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Australia approves remdesivir as virus treatment
It is the first drug approved by Australian authorities to treat the virus and promised to reduce hospitalization time for coronavirus patients
Australia offers safe haven to Hong Kongers
(UPDATED) Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison's offer to Hong Kongers infuriates Beijing
5 million begin lockdown in Australian city
Melbourne residents are told to stay at home for 6 weeks after other measures to contain a spike in COVID-19 failed to prevent the virus spreading
Panic-buying returns as Melbourne braces for lengthy lockdown
Five million residents are ordered back into a six-week lockdown as soaring community transmission of the coronavirus brings more than 100 new cases daily
Australia's second-biggest city under new virus lockdown
Although the lockdown covers the Melbourne metropolitan area, the entire state of Victoria will effectively be sealed off from the rest of the country from Tuesday midnight, as state borders are closed
Australia locks down high-rise apartments as virus cases spike
The rise is driven almost entirely by 108 new cases in the southeast state of Victoria
Australian mountains ditch King Leopold name
The King Leopold Ranges are now called the Wunaamin Miliwundi Ranges to reflect its traditional owners
Australia considering 'safe haven' offer to Hong Kongers
China has warned its students and tourists before against going to Australia
Philanthropists save Australia's AAP newswire from closure
The investor consortium, which includes former News Corp chief Peter Tonagh, tells staff in an email they shared 'a common goal – a desire to protect media diversity in Australia'
Bain wins bid to buy ailing Australian airline Virgin
United States private equity giant Bain Capital is buying Virgin Australia and commits to 'the retention of thousands of jobs'
CBA facing huge fines in latest Australian banking scandal
The Commonwealth Bank of Australia is accused of receiving Aus$22 million ($15 million) in prohibited payments from a subsidiary to promote its retirement fund to customers
Fears of second virus wave in Australia's Melbourne
Australians are warned to avoid traveling to Melbourne as it is tightening coronavirus restrictions due to fears of a second wave of the epidemic
Australia plans university fees hike to deter humanities students
The Australian government plans to double fees for humanities courses to persuade people to take up more 'job-relevant' programs instead, in order to boost the country's economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic
Australia under 'malicious' cyberattack from state actor
Attacks target 'a range of sectors, including all levels of government, industry, political organizations, education, health, essential service providers and operators of other critical infrastructure,' says Australia's prime minister Scott Morrison
Australian unemployment hits 2-decade high
Australia's unemployment rate jumps to 7.1% as 227,700 jobs are lost in May 2020
Australia accuses China of fueling 'infodemic' over virus
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne calls for nation's to bolster global bodies such as the World Health Organization to counter the 'infodemic'
Australian PM 'concerned' over China death sentence for actor
A Chinese court reveals Karm Gilespie, a Sydney-based actor turned investment coach, had been condemned to death earlier in the week on drug smuggling charges – after being held secretly in jail for 7 years
Facebook rejects call to share revenue with Australian media
'If there were no news content available on Facebook in Australia, we are confident the impact on Facebook’s community metrics and revenues in Australia would not be significant,' the company says
Thousands march for racial justice in Australia
The biggest demonstration takes place in the Western Australian capital, Perth, where several thousand people gather in a park waving 'Black Lives Matter' signs and Aboriginal flags
China sentences Australian to death for drug trafficking
The man, identified by Australian media as Cam Gillespie, is handed the death penalty by Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court on June 10, according to a notice posted on the court website
Australia won't be 'intimidated' amid China economic threats, says Prime Minister
Beijing issues warnings that Chinese should avoid Australia due to concerns about racist incidents targeting ethnic Asians during the coronavirus pandemic
Aussie scientists turn to drones to protect sea turtles
Stunning drone footage released by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation shows thousands of turtles swimming in the crystal blue ocean
China warns of racism in Australia, issues travel warning as row escalates
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying says many Chinese in Australia have faced harassment linked to the coronavirus
Defiant Australians protest racial injustice despite warnings
Organizers say they hoped to highlight the high rates of imprisonment among Aboriginal Australians and the large number of deaths in custody of indigenous people – more than 400 in the last 3 decades
Australia heading for recession after economy contracts
Australia's gross domestic product shrinks 0.3% in January-March 2020. It is now on track to enter its first recession since 1991.
Australia probes U.S. police assault on its journalists
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne wants the Australian Embassy to investigate the incident, wherein 7NEWS journalists are slammed with a riot shield and punched and hit with a baton during a broadcast
Google rejects call for huge Australian media payout
Google's top executive in Australia says Google made barely Aus$10 million per year from news-linked advertising, a fraction of a government watchdog's estimates for the sector
News Corp to stop printing more than 100 Australian papers
News Corp Australia says the permanent changes had been brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, which had impacted the sustainability of local publishing
Australian media to be tried for contempt over reporting on George Pell
If convicted, the journalists face prison terms of up to 5 years and the media organizations fines of up to Aus$500,000
Bushfire-hit Australians still in tents as virus slows recovery
Six months after Australia's bushfire crisis and some 6 hours away from Sydney, scores of people still live in limbo
Australia watchdog suggests news boycott of Google, Facebook
The idea is among a series of bargaining tools put forward by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission to encourage Google and Facebook to pay news media businesses for the use of their content
Puppy scammers target lonely Aussies during lockdown
Australia's consumer watchdog ACCC says Scammers fleeced people looking for a new pet out of some Aus$300,000 ($196,000) in April alone, 5 times higher than the normal monthly average
Australia threatens WTO action as dispute with China deepens
(UPDATED) Australia is considering going to the World Trade Organization, but says there is 'no trade war' with China
China to levy 80.5% in tariffs on Australian barley
China says it investigated Australian grain exports, and found that Australian subsidies and dumping 'substantially damaged domestic industry'
Australia extends application for Australia Awards Scholarships
PRESS RELEASE: The deadline for the submission of applications is on June 30, 2020
Nearly 600,000 Australians lose jobs as virus lockdown bites
'A very tough day. Terribly shocking, although not unanticipated,' says Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison as unemployment figures are released
Australian media group wants tech giants to pay $400 million a year
In an initiative being closely watched across the world, the Australian government is due to unveil in July details of the mandatory payments as part of a code of conduct for the tech giants' dealings with news media
China cuts Australian beef imports after warning against virus probe
(UPDATED) Tensions between China and Australia continue to rise after the latter called for an independent investigation into the origin of the coronavirus outbreak
Nearly all 38 Filipinos positive for coronavirus in Australia now recovered
Only 1 Filipino has yet to recover from the disease, says Philippine Ambassador to Australia Ma Hellen De la Vega
Australia plans to lift most virus restrictions by July
Federal authorities leave implementation plans up to the country's diverse states and territories, meaning coronavirus restrictions will remain in place for weeks or months longer in areas hardest hit by the disease
Cardinal Pell knew of clergy abuse for decades – inquiry
Pell knew as far back as the 1970s and failed to seek the removal of accused priests, an inquiry reveals
Rain brings optimism for drought-plagued Aussie farmers
Australian farmers are, for the first time in a long while, confident enough to plant crops
Australia 'losing $2.5 billion a week' in virus shutdown
Australia's gross domestic product is expected to fall 10% in the 2nd quarter of 2020
Man shot dead by police in Australia stabbing spree
Police say the man stabbed one person at a motel and another outside a McDonald's in the city of Port Hedland before attacking 5 people at a mall
France, Spain to announce lockdown exit plan as Aussies hit waves
Countries are beginning to chart their path out of shutdowns imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus, which emerged in China late last year and has now infected more than 3 million people worldwide
China envoy threatens Australia boycott over virus inquest demand
In a thinly veiled threat, ambassador Cheng Jingye warns the push for an independent inquest into the origins of the outbreak was 'dangerous'
Nearly 2 million Australians download coronavirus tracker app
(UPDATED) Experts herald the COVIDSafe app as a way of improving authorities' ability to track new outbreaks of the disease
Perth Airport seizes Virgin Australia planes to recoup debt
The operator of Perth Airport says Virgin Australia's planes are being held as collateral until the company pays 'significant' outstanding fees
Virus-stricken cruise ship leaves Australia
It is reportedly bound for Manila in the Philippines
Australia pounces on oil glut to build strategic reserve
Australia will spend Aus$94 million (US$59 million) to begin developing an oil stockpile established on United States soil
