PERTH, Australia—A teenage girl was killed in a suspected shark attack in the Western Australian city of Perth after she jumped from her jet ski, police said Saturday. The 16-year-old was pulled from the Swan River with critical injuries. Emergency personnel provided medical assistance to her at the scene but she died, said Police Acting […]
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday that “significant progress” has been made toward Australia’s acquisition of a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines “at the earliest possible date” under the AUKUS security pact. Austin met with Australian defense minister Richard Marles in Washington on Saturday to discuss the trilateral AUKUS (which includes the UK) partnership, […]
UK foreign and defense ministers hosted their Australian counterparts on Feb. 2. Security in the Indo-Pacific region was high on their meeting agenda. Amid China’s military buildup, the UK and Australia are working together to counter Beijing’s aggression. The two countries pledge to further ties with the United States. At Portsmouth’s iconic Spinnaker Tower, British […]
Australian authorities have found and secured a radioactive capsule missing in the outback of Western Australia (WA) after a frantic one-week hunt. The capsule, which is filled with Caesium-147 which emits radiation equal to 10 X-rays per hour, was located two meters off the Great Northern Highway near Newman on Wednesday morning local time. “I do want […]
MELBOURNE, Australia—Novak Djokovic found this trip to Australia far less complicated, and far more successful, than that of a year ago. Unable to enter his best event in 2022 after being deported from the country because he was not vaccinated against COVID-19, Djokovic accomplished all he could have wanted in his return: He resumed his […]
China-Australia relations are seemingly on the mend, with Chinese Leader Xi Jinping remarking the two are “moving in the right direction” during a congratulatory message for Australia Day. Trade relations do appear to be warming between the major partners after some three years of tension. China placed unofficial bans on Australian products from coal, to […]
SYDNEY—American rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, may not be suitable for an Australian visa because of his history of anti-Semitic remarks, a government minister said on Wednesday, as pressure mounted to deny the award-winning rapper entry. Minister for Education Jason Clare condemned Ye’s “awful” anti-Semitic comments involving Hitler and the Holocaust, saying others […]
The world is reeling from inflation not seen in decades, with many people’s budgets taking a hit. In Hobart, the capital of the Australian island state Tasmania, a charity is upping its services to help more of those struggling to make ends meet.
SYDNEY—A 10-year-old Australian boy who was critically injured two weeks ago when two helicopters collided, killing four people, had woken from a coma in hospital and held his father’s hand, a family priest said. Nicholas Tadros remained in the Queensland Children’s Hospital in Brisbane where medical staff described his condition on Monday as “critical but […]
Australia and neighboring Papua New Guinea are joining forces on a new security treaty. They said on Jan. 12 they’re still finalizing the deal, an apparent challenge to China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific region.
