Australia

Nature

Two endangered tortoises meet for their first date via FaceTime

Now that Hugo the tortoise is ready to settle down, his keepers have found him a lady friend who travelled from Europe to meet him.

03/08/2021

Earth News

Why were two anti-lockdown protesters charged with animal cruelty?

Two men were charged with animal cruelty after a violent image went viral during Australia’s anti-lockdown protests.

27/07/2021

Australia

Australia: Thousands join anti-lockdown protests amid surging cases

Thousands of people took to the streets of cities in Australia on Saturday to protest against lockdown restrictions, amid a surge in coronavirus cases

24/07/2021

Australia

Brisbane to host the 2032 Olympic Games

The Games will go back to Australia 32 years after the popular 2000 Sydney Olympics.

21/07/2021

Nature

Shark culling in Australia isn’t making it any safer to swim

Experts argue that Australia’s shark control methods are contributing to the largest marine cull in history.

13/07/2021

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Prisoners in Sydney climb onto prison roof

Prisoners climbed onto a prison roof in Sydney as smoke billowed from a burning section of the building on Monday.

12/07/2021

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

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'Psychic' Thai lion predicts weekend's Euro games

Move over Paul the Octopus, Thailand has a new claimant to the football forecasting crown: Boy the "psychic" lion, who has so far correctly called four Euro 2020 matches.

18/06/2021

Mobility

Are hydrogen-powered cars steering Australia to a greener future?

Hydrogen cars get a boost in Australia as the first publicly available hydrogen refuelling station gets its ‘green’ stamp of approval from the Smart Energy Council.

07/05/2021

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

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'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

Ecotech

Scientists have grown a clean, green superbug that eats sewage

A superbug which eats its way through wastewater has been grown from scratch at a plant in Australia.

13/04/2021

Australia

Australia buys 20 million more Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines for COVID-19

The announcement comes hours after Australia said it would stop using the AstraZeneca jab on those under 50 years old.

09/04/2021

Travel News

Travel between Australia and New Zealand allowed from April 19

Travellers will not have to quarantine when they move between the two nations.

06/04/2021

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

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Volunteers pick fruit in Australian cemetery to combat food insecurity

"When we first started the real focus was on reducing waste, but we quickly realised what a problem food security is in Ballarat, and that's become the main reason for what we do," says co-Founder of Hidden Orchard Ellen Burns.

29/03/2021

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Clean-up underway after record flooding on Australia's east coast

Residents in New South Wales state started cleaning up on Thursday after record flooding on Australia's east coast.

25/03/2021

Ecotech

Electronic 'noses' are being used to sniff out wildlife traffickers

Animals smuggled in luggage and mail may soon be saved with the help of one of Australia's most trafficked species.

25/03/2021

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

Earth News

Australia’s ‘unprecedented’ flooding triggers climate change concerns

Thousands have been affected in some of the same regions hit by Australia's devastating wildfires last summer.

22/03/2021

Australia

Australia: Evacuations as severe floods hit Sydney and New South Wales

More evacuations have been ordered after heavy rain brought the worst flooding for decades in Australia's most populous state.

21/03/2021