Australia

The final leg of the FIFA Women's World Cup Trophy Tour kicked off at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on 8 June to start the Australian Tour

Led by Professor Irene Blackberry as Institute Director, Care Economy Research Institute is posed to be a world-leading research institute to improve health and wellbeing and drive Australia's economic growth

Last month, the US, Australia and the UK unveiled details of a plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered attack submarines starting in the early 2030s to counter China's Indo-Pacific ambitions; UK visit is now ongoing

Australia is taking stock of changes in the population's habits brought about by the pandemic; for example, families have moved to cheaper homes in regional and outer metropolitan areas to take advantage of the shift to more flexible working arrangements

Cocanarup Conservation Alliance fears lithium exploration will put black Carnaby's cockatoos at risk, as the plan for tree cutting directly impacts a critical breeding area for the endangered parrots

Country Australians will benefit the least from the multi-billion-dollar stage 3 tax cuts, shows a new analysis by The Australia Institute based on tax data: greatest benefits are expected in the biggest cities, smallest to those living in rural Tasmania

As the debate over gambling regulation continues, a new proposal seeks to limit children's access to games with gambling-like elements

Blake Johnston shredded the world record for the longest surfing session, bringing it to 40 hours from previous 30’ 11’’ to raise over AUS $200,000 for the Chumpy Pullin Foundation and Youth Mental Health

A new heat wave is forecasted, with temperatures rising up to 40C in some parts of the Pilbara in WA, down to the SA coastline and into inland NSW; four consecutive days of 40C temperatures haven't been reported so far into autumn in over 150 years

Adelaide city recorded the highest percentage of statues of women, with 6 out of 33 (18%), according to a survey on capital cities in 2021 by A Monument of One's Own, a non-profit organisation campaigning for equality in statues

Over AUS$31 million of illegal tobacco has been seized and destroyed after it was grown in fields in regional Victoria; raids at two properties near the border with New South Wales were carried out after an anonymous tip-off, uncovering the illicit haul

Psychiatrist Michael Dudley of UNSW and Professor Louise Newman of Monash University argue that a Royal Commission on Immigrant Detention Policy is needed, investigating the costs and human rights impact of this policy, as well as increasing transparency