The Latest Breaking News from Australia

'We need this now': budget overlooks Australian Centre for Disease Control

'The radio silence we've heard is extremely alarming.'

The Canberra Times · May 21, 2024

Hardik Singh confident of better Pro League show after Oz wake-up call

KOLKATA: Even as the Indian men’s hockey team begins the European leg of FIH Pro League against Argentina in Antwerp on Wednesday, one cannot help but go back to their five-match series against Australia last month.

The Times of India · May 21, 2024

Briton who died on Singapore Airlines flight named as Geoffrey Kitchen

Retired insurance professional, 73, was en route to Australia with his wife for six-week holiday when plane hit by severe turbulence

The Guardian - UK · May 21, 2024

Australia as Bangladesh vow to boost trade as foreign ministers meet in Dhaka

Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong says her country will continue to work to expand trade relations with Bangladesh

The Independent UK · May 21, 2024

Gina Rinehart portrait saga: largesse comes at a peculiar cost for Australia’s swimmers

To understand why some Olympians would go into bat for the mining magnate on a matter unrelated to the pool, one need only look at the financial hold she has over the sport

The Guardian - AU · May 21, 2024

CSIRO says nuclear plant would cost at least $8.6bn as Coalition stalls on policy details

Report finds nuclear energy more expensive than renewable alternatives and calculates costs for large-scale reactors for first time

The Guardian - AU · May 21, 2024

Report: NFL eyeing Australia game in 2025 or 2026 with Rams potentially as ‘home’ team

The NFL wants to play its first game in Australia in the next few years and the Rams are the logical choice to be the "home" team

USA Today Sports Media Group · May 21, 2024

'Thank God!': First New Caledonia Evacuation Flight Arrives In Australia

A plane full of elated and relieved Australian tourists who had been trapped in New Caledonia during a week of rioting and looting touched down in Brisbane late Tuesday.

International Business Times · May 21, 2024

Australia's popular utes produce emissions far beyond regulations

The latest tests throw up major concerns.

The Canberra Times · May 21, 2024

France hails 'progress' on appeasing protest-hit New Caledonia

An uneasy calm has returned to New Caledonia after the deployment of hundreds of French security forces to shut down violent protests on the Pacific island territory sparked by opposition to a controversial Constitutional reform. While the international airport remains closed to commercial traffic, Australia and New Zealand began evacuating…

Radio France Internationale · May 21, 2024