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Fans lineup to enter the stadium ahead of the Rugby Championship game between the All Blacks and the Wallabies in Perth, Australia, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. While the cities of Sydney and Melbourne in the east have been in strict lockdown, the Western Australia state capital Perth has largely remained open for business behind its closed border. Masks are rarely seen and bars and nightclubs are open. But states that remain virtually COVID-free, including Western Australia, are now under mounting pressure to share the nationâ€™s pandemic pain by opening their borders in the interests of opening the national economy.(AP Photo/Gary Day) AUS104 AUS104

September 9, 2021 at 6:50 pm

‘Paradise’: Australian states free of COVID resist opening VIEW

Australian states that remain virtually COVID-free, including Western Australia and Queensland, face growing pressure to open their borders, with the national government arguing that internal...

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March 11, 2020 at 11:56 pm

Australia unveils $11.4 billion in virus outbreak stimulus

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia on Thursday put forward a $17.6 billion (US $11.4 billion) stimulus package meant to stave off a recession due to...

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February 21, 2020 at 3:32 am

Outpouring of worldwide support for bullied Australian boy

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Devastated after again being targeted at school for his dwarfism, a sobbing Quaden Bayles repeatedly told his mother that he wanted...

February 19, 2020 at 12:02 am

Abbott says top Malaysian leaders suspected pilot of MH370

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said the “top levels” of the Malaysian government long suspected that the disappearance of...

February 16, 2020 at 8:38 pm

Aussie court says police raid legal, raising secrecy fears

PERTH, Australia (AP) — The Australian Federal Court ruled Monday that a police raid last year on the country’s national broadcaster was legal, prompting fears...

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A photo provided by the State Government of Victoria, Australia, shows a helicopter dumping water on a wildfire near Bairnsdale on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. The country’s east coast is dotted with apocalyptic scenes on the last day of the warmest decade on record in Australia. (State Government of Victoria via The New York Times) **EDITORIAL USE ONLY** XNYTF XNYTF (STATE GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA / NYT)

January 1, 2020 at 7:49 pm

Australian prime minister is jeered in wildfire-ravaged zone VIEW

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Scott Morrison was confronted by angry residents who cursed and insulted him Thursday as he visited a wildfire-ravaged corner...