Australia

Australia on Wednesday approved plans for a massive solar and battery farm that would export energy to Singapore, a project dubbed the “largest solar precinct in the world”. Authorities announced environmental approvals for the US$24 billion...

Noting the site’s “enduring connection” to Indigenous Australians, Australia moved on Saturday to restrict mining at one of the greatest high-grade uranium reserves in the world. The heritage-listed Kakadu national park, a tropical stretch of gorges...

Australian employment jumped well beyond expectations in June, yet the jobless rate still ticked higher as more people went looking for work, a mixed report that leaves open the question of whether interest rates need to...

Top-secret Australian military intelligence will be stored on a custom cloud server built by US tech giant Amazon, Canberra said Thursday as it unveiled the US$1.3 billion deal. The Australian government said Amazon Web Services would...

After serving five years in a high-security jail in London, Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, is “rediscovering” life as he enjoys freedom in Australia, according to a statement made by his wife on Thursday. The...

Australia’s conservative opposition will build nuclear power plants across the country if it wins the next election, according to plans detailed Wednesday that have reignited debate over climate policy. Opposition leader Peter Dutton said he would...

The United States and Australia expressed concern Friday over Hong Kong’s invoking of a national security law to cancel the passports of six democracy activists, adding to a growing chorus of Western condemnation. The Chinese finance...

Australia will allow non-citizens to join its armed forces, the government said Tuesday, as the sparsely populated nation struggles to meet recruitment targets. Defence Minister Richard Marles said that from July, looser eligibility criteria would allow...

Because Australia possesses technological know-how in this area, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today asked for Australia’s assistance in increasing agricultural production. “We have to boost our output. because the population is growing and our land is...

Leading Australian telecom provider Telstra announced on Tuesday that, in order to stay up with “rapid advances in technology,” it will eliminate up to 2,800 jobs, or nine percent of its workforce. According to Chief Executive...