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Workers take off a curtain after attend an opening ceremony for Chinas new Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong. (AP)

Australia extends visas for Hong Kongers in response to Chinaâ€™s...

Countries like Canada and Britain too looking at options to accommodate Hong Kong residents fleeing the country

9 July 2020 12:05 PM IST

A police officer directs traffic at a roadblock in suburban Melbourne, Australia. (AP)

Australia closes state border for first time in 100 years

Victoria, Australia-'s most populous state, will be closed off from the rest of the country, and its 6.6 million...

6 July 2020 9:39 AM IST

People maintain physical distances as thousands gather at a rally supporting the Black Lives Matter and Black Deaths in Custody movements in Sydney. (AP)

Weekend-long protests in Australia to support Black Lives Matter...

An ancient Aboriginal smoking ceremony took place as families of those who have lost relatives while in police custody...

5 July 2020 2:51 PM IST

A member of the Australian Defence Force carries a batch of swab samples taken from members of the public at a drive-through COVID-19 coronavirus testing station in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner on July 2, 2020. (AFP)

Thanks to conspiracy theories, Australians are refusing to test for...

Health officials in southern state of Victoria pled with the public to get themselves tested and to ignore...

3 July 2020 12:38 PM IST

Protesters chant slogans and gesture during a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020, on the 23rd anniversary of the citys handover from Britain to China. (AFP)

Australia considering to provide -'safe haven-' for Hong Kongers

Chinaâ€™s parliament passed the controversial national security law for Hong Kong on Tuesday against disapproval from...

2 July 2020 10:39 AM IST

New Zealand Health Minister David Clark, center, flanked by Cabinet colleagues Grant Robertson, left, and Kris Faafoi arrives at a press conference where he announced his resignationat parliament in Wellington, New Zealand Thursday, July 2, 2020. (AP)

New Zealand-'s health minister resigns over virus blunders

-'It is essential our health leadership has the confidence of the New Zealand public,-' PM Jacinda Ardern said in a...

2 July 2020 8:50 AM IST

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (AP)

Australia escalates defences amid rising tensions with China

Just as US has angrily demanded to its allies, Australia-'s government has committed to spending at least two percent of...

1 July 2020 9:09 AM IST

A member of the Australian Defence Force (L) takes a swab for a COVID-19 coronavirus test on a member of the public in Melbourne on June 27, 2020. (AFP)

Australia sees second wave of virus after restrictions eased

The country reported its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 cases in the last two months and is now considering reimposing...

29 Jun 2020 11:19 AM IST

Medical workers staff a drive-through Covid-19 testing site located in a shopping centre carpark in Melbourne. (AFP)

Australia starts virus testing blitz to stop second wave in Melbourne

30 new COVID-19 infections reported in Melbourne overnight in a continuing outbreak that has raised fears of a second...

26 Jun 2020 11:34 AM IST

People cross a traffic intersection in the central business district of Sydney. (AFP)

Australia reports biggest daily rise in two months

Family get-togethers might have played a big role in the surge as it comes just weeks after Australia began easing...

25 Jun 2020 11:32 AM IST

Screengrab from the Keep It Real Online video advertisement. (via Youtube)

New Zealand launches campaign for online porn safety

An advertisement showing two pornography actors turning up at a boy-'s home has helped the country-'s new online safety...

21 Jun 2020 2:02 PM IST

Customers sit at a bar in Sydney. (AFP)

Australia reimposes restrictions in its second-most populous state

Victoria state recorded double-digit increases in COVID-19 cases for a fourth consecutive day

20 Jun 2020 3:56 PM IST