australian

September 1, 2020
Australian government says it was not told why Australian journalist detained in China
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s trade minister, Simon Birmingham, said Canberra didn’t know why Chinese authorities had detained Australian citizen Cheng Lei, as he warned that the risks for Australian businesses

August 28, 2020
Australia open to talks over where New Zealand mosque shooter serves life sentence
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia’s prime minister said on Friday he was open to discussions over whether Australian mass killer Brenton Tarrant, jailed for life without parole this week for the

July 27, 2020
Australian regulator sues Google over expanded personal data use
(Reuters) - Australia’s competition regulator has launched court proceedings against Alphabet’s Google for allegedly misleading consumers about the expanded use of personal data for targeted advertising.
The case by the Australian

June 7, 2020
Australian surfer killed in shark attack
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A three-metre (10-foot) shark attacked and killed a 60-year-old Australian man on Sunday while he was surfing in the north of New South Wales (NSW) state, police

April 27, 2020
Australians rush to download coronavirus tracing app, PM's popularity soars
SYDNEY (Reuters) - More than a million Australians rushed to download an app designed to help medical workers and state governments trace close contacts of COVID-19 patients, as Prime Minister

April 1, 2020
Australia opens pop-up coronavirus test clinic at Bondi Beach
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian authorities opened a pop-up coronavirus testing clinic at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Wednesday, as the country’s central bank warned the economic fallout from the pandemic could