Australia

News Hour: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake rattled popular tourist towns stretching across more than 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) of Australia’s northeastern coastline on Thursday, reports BSS. The quake hit at a depth of seven kilometres about 54...

News Hour: UNICEF Australia urges Minister Dutton to seriously consider resettlement options incredible third countries that are equipped to respond to the complex needs of refugees and their families, in the wake of news that an...

News Hour: Three Australian research satellites – two of them built at the University of New South Wales in Sydney – will be launched to the International Space Station this year and deployed into orbit to...

News Hour: Australian teenager Kyle Chalmers ended 48 years of agony and frustration for his swimming-crazy country when he won the men’s 100m freestyle gold medal at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday, reports BSS. The 18-year-old...

News Hour: Australia was forced to reassure its citizens that their personal data was secure on Wednesday, after malicious attacks by overseas hackers prompted an embarrassing shutdown of the online census, reports BSS. Australians are required...

News Hour: Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu ended her long wait for Olympic victory and Australia captured two gold medals in an exhilarating first day of swimming competition that saw three world records smashed in Rio on Saturday....

News Hour: Australian fast bowler Mitchell Johnson, who retired from international cricket last year citing a lack of hunger, has signed for a Twenty20 team in the domestic Big Bash League (BBL), reports BSS. The 34-year-old...

News Hour: Spanish giants Atletico Madrid crashed to a 1-0 loss to A-League side Melbourne Victory on their Australian pre-season tour in Geelong on Sunday, reports BSS. The European Champions League runners-up fell behind to a...

News Hour: A newborn baby has died after being given “laughing gas” instead of oxygen in a tragic mix-up at an Australian hospital which left another infant severely disabled, authorities said on Tuesday, reports BSS. A...

News Hour: The full potential of labour mobility between Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region remains largely untapped, according to a new report launched today by the World Bank and the Australian National University (ANU)...