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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (AP)

Australia escalates defences amid rising tensions with China

Just as US has angrily demanded to its allies, Australia-'s government has committed to spending at least two percent of...

1 July 2020 9:09 AM IST

A member of the Australian Defence Force (L) takes a swab for a COVID-19 coronavirus test on a member of the public in Melbourne on June 27, 2020. (AFP)

Australia sees second wave of virus after restrictions eased

The country reported its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in the last two months and is now considering reimposing...

29 Jun 2020 11:19 AM IST

Medical workers staff a drive-through Covid-19 testing site located in a shopping centre carpark in Melbourne. (AFP)

Australia starts virus testing blitz to stop second wave in Melbourne

30 new COVID-19 infections reported in Melbourne overnight in a continuing outbreak that has raised fears of a second...

26 Jun 2020 11:34 AM IST

People cross a traffic intersection in the central business district of Sydney. (AFP)

Australia reports biggest daily rise in two months

Family get-togethers might have played a big role in the surge as it comes just weeks after Australia began easing...

25 Jun 2020 11:32 AM IST

Screengrab from the Keep It Real Online video advertisement. (via Youtube)

New Zealand launches campaign for online porn safety

An advertisement showing two pornography actors turning up at a boy-'s home has helped the country-'s new online safety...

21 Jun 2020 2:02 PM IST

Customers sit at a bar in Sydney. (AFP)

Australia reimposes restrictions in its second-most populous state

Victoria state recorded double-digit increases in COVID-19 cases for a fourth consecutive day

20 Jun 2020 3:56 PM IST

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, June 19, 2020. (AP)

Australia under frequent cyberattacks, says PM

Authorities refrain from commenting on the speculation that the attacks were part of Australiaâ€™s increasingly hostile...

19 Jun 2020 10:24 AM IST

An armed police officer standing guard outside the Al Noor mosque during Friday prayers in Christchurch. (AFP)

New Zealand gun laws tightened again after shootings

Parliament passed legislation to establish firearms registry to track every gun after ban on military-style...

18 Jun 2020 1:55 PM IST

A COVID-19 QR code attached to a barrier for patrons to scan as people enter a stadium ahead of the Super Rugby Aotearoa rugby game between the Highlanders and Chiefs in Dunedin, New Zealand. (AP)

New Zealand military to oversee border control after expats test...

A 24-day run with no cases was broken on Tuesday when it emerged two women who recently arrived from Britain tested...

17 Jun 2020 9:34 AM IST

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had warned that new cases may come up in the future as New Zealanders return home. (AFP Photo)

New Zealand confirms two new cases ending coronavirus free run

The two new cases were women aged in their 30s and 40s who visited a dying parent in Wellington, the director general of...

16 Jun 2020 3:15 PM IST

Protesters chant during a Black Lives Matter protest in central Wellington, New Zealand, Sunday June, 14, 2020. (AP)

New Zealand protesters take knee outside US consulate

As Michael Jackson-'s -'They Don-'t Care About Us-' played in the background, the protesters chanted -'No justice, no...

14 Jun 2020 7:40 PM IST

Police move in to disperse protesters that had gathered in Sydney, Friday, June 12, 2020, to support U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd. Hundreds of police disrupted plans for a Black Lives Matter rally but protest organizers have vowed that other rallies will continue around Australia over the weekend despite warnings of the pandemic risk. (AP)

BLM rallies hit Australia for 2nd weekend, some banned

Thousands of people protested in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane against racism and the deaths of Indigenous Australians...

13 Jun 2020 11:42 AM IST