Oceania Australia Big business would be barred from buying up large tracts of productive agricultural land exclusively for running carbon offset schemes to meet net-zero
Oceania Australia A rover built in the country will head to the moon in 2026 in a joint mission with NASA, which said the agreement expands the coalition of countries that is supporting humanity's return to the moon under the Artemis programme
Oceania Australia Despite having just reached the milestone of 80% vaccination rate, the country has declared that it will definitely not accept foreign tourists before 2022; instead, it will give priority to skilled migrants and students
Oceania Australia Australian start-up SunDrive, which has reached a new landmark in solar cell efficiency, is targeting the rooftop solar market first, with plans to expand into some of the proposed multi-gigawatt mega-scale projects in the north and west
Oceania Australia The eastern barred bandicoot population, after 30 years of conservation efforts, has returned to around 1.500 animals; it is the first time the country has changed the status of an animal from 'extinct in the wild' to 'endangered' instead of the other way
Oceania Australia The UN's top climate adviser joins those calling on the country to rapidly phase out coal, still used so largely as to produce about 80% of the nation's electricity
Oceania Australia A local insurance firm published a study on the world's rates per capita of home burglary, where Australia ranks 3rd
Oceania Australia Substantial compensation will be paid to the survivors of the indigenous 'stolen generation', children who were forcibly removed from their families in 1900; it is one of the measures designed to reduce the gap in this category
Oceania Australia With a stunning series of world and Olympic records, specially in swimming, the country successfully ends these Games with the highest number of medals in relation to population number
Oceania Australia Police are threatening big fines for anti-lockdown protesters, stating “should there be a protest this weekend, there will be sufficient numbers to take appropriate action […] We will not tolerate those actions”; 60 people were charged last weekend
Oceania Australia The Australian Swimming League, privately-run ,will be launched next year to revitalize the sport in the country
Oceania Australia Calls from the UN Human Rights Council's periodic review, which in January, with 30 adhering countries, called for a halt to the incarceration of 10-year-olds and for the age to be raised to 14, have been rejected by the Government
Oceania Australia After tasting more than 10.000 bottles of wine, respected independent wine critic The Real Review has released its long-awaited list of Australia's best wineries for 2021