him to be a reincarnation of an ancient warrior who left the island to fight a war. 10/04/2021
Australia Former Olympian guilty of plotting to smuggle €130 million of cocaine Nathan Baggaley, a three-time world champion canoeist, was found guilty alongside his brother of trying to smuggle 650 kilos of cocaine into Australia in 2018. 02/04/2021
Australia Australian PM 'disgusted' over parliament sex scandal, vows to act A whistleblower said that government staff used the parliament's prayer room to have sex, and that sex workers had been brought into the building. 24/03/2021
no comment Pet emu rescued from flooding in Sydney A pet emu was rescued from flooding in Sydney, Australia. 24/03/2021
