In a tight Australian election, a Chinese app could make a differencePrime Minister Anthony Albanese, battling a plunge in popularity and polls showing a neck-and-neck race, will be counting on holding seats ...
04 Apr, 2025, 04.05 PM IST
Australia drops recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capitalAustralia remained committed to a two-party solution to the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians, and "we will not support an approac...
18 Oct, 2022, 01.22 PM IST
Australia's PM says former PM Morrison took on secret ministerial roles during COVIDAlthough ministers are traditionally sworn in at a ceremony by the governor-general, this did not occur in the case of Morrison's additiona...
15 Aug, 2022, 01.05 PM IST
Australian PM Scott Morrison concedes, ending nearly a decade of conservative rule"Tonight I have spoken to the Leader of the Opposition and the incoming Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, and I've congratulated him on his...
21 May, 2022, 06.45 PM IST
Australians vote to determine conservative government futureOpposition leader Anthony Albanese's center-left Labor Party is a favorite to win its first election since 2007. But Morrison defied the op...
21 May, 2022, 03.31 PM IST
Australia's Scott Morrison vows more empathy if re-elected PMAmong criticisms of Morrison in his time in office have been his handling of bushfires that killed 24 people and left thousands homeless, a...
14 May, 2022, 02.11 PM IST
Australian minister Karen Andrews accuses China of election interferenceKaren Andrews, who is responsible for the Australian Security Intelligence Organization, the nation's main domestic spy agency, and has acc...
27 Apr, 2022, 02.33 PM IST
WeChat denies Australia PM Scott Morrison's account was hackedScott Morrison first launched his WeChat account to communicate with Australia's sizable Chinese-Australian community ahead of the country'...
24 Jan, 2022, 03.04 PM IST
Australia PM Morrison loses control of WeChat Chinese account as election loomsAmid growing diplomatic tensions with China, Australia's two major political parties have used the social media platform, owned by Chinese ...
24 Jan, 2022, 10.02 AM IST
Australia rules out committing to methane reduction targetThe United States and the European Union pledged in September to the 30% methane reduction target. Minister for industry, energy and emissi...
28 Oct, 2021, 09.52 AM IST
Australia PM Morrison says he will attend U.N. climate summitMorrison had said he was unsure whether he would travel to the summit on Oct. 31-Nov. 12 because of the situation with COVID-19, but those ...
15 Oct, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
Japan's Fumio Kishida, Joe Biden agree to cooperate on China, North KoreaFumio Kishida told reporters that Biden reassured him of the U.S. commitment to defend the Japanese-controlled East China Sea island Senkak...
05 Oct, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
Australia sticks by plan to re-open border in mid-2022Earlier in the day, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told the Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) that the medical advice to keep the borders close...
17 May, 2021, 08.22 AM IST
Australia to spend $420 mn on hydrogen, carbon capture projectsOne of the world's largest carbon emitters on a per capita basis, Australia faces growing pressure to cut greenhouse gas emissions as U.S. ...
21 Apr, 2021, 12.09 PM IST
Australian PM Scott Morrison looks set to form majority govt: reportA party needs 76 seats for a simple majority in the 151-member House of Representatives, the lower house of Parliament.
20 May, 2019, 12.56 PM IST
Australia elections: Defying exit polls, PM Morrison-led ruling coalition scores a miracle winAustralians Saturday voted to elect their next parliament and prime minister, in what has been widely referred to as the climate-change ele...
19 May, 2019, 06.25 PM IST
Rifts open as Australia's new PM Malcolm Turnbull reshuffles cabinetThe Australian newspaper reported there were now ructions within the Liberal Party over how those who helped him stage his coup, would be r...
18 Sep, 2015, 02.32 PM IST