Oceania Australia The high suicide rate of current and former members of the Australian Defence Forces has been called 'a national tragedy' after a landmark report by the Royal Commission - the highest form of public enquiry in Australia - with hundreds of interviews
Oceania Australia The Western Australian Department of Health has reinforced the requirement to wear a face mask in all public hospitals in the state in response to an increase in cases of COVID-19
Oceania Australia Australia's industrial policy needs to be "recast and modernised" to benefit from global energy transition, the Treasurer said, promising a new 'uniquely Australian' plan that would leverage more private capital against bolder public investment overseas
Oceania Australia The "brumbies", Australian wild horses, are estimated at around 19.000 in Kosciuszko National Park in the south-east of the country; state authorities in New South Wales intend to reduce them to 3.000 by mid-2027 firing shotguns from helicopters
Oceania Australia The Australian government has granted citizenship to three athletes, one Russian, one South African and one American, to compete in the Paris 2024 Olympics