ROD McGUIRK

July 26, 2021 at 8:28 pm

Australian city Melbourne ends 5th COVID-19 lockdown

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s second-most populous city Melbourne will end its fifth lockdown on Tuesday with the Victoria state government declaring it had beaten...

• Business

July 23, 2021 at 5:05 am

Australia avoids UNESCO downgrade of Great Barrier Reef

UNESCO had recommended that its World Heritage Committee add the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem to the World Heritage in Danger list, mainly due to...

• Nation & World

July 20, 2021 at 10:17 pm

Japanese envoy says Tokyo ‘struggles every day’ with China

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Japan’s relationship with China was no better than notoriously strained Sino-Australian relations, the Japanese ambassador to Australia said on Wednesday. Japan’s...

• Nation & World

July 18, 2021 at 5:30 pm

Australia deports commentator Hopkins for quarantine boast

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Far-right British commentator Katie Hopkins was deported from Australia on Monday after she boasted on social media that she planned to...

• Business

July 16, 2021 at 9:23 am

Pacific Rim leaders agree to step up COVID vaccine sharing VIEW

Leaders of Asian Pacific nations agreed on Friday to step up COVID-19 vaccination sharing as China said it has pledged $3 billion in international aid...

• Business

July 15, 2021 at 6:05 pm

Pacific Rim leaders discuss economic way out of pandemic VIEW

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden, his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among...

• Business

July 13, 2021 at 12:52 am

Australia vows financial aid as Sydney lockdown continues

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian government officials on Tuesday announced added financial support for businesses and households as Sydney appeared increasingly likely to enter a...

• Business

July 7, 2021 at 12:38 am

Aussie treasurer: National interests come first with China

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia will always put its national interests ahead of economic interests in its troubled relationship with China, a senior Australian lawmaker...

• Business

July 6, 2021 at 8:03 pm

Australia’s largest city Sydney locks down for third week VIEW

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Sydney’s two-week lockdown has been extended for another week due to the vulnerability of an Australia population largely unvaccinated against COVID-19,...

• Business

July 5, 2021 at 11:59 pm

Australia denies interfering in China’s Pacific vaccine help

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia on Tuesday denied Chinese government and media allegations that it was interfering in the rollout of Chinese vaccine in Papua...

• Business