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Australia
Background
Across 21 storiesAustralia is a large island nation and federal democracy in the South Pacific region. News coverage spans diverse areas including politics, health, sports, crime, housing policy, and environmental issues affecting the country and its international relationships.
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Coverage
Albanese seeks to quell datacentre disquiet as climate expert warns ‘we’ve got one shot to get the rules right’
1 source·7h agoPenny Wong condemns ‘insulting’ decision to clear IDF over Gaza strikes that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom
1 source·5d agoAustralia and New Zealand send over 240 firefighters to help battle U.S. wildfires
1 source·5d agoSpaceX Starship the talk of remote Australian island as Elon Musk’s engineers sent to retrieve it
1 source·5d agoJapan and Australia defense chiefs tout ‘significant’ progress on high-energy laser
1 source·6d ago3M knew for more than 50 years that its products could harm humans, Australian government alleges in court documents
1 source·Aug 17Young Japanese anxious as Australia slows working holiday visa processing time
1 source·Aug 17Nazi artefacts still being sold online years after trade outlawed across Australia
1 source·Aug 16Australian health experts fear US vaccine scepticism is catching on as ‘anything Trump says filters through’
1 source·Aug 16Japan’s defence minister heads to Australia to meet Marles in wake of melon-gate controversy
1 source·Aug 16Why is Australia's mushroom killer back in court this week?
1 source·Aug 15Australia v Japan: Nations Championship rugby union international – live
1 source·Aug 15Hazlewood becomes ninth Australian to take 300 Test wickets
1 source·Aug 15Australia v Bangladesh: first men’s Test, day three – live
1 source·Aug 15Australia bowlers toil as Tanzid Hasan ton puts Bangladesh in command of first Test
3 sources·Aug 14Lending to property investors falls sharply in ‘tiny’ step towards fairer housing market in Australia, expert says
1 source·Aug 14Australia has been galvanised by ‘melon-gate’. So what is the luxury fruit at the centre of the PM’s controversy?
1 source·Aug 14Australia v Bangladesh: first men’s Test, day two – live
1 source·Aug 14Australian aviation crew carries out daring midwinter Antarctica rescue
1 source·Aug 7Australia’s best sustainable architecture for 2026 – in pictures
1 source·Aug 6‘We expected it, but now it’s here’: on the frontline of Australia’s bird flu outbreak, people are distressed
1 source·Aug 6Can Australia make housing affordable while avoiding a major market crash? We may soon find out
1 source·Aug 6