Virus panic buying prompts toilet roll rationing Down Under
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's biggest supermarket on Wednesday announced a limit on toilet paper purchases after the global spread…
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Australia developing satellite to predict bushfire danger zones
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian scientists are developing the country's first satellite designed to predict where bushfires are likely to…
6 years ago
Half of world’s beaches could vanish by 2100
by Marlowe HOOD PARIS, France (AFP) -- Climate change and sea-level rise are currently on track to wipe out half…
6 years ago
Australian summers grow longer due to climate change: study
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian summers are lengthening by a month or more while winters are getting shorter due to climate…
6 years ago
2 cruise ship passengers found COVID-19 positive in Australia, had earlier tested negative in Japan
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Two Australians evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have tested positive for coronavirus on their…
6 years ago
Former Rugby League player suspected of killing wife, 3 kids in Australia car fire
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- An ex-rugby league player is suspected of killing his three children and estranged wife by setting…
6 years ago
Bushfire crisis hit 75% of Australians: survey
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Three in four Australians -- almost 18 million people -- were affected by the country's deadly…
6 years ago
Floods fail to end Australia’s years-long drought
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Heavy rain has given hope to Australia's drought-stricken regions, but scientists warned Tuesday sustained falls were…
6 years ago
Cyclone Damien batters northwestern Australia
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Tropical cyclone Damien lashed Australia's northwestern resource-rich region of Pilbara on Saturday as locals heeded…
6 years ago
Australia to refuse entry to non-citizens arriving from China
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- The Australian government on Saturday said it would bar non-citizens arriving from mainland China from…
6 years ago
Emergency declared for bushfire-threatened Canberra
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Authorities in Canberra on Friday declared the first state of emergency in almost two decades as…
6 years ago
Australia heatwave renews bushfire worries
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia was bracing for a heatwave to sweep across the country's fire-ravaged southeast in the coming…
6 years ago
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