Support slumps for Australian Indigenous rights referendum

Australia's historic Indigenous rights referendum is haemorrhaging support, with a barrage of damning new polls showing only a minority in favour of the October vote. 

Global Oil and Gas Prices Rise Amid Supply Concerns

The economic sanctions imposed by the US and its allies against Russia over the escalation of the Ukrainian conflict last year, as well as hostile actions by certain Western states such as the destruction of the Nord Stream pipelines, have effectively cut off many European countries from the supply of cheap Russian natural gas.

No hope of survivors from downed Australian military helicopter

Authorities have lost hope of finding survivors after a military helicopter plunged into the sea during war games over the weekend, Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles said Monday. 

Four feared dead after Australian military helicopter crashes into Pacific

Australia has paused a military exercise with the United States after a helicopter crash left four aircrew missing.

Australia says ‘complicated’ to supply Ukraine’s military with planes

Australia’s defense minister on Thursday cast doubt over a proposal to bolster Ukraine’s military with retired fighter jets, saying Kyiv’s request for extra air power posed a “complicated question”.

Australia ‘concerned’ by China-Solomon Islands policing deal

Australia on Tuesday asked the Solomon Islands and China to “provide transparency of their intentions to Australia and the region” by immediately publishing details of a policing deal signed in Beijing.

Thousands Rally across Australia in Support of Indigenous Reform

Thousands rallied in Australia on Sunday to back a campaign to recognize the country's Indigenous people in the constitution ahead of a referendum later this year, after a recent dip in support for the change.

Australia announces new $74m assistance package to Ukraine

Australia, one of the biggest non-NATO contributors to Ukraine, is to send an additional 70 military vehicles to Ukraine as part of its latest military assistance package for the country.

Japan urged to halt release of toxic water

Environmental and social experts from across Asia have called on Japan to refrain from contaminating the sea with radioactive wastewater after it began test running the equipment to discharge toxic water from a crippled nuclear power plant into the Pacific.

Ten killed in wedding party bus crash in Australia

At least 10 people were killed and 25 injured after a bus carrying a group of wedding guests crashed in Australia.

China Warns 'NATO-Like' Alliances Could Lead to Conflict in Asia-Pacific

China's Defence Minister Li Shangfu warned Sunday against establishing NATO-like military alliances in the Asia-Pacific, saying they would plunge the region into a "whirlpool" of conflict.

Australia buffeted by record winds as cyclone hits northwest

A severe tropical cyclone has crashed into northwestern Australia with the strongest winds the country has ever recorded but officials said the region’s towns and cities appeared to have escaped the worst of the storm.

Heavy rain in Australia triggers flood evacuations in Queensland

Emergency services in Australia’s Queensland state evacuated residents to higher ground on Saturday, as record-breaking floods sparked by heavy rain lashed the region’s northwest.

Australia To Send Powder To France For Production Of Shells Supplied To Ukraine

France has reached an agreement with Australia on the supply of powder for the production of ammunition for Caesar howitzers in order to replenish stocks of weapons depleted by supplies to Ukraine, Emmanuel Chiva, the head of the French Directorate General of Armaments, said on Monday.

Australian Military To Train Ukrainian Soldiers In UK - Defense Ministry

A contingent of 70 Australian soldiers will take part in the training of Ukrainian soldiers in the United Kingdom, the Australian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Floods ‘Devastating’ Parts of Western Australia: PM

Record-breaking floods have had a “devastating impact” on isolated towns in the Australian outback, the country’s prime minister said Saturday.

Australia gunfight kills six, including two police

Six people including two police officers were killed in a gunfight at a remote property in Australia's Queensland state, authorities said on Tuesday, after police visited the place to investigate reports of a missing person.

Australian parliamentary delegation plans to visit Taiwan next week

Despite China's criticism of British parliamentarians' ongoing visit to Taiwan, which it calls "gross interference" in the East Asian state's internal affairs, a six-member Australian parliamentary delegation from both Labor and the Coalition will visit the East Asian state next week, the first such visit in years.

MH17: Australia asks Russia to hand over three who downed airliner

Australia has called on Russia to extradite three men found guilty of downing a Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine with 298 people on board.

Hacker demands $10m to stop leaking Australians’ medical records

A cyber-extortionist has demanded almost $10 million to stop leaking the medical records of Australians caught up in one of the country’s worst cyberattacks.