Australia Archives

December 7, 2025 5:49 PM

Australia downgrades wildfire alerts in New South Wales state

Australian authorities on Sunday downgraded alerts for wildfires that have burnt through thousands of hectares of bushland in the country's most populous state, destroying properties and infrastructure. More than 60 wildfires were burning in New Sou...

November 27, 2025 9:27 AM

Australia set to overhaul environment laws in deal with Greens

Australia will overhaul its environment laws in long-awaited reforms after the Greens party agreed to back the centre-left Labor government's legislation on the final day of parliament for the year, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday. ...

November 22, 2025 7:10 PM

PM Modi launches ACITI partnership with Australia, Canada on the sidelines of the G20 Summit

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the launch of a new trilateral initiative — the Australia-Canada-India Technology and Innovation (ACITI) Partnership — aimed at advancing cooperation in key futuristic sectors. The announcement ...

November 20, 2025 7:23 PM

India, Australia review ties at 16th Foreign Ministers’ Framework Dialogue

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday said that the 16th India–Australia Foreign Ministers' Framework Dialogue continues to serve as a key pillar of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries. Holding talks in N...

November 20, 2025 2:05 PM

Turkey set to host COP31 climate summit, Australia to lead government talks

Turkey will host next year's UN climate summit while Australia will lead the conference's negotiations among governments, under a compromise deal taking shape in talks in Brazil, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday. The annua...

November 17, 2025 11:30 AM

Asbestos contamination forces schools in Australia, New Zealand to close

More than 70 schools in Australia and New Zealand were closed on Monday for cleaning after asbestos was discovered in widely used children’s play sand products. Recalls have been issued for several colourful play sand products after laboratory tes...

November 9, 2025 12:16 PM

Piyush Goyal holds bilateral talks in Melbourne to review India-Australia CECA progress

Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Saturday held bilateral meetings in Melbourne with Australia’s Minister for Trade and Tourism Senator Don Farrell and Minister for Skills and Training Andrew Giles to review the progress of t...

October 21, 2025 9:35 AM

Trump, Australia’s Albanese sign critical minerals agreement to counter China

U.S. President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese signed a critical minerals agreement aimed at countering China on Monday at a meeting marked by Trump's jab at Australia's envoy to the United States over past criticism. Chi...

October 20, 2025 2:04 PM

Australia’s weather bureau casts doubt on prospects for La Nina

Australia's weather bureau is not convinced that a La Nina weather pattern is forming that could change rainfall patterns and bring wilder weather to parts of the Americas, Asia and Oceania, affecting crop production, a senior climatologist sai...

October 19, 2025 2:03 PM

Australia defends plan to send deportees to tiny Pacific nation of Nauru

Australia on Sunday defended a A$2.5 billion ($1.62 billion) deal to deport hundreds of non-citizens to the tiny Pacific nation of Nauru over the next 30 years, a plan criticised by human rights groups. Australia's centre-left Labor government in Se...