Australia
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
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.
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.
Australia bans uranium mining at Indigenous site
Australia yesterday moved to ban mining at one of the world’s largest high-grade uranium deposits, highlighting the site’s “enduring connection” to Indigenous Australians.
Australia doubles foreign student visa fees
Australia said yesterday it had more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has intensified pressure on an already tight housing market.
Australia doubles foreign student visa fee in migration crackdown
Australia said on Monday it had more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has intensified pressure on an already tight housing market
Assange back home as a free man
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange landed to an ecstatic welcome in Australia yesterday after pleading guilty to violating US espionage law in a deal that sets him free from a 14-year legal battle.
WikiLeaks founder Assange returns home a free man
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returned home to Australia to start life as a free man today after admitting he revealed US defence secrets in a deal that unlocked the door to his London prison cell
Great Barrier Reef sees fragile coral comeback
Parts of Australia’s beleaguered Great Barrier Reef now have the highest levels of coral cover seen in decades, a government report said yesterday, suggesting the aquatic wonder could survive given the chance.
Australia backs law to speed carbon emission cuts
Australia enshrined deeper cuts to carbon emissions in new legislation yesterday, aiming to shed its decade-long reputation as a fossil-fuel-addicted climate laggard.
Coral cover 36-year highest in parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef
Two-thirds of Australia's Great Barrier Reef showed the largest amount of coral cover in 36 years, but the reef remains vulnerable to increasingly frequent mass bleaching, an official long term monitoring programme reported on Thursday.
Ukraine war: NZ PM decries UN ‘failure’
The UN Security Council has failed in its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said yesterday, describing Moscow’s role as “morally bankrupt.”
Thousands more flee as Sydney floods track north
Thousands of people on Australia’s east coast fled their homes yesterday as torrential rains tracked north after unleashing floods in Sydney that submerged communities, roads and bridges under mud-brown water.
Sydney floods force thousands more to flee
Rain-swollen rivers spilled mud-brown waters across swathes of Sydney yesterday, swamping homes and roads while forcing thousands to flee.
Thousands more Sydney residents evacuate as floods worsen
Torrential rains kept battering Australia's east coast on Tuesday, intensifying the flood crisis in Sydney as thousands more residents were ordered to leave their homes after rivers swiftly rose past danger levels.
Sydney floods: Thousands evacuated; more heavy rains predicted
Fresh evacuation orders were issued for tens of thousands of Sydney residents on Monday after relentless rains flooded several suburbs in Australia's largest city, with officials warning of more wild weather to come.
Australia agrees payout, ending France submarine spat
Australia unveiled a substantial compensation deal with French submarine maker Naval Group yesterday, ending a contract dispute that soured relations between Canberra and Paris for almost a year.
Australia accuses China of dangerous interception
Australia yesterday accused the Chinese military of putting an Australian Defence Force flight crew at risk when their plane was intercepted late last month over the South China Sea.