Australia

An Australian woman was fined AU$2,664 ($1,835) for not declaring the contents of her Subway sandwich in immigration declaration forms breaching Australia's biosecurity laws. What Happened: TikTok user Jessica Lee shared with her 4,137 followers on the short-form video hosting service...

Australia has named Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd — who is an eminent China policy expert — as its next ambassador to the U.S. What Happened: Rudd’s appointment comes at a time when the two nations are deepening security cooperation in response to a rising threat from Beijing. See Also:...

Australian government said a law making internet giants Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META) and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) pay for content supply deals with media outlets has largely worked. What Happened: The News Media Bargaining Code, which was implemented in March 2021 after talks...

A five-year-old Australian boy survived after being bitten and dragged into a swimming pool by a python.  What Happened: A three-meter-long python struck from nearby vegetation as the boy was playing by the edge of a pool in Byron Bay in New South Wales, his father Ben Blake told Nine radio on...

One of the longest-running Australian soap operas was canceled earlier this year. The show is now being rescued by a leading streaming company. What Happened: The Prime Video unit of Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) has had a big year in 2022 with the launch of “The Lord of the Rings: The...

The former head of Elon Musk-led Tesla Inc‘s (NASDAQ:TSLA) Australian unit pleaded guilty to two counts of insider trading. What Happened: Australian corporate watchdog on Wednesday said Kurt Schlosser bought shares in a lithium producer based on information that the electric carmaker had a...

Russian hackers were behind the cyberattack on one of the largest Australian private health insurance providers, compromising the details of nearly 10 million current and former customers.  What Happened: Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw on Friday said intelligence showed that a...

A former American military pilot and flight instructor who worked in Beijing was arrested in Australia and now faces extradition to the U.S. What Happened: Daniel Edmund Duggan was arrested by the Australian Federal Police on Friday in the rural town of Orange in New South Wales, Reuters reported,...

Australia on Tuesday made a U-turn and said it will no longer recognize West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, reversing the decision taken by the previous government in 2018. What Happened: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong, during a media briefing, said the issue should be resolved as part...

Talk about a hot meal. A drone, while in the midst of delivering food to a customer, attempted a “precautionary controlled landing” in Brisbane, Australia, only to crash into overhead powerlines and erupt in flames. The incident left thousands of homes in the neighborhood without...

An alpaca breeder was killed by a three-year-old pet kangaroo in Australia in what is being seen as the first fatal kangaroo attack since 1936. What Happened: Peter Eades was attacked by his pet kangaroo on his property in Redmond in the Great Southern region of Western Australia on Sunday, ABC...

Australia on Friday hiked its intake of permanent migrants to 195,000 for this financial year, up by 35,000 or 22%, as it looks to address widespread staff shortages and reduce reliance on short-term workers. What Happened: "It makes no sense to bring people in, have them for a few years, then...

Australian regulator has demanded Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META), Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Snap Inc (NYSE: SNAP), and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT)  share their strategies for stamping out child abuse material on their platforms. What Happened: Australia's independent regulator for...

'Buy now, pay later' company Afterpay Ltd — owned by Jack Dorsey's Block Inc (NYSE: SQ) — and Westpac Banking Corporation (OTC:WEBNF) have ended their partnership after the Australian payments firm rolled back a smartphone app it was...

Australia announced a stocktake of its cryptocurrency holdings to help better understand and regulate the booming $1 trillion sector. What Happened: The Treasury would undertake “token mapping,” or cataloging of the types and uses of digital currency owned within the country, Treasurer...