MELBOURNE, Australia — Car manufacturers and environmental groups have teamed up against the government of the southeast Australian state Victoria’s proposed electric vehicle tax in a bid…
Month: April 2021
MELBOURNE, Australia — Global tech giant Amazon will be the anchor tenant of a new AUD 1.5 billion ($1.16 billion) office tower in central Melbourne. The United States-based company…
MELBOURNE, Australia — A Melbourne study has found the scourge of spousal domestic violence can mentally, physically, and linguistically scar up to half of all exposed children.…
ADELAIDE, Australia — The Australian Federal Court will consider imposing fresh restrictions on an Adelaide woman soon to be released from jail after being convicted of being…
BRISBANE, Australia — Queensland is set to pass laws allowing courts to fit teen offenders with Global Positioning System trackers and remove bail presumptions for those caught…
SYDNEY — Australian universities have dominated a global ranking system measuring their work in solving some of the world’s greatest sustainability challenges, including poverty, gender equality, and…
CANBERRA, Australia — China has slammed Australia’s “provocative” decision to tear up Victoria’s Belt and Road Initiative agreement with Beijing, warning the move will further damage bilateral…
CANBERRA, Australia — Another half a billion Australian dollar cheque has been written by the Scott Morrison government to help Australia foster international partnerships on clean energy…
GLADSTONE, Australia — The government of the northeastern Australian state of Queensland has said it would act alone in response to U.S. President Joe Biden’s climate change summit to…
SYDNEY — Australia’s chief of the army has defended the workplace culture within defense ahead of a royal commission into veteran suicides. Rick Burr said the country’s…