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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...

Business

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...

Business

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...

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A kangaroo rushes past a burning house in Lake Conjola, Australia, on Tuesday, Dec. 31 2019. This fire season has been one of the worst in Australia’s history, with at least 15 people killed, hundreds of homes destroyed and millions of acres burned. (Matthew Abbott/The New York Times) XNYT2 XNYT2

December 31, 2019 at 7:35 pm

Australia sending aid to wildfire towns as death toll rises VIEW

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia deployed military ships and aircraft Wednesday to help communities ravaged by apocalyptic wildfires that have left at least 17 people...

A burnt-out residence is seen in Sarsfield, East Gippsland, Victoria, Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. Wildfires burning across Australia’s two most-populous states trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions Tuesday and were feared to have destroyed many properties and caused fatalities. (James Ross/AAP Images via AP) TKSJ812 TKSJ812

December 30, 2019 at 7:28 pm

Raging wildfires trap 4,000 at Australian town’s waterfront VIEW

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Wildfires burning across Australia's two most populous states Tuesday trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions and killed at...

December 29, 2019 at 8:03 pm

New Year’s fireworks OK’d in Sydney as wildfire risk worsens

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Sydney will set off its iconic New Year's Eve fireworks after being granted an exemption to a total fire ban Monday,...

December 28, 2019 at 8:06 pm

Sydney New Year’s fireworks to go ahead despite wildfires VIEW

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Sydney's iconic New Year's Eve fireworks will go ahead despite the wildfire crisis to show the world Australia’s resiliency, the prime...

December 27, 2019 at 12:05 am

Sizzling temperatures hit Australia as wildfires persist

PERTH, Australia (AP) — A code red was issued in South Australia on Friday as temperatures hit 42 degrees Celsius (108 Fahrenheit) in the state’s...