US President-elect Joe Biden in phone calls with the leaders of Australia, Japan and South Korea emphasised on maintaining a secure and prosperous Indo-Pacific region.

Joe Biden's call to Asian leaders amid growing China threat

Australia's New Year fireworks show over Sydney Harbour will go ahead, but the number of people at popular viewing spots will be limited to avoid the spread of COVID-19, the country's most populous state declared on Monday (November 9).

Australia gives go-ahead to scale down New Year's Eve celebrations

Out of New South Wales' quiet country, a larger-than-life mural painted on grain silos has brought an artistic flourish to the once barren landscape.

Australian artist paints larger-than-life silo mural

The Australian government has agreed to purchase two more COVID-19 vaccines in development, beefing up the country`s prospective arsenal against the pandemic to 135 million doses as it aims to complete a mass inoculation programme within months.

Australia orders more COVID-19 vaccines for total of 135 million doses

Australia's foreign minister has welcomed Qatar's steps to prosecute those responsible for subjecting female travellers to gynaecological searches at the Gulf state's main airport last month.

Australia welcomes Qatar action on invasive airport searches of women

Australia has just come out of a lockdown and now a warning of flash flood followed by continuous rains and hail storms has forced the residents back in their houses again for the next few days.

In pics: Tennis ball-sized hail hits parts of Queensland ahead of flash-flood warning

They used to call it “the tyranny of distance.” Australia’s remoteness was something to escape, and for generations, the country that hates being referred to as “Down Under” has been rushing toward the world.

Cut off from the world again, Australia now finds silver linings

Voters in Australia`s Queensland state went to the polls on Saturday in an election overshadowed by COVID-19, with the Labor government expected to retain power for taking strict measures that have put it at odds with the national government.

Australia's Queensland votes in COVID-dominated race, Melbourne eases lockdown

Qatar said on Friday that those responsible for invasive gynecological searches of passengers at Doha airport had been referred for prosecution over the "violations" following widespread outrage.

Qatar to charge those behind invasive airport searches of women

With exports to China under investigation, lacklustre sales in the US and COVID-19 shutdowns denting restaurant sales everywhere, Australia's winemakers are turning to a traditional revenue source to turn a dollar: the cellar door.

Australian winemakers look past China, US woes and toast the home market

Lauding Australia's response to handling the coronavirus pandemic, US's top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said he "wished" America also adopted a similar approach.

Anthony Fauci lauds Australia's Covid-19 response, says people 'ridiculed' in US for wearing masks

Australian Scientists have found a detached reef, more than 500 metres high – taller than the Empire State Building – at the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef.

Coral reef taller than the Empire State Building discovered in Australia

Japan is holding a drill with American soldiers. The US is supplying Taiwan with advanced weapons. Australia will join India, Japan and the US for the Malabar Exercise next month. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how US & its allies are building an Asian NATO.

Gravitas: How the United States is building the Asian NATO

The government of Qatar on Wednesday expressed “regrets” over a decision to pull more than a dozen women from a Qatar Airways flight in Doha and subject them to invasive medical exams after an abandoned newborn was found in an airport bathroom.

Your Story: Qatar regrets strip-searches over abandoned body

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne said on Wednesday that 10 female passengers flying out of Doha were forced to endure invasive physical examinations. Earlier, the government of Qatar said it “regrets any distress or infringement on the personal freedom of any traveller” after several women were asked to deboard the flight and were strip-searched by the authorities of Qatar Airways onboard a flight from Doha to Sydney after a newborn baby had been found abandoned in a trash can and was wrapped in a plastic bag.

Australia says female passengers on 10 flights from Qatar invasively examined

Several women were asked to deboard the flight and were strip-searched by the authorities of Qatar Airways onboard a flight from Doha to Sydney. Flight QR908 to Sydney was about to leave the Hamad International airport at Doha at 8.

Several women strip-searched by Qatar Airways authorities after infant found dead

The women were checked for signs of having recently given birth after a newborn baby was found abandoned in a toilet at Hamad International Airport.

Australia seeks Qatar response after female passengers strip-searched

Even as Quad, a grouping of US, India, Australia and Japan is increasingly gaining currency, the US has said it is an "alignment of democracies" and more common activities are on the anvil when it comes to it.

Quad is an alignment of democracies: Senior US administration official to WION

Watch today in 'World Business Watch': Australian airline Qantas has claimed that Australian state border closures or travel curbs due to the pandemic had costed $71 Million in earning in Q1.

World Business Watch: Australia's Qantas airline claims travel curbs costed $71 Mn in profit

Anything can happen in 2020, and not in a good way. While the world is fighting with a pandemic, Australia has a new problem: blood-transmitted diseases. More than 200 people who had been residents of a coronavirus quarantine have now being asked to get tested for any blood-transmitted diseases, including HIV.

Australia: More than 200 people to test for HIV after COVID-19 test kit blunder

The Quad now has a distinct military dimension. Australia will now join India, US, and Japan in the Malabar Exercise next month. While Japan is arming a rival of China. WION's Palki Sharma tells you how an Indo-Pacific alliance against China is taking shape.

Gravitas: Countering the Dragon: How an Indo-Pacific alliance is taking shape

According to a report Koalas in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) could become extinct by 2050 unless the government immediately intervenes to protect the species and its habitat.

Your Story: Report states Koalas to be extinct in NSW by 2050

Calling Australia's participation at Malabar exercises as a "milestone", the country in its first reaction on the development said it, “showcases the deep trust between four major Indo-Pacific democracies and their shared will to work together on common security interests.

Australia calls its participation in Malabar exercise a ‘milestone opportunity’

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