Oceania Australia Australia's overall fiscal balance, at -0,9% of gross domestic product in 2023, is the second strongest among G20 countries, behind only Canada, according to the IMF's latest fiscal monitoring
Oceania Australia Examining hundreds of bones collected over decades in Winton, west-central Queensland, paleontologists have described 12 new specimens belonging to sauropods
Oceania Australia Researchers at Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics affirm that solar panel waste problem is more pressing than previously thought as new report contradicts earlier findings that significant volumes of PV waste would not appear until at least 2030
Oceania Australia Australia will begin funding UNRWA again, after stopping funding in late January, foreign Minister Penny Wong announced
Oceania Australia The country is experiencing its third hottest summer on record, with the Bureau of Meteorology stating that only summers 2018-19 and 2019-20 have been hotter; Australia's three hottest seasons have occurred in the past six years
Oceania Australia Meta announced that it will also close Facebook news tabs in Australia, after noticing that enough people were not visiting the platform to read the news
Oceania Australia The Australian Government, through PacificAus Sports, will partner with the Australian Olympic Committee to support more than 250 athletes from 13 Pacific nations in their preparation for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Oceania Australia The State of Victoria is launching a female pain survey after research revealed that two out of every five women in the state suffer from chronic pain
Oceania Australia In Melbourne, two monuments dedicated to figures considered linked to the country's colonial past were vandalised, a statue of Queen Victoria and one of Captain James Cook, who led several voyages of exploration in the Pacific Ocean in the 18th century
Oceania Australia Plans for a referendum on monarchy, to proclaim the country a Republic, have been postponed, as it is 'not a priority at the moment', despite plans of Albanese and his executive; King Charles is expected to pay an official visit to Australia in late 2024
Oceania Australia Nazi salutes and the display or sale of symbols associated with designated 'terrorist' groups have been criminalised with the enactment of legislation drafted last summer, government's response to the increase in hate incidents in recent months
Oceania Australia A carpet of rubbish was left on Sydney's Bronte Beach after some 10.000 people crowded the shores of the Australian resort for Christmas Day celebrations
Oceania Australia Istanbul-based Turkish Airlines will launch Australia flights in March next year, with Australian actress Margot Robbie as Brand Ambassador