Australia

Australia

Australian man shot dead in Bali

An Australian man was shot dead and another one was wounded in a shooting at their villa on the popular Indonesian resort island of Bali early Saturday, according to police who were hunting for two suspects.

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Australia ‘confident’ in US nuclear sub deal despite review

Australia said yesterday it is “very confident” in the future of a US agreement to equip its navy with a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines, after the Trump administration put the pact under review.

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10 killed in Austrian school shooting

A gunman killed at least nine people at a secondary school in the southern Austrian city of Graz yesterday, in the worst school shooting in the country’s modern history.

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Record floods devastate eastern Australia

Record floods cut a destructive path through eastern Australia on Friday, caking houses in silt, washing out roads and separating 50,000 people from help.

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Polio outbreak declared in PNG

A polio outbreak has been declared in Papua New Guinea, sparking concern about the disease’s spread in a country with low vaccination rates, health officials said.

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Australian PM basks in win, vows 'orderly' government

Australia's left-leaning Prime Minister Anthony Albanese basked Sunday in his landslide election win, promising a "disciplined, orderly" government to confront cost-of-living pain and tariff turmoil

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Riding anti-Trump wave, Aussie PM retains power

Australia’s Anthony Albanese claimed a historic second term as prime minister yesterday in a dramatic comeback against once-resurgent conservatives that was powered by voters’ concerns about the influence of US President Donald Trump.

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Australians vote in election swayed by inflation, Trump

Millions of Australians voted Saturday in a bitterly contested general election, following a campaign shaped by living costs, climate anxiety and US President Donald Trump's tariffs

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Six drowning deaths as huge waves hit Australian coast

A fisherman died after being swept off rocks near Sydney yesterday, stretching the Easter weekend death toll of drownings to six as huge waves battered Australia’s east coast.

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Floods hit eastern Australia, 200,000 properties blacked out

Torrential rain from the remnants of Cyclone Alfred flooded swathes of Australia's east coast on Monday, as workers battled to restore power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses

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Australia’s cyclone name changed to avoid confusion with PM

The change was made to avoid confusion with Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's name

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'Erratic' cyclone creeps towards eastern Australia

Tropical Cyclone Alfred was 250 kilometres (155 miles) east of busy Brisbane city on Thursday afternoon

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NZ minister quits after putting hand on staffer’s arm

A New Zealand government minister said yesterday he has resigned from his post for putting his hand on a staff member’s upper arm during an “animated” discussion.

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Australia, China trade blame over fighter jet incident

Australia has raised concerns with China over what it said yesterday were “unsafe and unprofessional” actions by a Chinese fighter jet towards an Australian maritime patrol in the South China Sea two days earlier, an account disputed by Beijing.

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Bangladeshi couple drowns in Australia after jumping into sea to save daughter

The incident occurred yesterday at a beach in Perth

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Australia to limit foreign student enrolments in migration crackdown

Australia said on Tuesday it would limit the enrolment number of international students at 270,000 for 2025, as the government looks to rein in record migration that has contributed to a spike in home rental prices

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Australia gives millions of workers ‘right to disconnect’

Australia gave millions of workers the legal right to “disconnect” yesterday, allowing them to ignore unreasonable out-of-hours calls, emails and texts from their bosses.

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Hottest oceans in 400 years endanger Great Barrier Reef

Water temperatures in and around Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have risen to their warmest in 400 years over the past decade, placing the world’s largest reef under threat, according to research published yesterday.

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