Oceania

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Australians demand justice for indigenous people on national day

Organisers of the protests called for the abolition of Australia Day as it marks the beginnings of colonial rule by Britain.

26/01/2021

New Zealand

New Zealand records first COVID case outside of quarantine in months

A 56-year-old woman tested positive for the virus after spending two weeks in quarantine after being in Europe.

24/01/2021

Australia

Google threatens to remove search engine from Australia over new law

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hit back at the search giant saying "we don't respond to threats" after Google said it would remove its services from the country.

22/01/2021

Australia

Tennis stars hit out at Australian Open COVID isolation measures

Posts on social media show tennis players hitting balls across the walls of their hotel rooms in a bid to stay in shape ahead of the tournament.

18/01/2021

Australia

Grand slam champions among players quarantined at Australian Open

Grand slam champions are among 47 players in hard lockdown at the Australian Open, after four people on charter flights into Australia tested positive for COVID-19.

17/01/2021

Australia

Australia to kill pigeon that crossed Pacific from Oregon

A racing pigeon survived an extraordinary 13,000-kilometre Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States but authorities consider the bird a quarantine risk.

14/01/2021

World News

Twelve deep-water creatures discovered in Atlantic Ocean

Twelve species new to science were discovered deep in the Atlantic after five years of study by the ATLAS Project.

29/12/2020

New Zealand

British backpacker Grace Millane’s killer convicted of more attacks

The man who murdered British backpacker Grace Millane in 2018 has been convicted of sex attacks on two other women.

22/12/2020

Travel News

Visitors to Palau are now required to sign an eco-pledge on arrival

The nation in Micronesia is the first to change its immigration policies in favour of environmental protection.

16/12/2020

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Recycling plant engulfed by large fire in Brisbane

Plumes of smoke billowed across the Australian city of Brisbane as firefighters fought a blaze at a recycling plant.

16/12/2020

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Australia's Gold Coast beaches swamped by foam caused by rough seas

Rough seas have caused foam to form on Australia's Gold Coast beaches.

15/12/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand mosque shootings report says far-right threat overlooked

Intelligence agencies were too focused on the threat posed by Islamist extremism at the expense of other dangers including white supremacism, the report says.

08/12/2020

Australia

First samples of asteroid subsurface recovered in Australian outback

Japan's space agency has made history by successfully capturing and returning subsurface material from an asteroid for the first time.

06/12/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern declares 'climate emergency'

Britain, Ireland, and at least a dozen states have made similar declarations.

02/12/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand files 13 safety charges after volcano killed 22

New Zealand authorities filed safety violation charges on Monday against 10 organisations and three individuals after a volcanic eruption at White Island last year killed 22 people.

30/11/2020

World

Geologists in New Zealand plan to deep into extinct volcano for heat

They are planning to drill into an extinct 11-million-year-old volcano to use its heat as an alternative energy resource and reduce climate-damaging emissions.

27/11/2020

Australia

Australian troops unlawfully killed 39 Afghans, shocking report finds

The report recommended 19 soldiers be referred to federal police for criminal investigation for the unlawful killing of 39 Afghan prisoners, farmers and civilians.

19/11/2020

Travel News

Medieval battles are growing in popularity in Australia, but they're not for the faint hearted

With axes and swords, the mix of combat sports with 16th-century weapons is not a re-enactment, say the athletes who train three times a week for the battles.

30/10/2020

New Zealand

New Zealand votes to legalise euthanasia but not marijuana

People voted 65% in favour of supporting an End of Life Choice Act that gives people with a terminal illness the option of requesting assisted dying.

30/10/2020

Earth News

Coral reef taller than the Empire State Building found in Australia

Scientists are both “surprised and elated” by the discovery in the Great Barrier Reef.

28/10/2020

World

Melbourne celebrates the end of a gruelling four-month lockdown

After 112 days, the Australian city of Melbourne has lifted its coronavirus lockdown.

28/10/2020

World

Bush fires in 2019 and 2020 caused unprecedented damage in Australia

Nearly three billion animals have been killed or displaced.

23/10/2020

New Zealand

Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party secures victory in New Zealand election

The election was widely seen as a referendum on Ardern’s leadership since she took office three years ago.

17/10/2020

Nature

Warming has killed half of Great Barrier Reef's corals: study

"There is no time to lose — we must sharply decrease greenhouse gas emissions," the study authors warned.

14/10/2020

Earth News

Chris Hemsworth releases Tasmanian devils back into Australia

Tasmanian devils haven't existed in mainland Australia for 3,000 years.

06/10/2020

French Polynesia

New Caledonia votes 'no' to independence from France

The referendum that marks a milestone in a three-decade decolonization effort.

04/10/2020