Tag: Australia

Tunisia and Japan celebrated unexpected golds on the opening day of swimming medal events before normal service was resumed with the Australian women's 4x100m freestyle relay team smashing their own world record on the way to the title in Tokyo.

Australia's New South Wales state recorded its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 infections this year, even as residents in several major cities across the country were released from snap lockdowns on Saturday.

The Australian state of Victoria said on Wednesday a fresh cluster of COVID-19 cases had grown to 15 in three days and that the next 24 hours were particularly critical as some of those infected had visited crowded venues.

The India women’s team will play their maiden pink-ball test later this year, against Australia in Perth, cricket boards of both the countries announced on Thursday.

Australian job advertisements climbed for an 11th straight month in April to reach their highest in 12 years, suggesting strong demand for labour will withstand the removal of some government emergency support programmes.

One of Australia's most senior security officials has said liberal democracies must brace for war while searching for peace amid elevated global tensions.

Sydney, April 19 (AFP, Reuters) - Emotions ran high Monday (April 19) as excited passengers set off on the first flights to take advantage of a quarantine-free travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand, allowing families split by the pandemic to finally reunite.   "(I’ll) yell, scream cry, hug, kiss, (feel) happy – all of these emotions at once," Ms Denise O’Donoghue, 63, ...

April 16 (Australian Aviation) - Australia has gifted Sri Lankan police five drones to monitor people smuggling between the two countries. It’s part of a wider project to help Sri Lanka establish a “drone surveillance capability” that will also conduct natural disaster scene assessments and recovery and transnational crime investigations. The commander of Joint Agency Task Force Operation Sovereign Borders, ...

A "plague" of the world's most venomous spiders could swarm Sydney after torrential rain and flooding, the Australian Reptile Park said Wednesday, warning that the deadly arachnids could seek refuge in homes as they escape the deluge.

Australian authorities are planning to evacuate thousands more people on Monday from flood-affected suburbs in Sydney's west, which is set for its worst flooding in 60 years with another day of drenching rain expected.