Australia will halve the number of arrivals from overseas as its coronavirus hotel quarantine system creaks under pressure from outbreaks of the highly transmissible Delta variant, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday.

Australia to halve arrivals from overseas, offers COVID-19 exit roadmap

Australia's New South Wales state experienced a dip in new daily coronavirus cases on Sunday, July 4, following two days of record 2021 infections. Australia's most populous state recorded 16 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, out of of which 13 were already in isolation.

Australian state reports drop in new COVID-19 cases

According to a new report published by Human Rights Watch, the Xi Jinping regime is monitoring Chinese students living in Australia. If the students make statements critical of the CCP or in support of Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement, then their families back home are threatened with dire consequences.

Beijing monitors Chinese students at Universities in Australia

Australia has been ranked last out of nearly 200 countries in terms of climate action. The Sustainable Development Report by Cambridge in its global assessment on achieving sustainable development goals has ranked Australia in the last position for climate action among 193 countries it evaluated.

Sustainable development report ranks Australia last on climate action

Australia said it has teamed up with the United States and Canada to launch an interactive map of deposits of rare earths and other critical minerals that are expected to be in hot demand as the world moves to cleaner forms of energy.

Australia, US and Canada launch interactive map for critical minerals

A mouse, whose species was believed to have been extinct more than 150 years ago, has been rediscovered in islands off Western Australia. Researchers compared DNA samples of eight different species of native rodents and 42 of living rodents to observe the decline of native mice in the past 80-100 years.

Species of 'extinct' mouse rediscovered after 150 years in Australia

The New Zealand government said it will resume quarantine-free travel with parts of Australia next week as it lifted COVID-19 curbs in Wellington on Tuesday. New Zealand halted its "travel bubble" with Australia on Saturday as an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant took root in Sydney and several other Australian cities.

New Zealand to partially restart travel 'bubble' with Australia

Australia's deputy prime minister was fined for failing to wear a mask in a service station in violation of COVID-19 prevention orders, the authorities said on Tuesday, the country's most powerful person to face repercussions for non-compliance.

Australia deputy PM fined for not wearing mask in breach of COVID-19 rules

Authorities have been alarmed by instances of people passing on the virus during fleeting encounters in shops and then quickly infecting close family contacts.

Australia: Sydney extends COVID lockdown to entire city

Australia`s COVID-19 response committee is due to hold an emergency meeting on Monday as outbreaks of the highly contagious Delta variant across the country prompted a lockdown in Sydney and renewed restrictions elsewhere.

Australia's COVID-19 response team holds urgent meeting amid new outbreaks

Sydney began a two-week lockdown on Sunday as a cluster of cases of the highly infectious coronavirus Delta variant rose to 110 in Australia's largest city, while an outbreak in the northern city of Darwin prompted a hard two-day stay-at-home order.

Australia's Sydney and Darwin in COVID-19 lockdowns

A skydiving instructor and their customer died Sunday after falling from a plane before a tandem jump in Australia. Police said two people died in the accident at Goulburn, about two hours' drive southwest of Sydney, after the aircraft began experiencing "difficulty".

Two skydivers die after falling from plane in Australia

Central Sydney's streets were deserted on Saturday as Australia's largest city began a week-long lockdown to contain the highly contagious Delta coronavirus variant, with authorities warning broader restrictions could follow.

Sydney flags broader lockdown as Delta variant cases swell

New Zealand announced a three-day suspension of its quarantine-free travel arrangement with Australia on Saturday, with Wellington citing "multiple" outbreaks of COVID-19 in the neighbouring country.

New Zealand suspends travel bubble with Australia

Residents of four neighbourhoods of central Sydney were ordered to remain at home for a week on Friday to contain a growing outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant of Covid-19.

Lockdown ordered in central Sydney areas hit by Covid surge

Erratic weather has triggered animal invasions in Australia. Fields in Victoria were blanketed by spider webs, while a New South Wales prison was evicted after a mice plague. Palki Sharma gets you a report.

Gravitas: Raining mice & spider webs in Australia

A UNESCO panel has recommended that the Great Barrier Reef be stripped of its World Heritage Site tag. Australia is blaming the China-led panel for settling a political score at UNESCO. Palki Sharma tells you more.

Gravitas: Great Barrier Reef downgraded, Australia blames China

Australians` trust in China has plunged and for the first time more people view Beijing as a security threat than a economic partner, a widely watched poll published on Wednesday showed.

Australians' trust in China plummets amid bilateral tensions: Poll

China is insecure and defensive which means it perceives threats where there are none, Australia's most senior diplomat said on Wednesday. Frances Adamson, Secretary of Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, said China seeks to project strength, but the reality is somewhat different.

China is gripped by insecurity, Australia's most senior diplomat says

With Australia taking China to WTO over wine tariffs, Molly Gambhir speaks to Australian Trade Minister Dan Tehan on the trade war with China, COVID-19 origin probe and India-Australia economic ties.

Exclusive: Australia to file formal complaint against China says Trade Minister Dan Tehan

Australia said it will strongly oppose a China-chaired UNESCO plan to list the Great Barrier Reef as a heritage site “in danger” over deterioration caused by climate change.

Australia hits back at China-chaired UNESCO over Barrier Reef's heritage status

The Australian government has rejected plans for a $36 billion wind, solar and hydrogen project in a remote area of Western Australia, leaving what would have been one of the world's largest green energy projects in limbo for now.

Australia rejects $36 billion wind, solar, hydrogen project

Australian states and territories will get more doses of COVID-19 vaccines soon, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, as authorities look to avoid further delays in an immunisation drive that has hit several roadblocks.

Australian PM promises more COVID-19 shots to states amid rollout delays

Barnaby Joyce will be Australia's new deputy prime minister after winning a leadership contest in the government's junior coalition partner on Monday, local media reported.

Barnaby Joyce to be Australia's new deputy prime minister: Reports

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