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Coronavirus lockdowns are spreading a year after China closed Wuhan

In Australia, the recent discovery of one case in Brisbane prompted a three-day lockdown

Google closes Fitbit deal as US, Australia probe $2.1 billion transaction

Google closed its deal to buy fitness tracking company Fitbit, the companies said, even as US and Australian competition regulators said they were continuing probes of the $2.1 billion transaction

Australia's third-largest city enters 3-day lockdown after new strain case

Australia's third-largest city of Brisbane will enter a three-day lockdown from Friday afternoon after a local resident was found to be infected with the mutant strain of Covid-19

Covid-safe election to cost Aussie taxpayers additional $22.9 million

Australia's next federal election is likely to cost the country about an additional 30 million Australian dollars ($22.9 million) due to Covid-19 measures

Australia changes word in anthem to honour Indigenous people, reflect unity

Australia has changed one word in its national anthem to reflect what the prime minister called the spirit of unity and the country's Indigenous population

No 'link' between stranded Indian ship crew and ties with India, Aus: China

The relations between India and China are under stress over the current military standoff at Eastern Ladakh

Over 100 venues named as potential coronavirus hotspots in Sydney

Officials in the Australian state of New South Wales have named over 100 venues across Sydney as potential Covid-19 hotspots, instructing anyone who attended them to self-isolate and get tested

Here's everything you need to know about Britain's new coronavirus variant

The governments of Australia, Italy and the Netherlands say they detected cases of the new strain

Australia ups ante in China trade row with appeal to WTO on barley tariffs

The appeal to the independent trade body threatens to further stoke bilateral tensions that have already seen China impose tariffs on a range of Australian commodities

Former Australian Test cricketer all-rounder Eric Freeman dies at 76

Former Australia Test all-rounder Eric Freeman has passed away at the age of 76.

Australia's Sheffield Resources gets nod for $98 mn funding by Chinese firm

Australia's Sheffield Resources said it had received regulatory approval for an $98 million investment by a Chinese firm in the miner's flagship mineral sands project at home

Scott Morrison says China would breach WTO rules if it bans Australian coal

Australia's prime minister said Tuesday that China would be in breach of World Trade Organization rules as well as a bilateral free trade agreement if it banned Australian coal. Prime Minister Scott Morrison was responding to a report in the Chinese state-owned Global Times newspaper that the Chinese National Development and Reform Commission had given power plants approval to import coal without restrictions except for Australian coal. Morrison said he was treating the report as media speculation because the Chinese government had yet to clarify its position. If that were the case, then that would obviously be in breach of WTO rules, Morrison told reporters. It would be obviously in breach of our on free trade agreement and so we would hope that's certainly not the case." Coal and iron ore are Australia's most lucrative exports. But Australian exports appear to have suffered due to deteriorating bilateral relations since Australia called for an independent inquiry into the ...

Will pursue all avenues to defend businesses: Australia on China coal curbs

Australia's Trade Minister Simon Birmingham said he would pursue all avenues to defend the rights of the country's businesses after Chinese media reported China had banned imports of Australian coal

Data leak shows members of China's Communist Party working in global firms

They have also 'infiltrated' consulates of US, Australia and UK, says a report

Australian state says work from home over, but employees still shun office

New South Wales (NSW) state, home to the country's biggest city Sydney, said it was going ahead with a plan to lift the public health order that has been in place most of the year

World Coronavirus Dispatch: The dangerous race for vaccine approval

Reopening borders tough for Australia, Covid deals a huge blow to Italian tradition, software developer's app is key to Uruguay's Covid success, and other pandemic-related news around the globe

Google and Facebook risk big fines under draft Australian news law

Facebook has previously warned it might block Australian news content rather than pay for it.

Australia to make Facebook, Google pay news outlets for content

The law amounts to the strongest check of the tech giants' market power globally

Australian government acquires new power to scrap foreign pacts

The law applies to pacts made by lower levels of administration.

Australia pushes laws to make Facebook, Google pay news outlets for content

Australia finalised plans to make Facebook and Google pay its media outlets for news content, a world-first move aimed at protecting independent journalism