New Zealand raised the COVID-19 alert level in its capital Wellington on Wednesday amid concerns that the city may have been exposed to the highly infectious...
Sydney was battling a fresh Covid-19 cluster on Tuesday just as Melbourne’s latest outbreak receded, highlighting Australia’s difficulty in quashing persistent small virus flare-ups. Ten people...
Australian states and territories will get more doses of COVID-19 vaccines soon, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, as authorities look to avoid further delays...
Australia will have a new deputy prime minister after Barnaby Joyce won a leadership contest on Monday in the government’s junior coalition partner the National party....
Australia will file a formal complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) after China imposed up to 218% tariffs on its wine last year. China says...
European Union governments agreed on Wednesday to add the US to their list of countries from which they will allow non-essential travel, EU diplomats said. Ambassadors...
Britain and Australia have agreed a trade deal after talks between their prime ministers ironed out outstanding issues, Australia’s Minister for Trade Dan Tehan said on...
Australia’s Victoria state on Wednesday extended a snap COVID-19 lockdown for a second week in Melbourne in a bid to contain an outbreak of the highly...
Australia’s second most populous state of Victoria, the epicenter of the country’s latest coronavirus hotspot, reported 11 new cases of community transmission on Monday, taking the...
Scientists in Australia have called for a halt to the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine, claiming recent data has cast doubt on the inoculation’s ability to...
Australia’s fifth most populous state on Tuesday reported one new COVID-19 case overnight, dampening fears of another deadly cluster emerging in a country that has largely...