Bangkok (EFE).- An Australian court on Wednesday ordered public broadcaster ABC to pay a fine of AU$150,000 (about $100,000) to journalist Antoinette Lattouf, who was unlawfully fired in 2023 after sharing a post critical of Israel on social media. The dismissal occurred three days into a five-day casual radio stint after Lattouf shared a Human … Read more
Sydney, Australia (EFE).- Millions of Australians will be at risk from rising sea levels in the coming decades, while heat-related deaths could quintuple if global warming is not limited, warned the government’s first National Climate Risk Assessment published Monday. The report describes a future of severe impacts, from extreme heatwaves to floods and droughts, if … Read more
Manila (EFE).- The Philippines and Australia are willing to deepen their defense ties through a cooperation agreement, the two nations’ defense chiefs said Friday, amid their largest joint military exercises to date, and in response to China’s “worrying” expansionism in the region. “Today we have (…) signed a statement of intent to pursue a defense … Read more
Sydney, Australia, Aug 17 (EFE).- A Sydney court found Brian Houston, founder of the Hillsong Christian church, not guilty Thursday of accusations of covering up his father’s sexual abuse of a child, Australian state television channel ABC reported. Houston, who resigned from his position as senior pastor last year over these and two other allegations … Read more
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Sydney, Australia, Mar 22 (EFE).- Defense officials from China and Australia met in Canberra on Wednesday, in what was the first official meeting between the two parties since 2019. The development comes at the height of Australia’s security alliance with the United States and the United Kingdom (AUKUS). The Chinese defense ministry said in a … Read more
Washington/Beijing, Mar 14 (EFE).- China on Tuesday accused the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia of undermining global peace and stability, a day after the trio unveiled a plan to acquire and develop nuclear-powered submarines. The submarine deal is part of the AUKUS trilateral security pact, signed in September 2021 to counter Beijing’s growing … Read more
New Delhi, Mar 3 (EFE).- The Foreign Affairs chiefs of the Quad, the alliance made up of Japan, the United States, Australia and India, denounced Friday the attempts to “increase tension” in the East and South China seas, without directly naming Beijing, and “debated” their responses to the Ukraine war. “We firmly oppose any unilateral … Read more
Sydney, Australia, Feb 28 (EFE).- British company BAE Systems presented Tuesday its first unmanned vertical takeoff and landing vehicle manufactured in Australia, a device capable of carrying out surveillance, reconnaissance and air strikes against “targets hostiles” on land. The “SRINX,” as it has been called, can transport a payload of up to 160 kilograms, including … Read more
Sydney, Australia, Jan 11 (EFE).- Australian Cardinal George Pell, who in 2018 became the highest-ranking Catholic official to be convicted of child sex abuse before subsequently being acquitted of the charges, has died at the age of 81, church representatives in Australia announced on Wednesday. Pell, who was Vatican’s chief financial officer between 2014 and … Read more
Sydney, Australia, Nov 25 (EFE).- Australia’s former Prime Minister Scott Morrison “fundamentally undermined” the principles of responsible government by secretly assuming five ministerial positions during the Covid-19 pandemic, an independent investigation concluded Friday. However, the report added that Morrison’s appointment of himself as health, finance, industry, interior and treasury minister between March 2020 and May … Read more