From edge of extinction to Australia’s croc ‘paradise’

If you want a snappy death, one expert’s advice is to leap into a river near the Australian city of Darwin — within minutes, you’ll be in the jaws of one of the hundreds of crocodiles that stalk its murky waters. That’s the promise of Grahame Webb, whose conservation efforts are credited with helping wrestle … Read more

Papua New Guinea’s prime minister becomes the first Pacific leader to address Australia’s parliament

SYDNEY — Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape on Thursday become the first Pacific leader to address Australia’s parliament, vowing “nothing will come in between our two countries.” The nations announced that Australia will spend AU $100 million (US $65.3 million) on Papua New Guinea’s internal security, including the development of a police recruiting … Read more

Australia’s Ban on Disposable Vapes: What to Know

Australia will ban the importation of disposable vapes starting Jan. 1, the government announced on Tuesday, citing concerns of young people becoming addicted to nicotine. Plans for an import ban on nonprescription vaping products were first announced in May, as part of a broader set of legislation aimed at cracking down on the vape industry … Read more

Davis Cup: Australia’s Alex de Minaur and Alexei Popyrin outclass Finland to return to Davis Cup final | Tennis News

Australia ended the surprise run of Finland to reach the Davis Cup final for the second year in a row. Giant-killers Finland defeated Croatia and the USA in the group stage in September to qualify for the quarter-finals for the first time and then upset defending champions Canada on Tuesday. Backed by thousands of fans … Read more

First person charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws denies working for China

MELBOURNE, Australia — Lawyers for the first person to be charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws insisted in court Friday that a donation to a hospital made via a federal government minister was not a covert attempt to curry favor on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party. Melbourne businessman and local community leader Di Sanh … Read more

Australia’s Albanese calls for free and unimpeded trade with China on his visit to Beijing

BEIJING — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is calling for the “full resumption of free and unimpeded trade” with China in a meeting with his counterpart Li Qiang on the first visit by an Australian leader to China in seven years. Climate change, food security and transnational crime are areas in which the two nations … Read more

Australia’s Anthony Albanese visits China as rare earth issues looms

Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave SYDNEY — When Anthony Albanese sits down with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing on Monday, the meeting will mark an achievement for the Australian prime minister, who has managed to mend once-fractured relations with his nation’s biggest trading partner without making concessions. Looming over the event, … Read more

Final arguments are being made before Australia’s vote to create Indigenous Voice

CANBERRA, Australia — Opposing campaigners made their final pitches on Friday over changing the Australia’s constitution to acknowledge a place for Indigenous Australians on the eve of the nation’s first referendum in a generation. The referendum has the potential to amend Australia’s founding legal document for the first time since 1977. But opinion polls suggest … Read more

Australia’s ‘Voice’ referendum begins amid a swirl of misinformation

Comment on this storyComment SYDNEY — The man in the “Yes” shirt was tall with broad shoulders built by years moving cargo at the Port of Darwin. But as Thomas Mayo canvassed the Sydney suburb of Mount Druitt, he was careful to knock gently on each door and speak calmly about the cause to which … Read more

Australia’s central financial institution leaves its key price unchanged, says inflation ‘handed its peak’

An aerial view of the central enterprise district and Sydney Opera Home on February 17, 2023. David Grey | Getty Photographs Information | Getty Photographs Australia’s central financial institution held its official money price regular at 4.10% in a carefully watched determination Tuesday. Economists had been cut up on expectations forward of the choice, with … Read more