Tag: Australia

6.5-magnitude quake hits off PNG, no tsunami

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea on Monday, officials said, but no Pacific-wide tsunami warning was issued. The tremor hit at a depth of 28 kilometres (17 miles) near sparsely populated New Britain island, 450 kilometres northeast of the capital Port Moresby, the United States Geological Survey said. The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center ruled out a widespread tsunami. “Based on all available data, a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is […]

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Australia’s economy grows 1.1% in Q4

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia’s economy rebounded strongly in the December quarter, growing by 1.1 percent to avoid a technical recession on the back of buoyant exports and consumer spending, data showed Wednesday. The stellar bounceback followed a shock contraction of 0.5 percent in the three months to September — the worst result in eight years. The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data put the annual rate of growth at 2.4 percent, from 1.8 percent […]

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Australia-Indonesia restore full military ties

  SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia and Indonesia announced the full restoration of military ties Sunday as the countries’ leaders held talks following a brief spat over teaching material deemed offensive to Jakarta. Indonesia had reported the suspension of all military cooperation with Australia from December before clarifying that only language training had been put on hold. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said after two hours of talks that he and Indonesian President Joko Widodo had […]

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Five dead as plane crashes into Melbourne shopping center

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — A light aircraft exploded Tuesday in a “massive fireball” with police saying none of the five people aboard survived as it smashed into a shopping center near the Australian city of Melbourne. The Beechcraft plane veered just after take-off into the shopping center, that was still closed, next to Essendon Fields airport. “Five on the aircraft and looks like no-one has survived the crash,” said Victoria police assistant commissioner Stephen Leane. […]

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Several die as plane crashes in Australia

MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) — Several people died aboard a light aircraft that smashed into a shopping center near the Australian city of Melbourne, the state premier said. “A number of people have died as a result of what is the worst civil aviation accident that our state has seen for 30 years,” Victoria  premier Daniel Andrews said. The Beechcraft private charter veered just after take-off into the shopping center, which had yet to open, next to Essendon Fields airport, […]

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Storms in Queensland after record-breaking heatwaves

  By Rheamae David and Emmi B. Capili-Tarroja EBC Australia Bureau QUEENSLAND, Australia (Eagle News) – Following the record-breaking heatwaves across Australia, Queensland experienced storms around the south-east regions of the state early this week The first signs of the storm were seen on Monday afternoon when the rain started to set in following the drop in temperatures to 14 degrees Celsius. Queensland had past experiences of storms, tornadoes and floods, thus urging the state […]

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Yahoo fined after news story aborts Australia murder trial

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australian-US media outlet Yahoo7 was Friday found in contempt and fined over an online story that saw a murder trial aborted, with a judge slamming the website for prioritizing profit above oversight. A Sydney-based Yahoo7 journalist, Krystal Johnson, and the company were hauled before court last year over a report about a Melbourne murder trial that contained prejudicial information not heard by the jury. The jury was discharged and the trial […]

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Scientists find huge ancient landslide on Great Barrier Reef

SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — A massive underwater landslide that could have triggered a towering tsunami some 300,000 years ago has been discovered in the depths of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, scientists said Wednesday. The ancient landslide, likely caused by a strong earthquake that could have generated a tsunami wave 27 meters (90 feet) high, was discovered unexpectedly by researchers conducting three-dimensional mapping of the seafloor around the world’s biggest reef. Scientists had already located eight […]

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Fire tornado in Western Australia captured on camera

Reuters (Reuters) — Amateur video shot on Monday (February 6) shows a fire tornado forming during a bushfire near Exmouth Gulf in Western Australia. Danny Robinson, who works at Giralia Station recorded the fire and smoke tornado which was about six kilometers away from his location. Robinson told Reuters in an email that the bushfire started around 16:00 p.m. (0800 GMT) last Sunday (February 5). “The upward forces of the fire tornado managed to rip […]

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Sinkhole opens up near Australian Prime Minister’s Sydney home

SYDNEY,  Australia (Reuters) — A sinkhole has opened up near Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s home in the exclusive Sydney suburb of Point Piper on Wednesday (February 8). Sydney suffered heavy rain on Tuesday (February 7) with reports of flash flooding in its eastern suburbs. According to local media, police were called after reports that the sinkhole had appeared on Wednesday morning. The street was then cordoned off with the sinkhole less than a kilometer […]

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Braving Danger to Save Lives: SCAN members in Australia celebrate 28th anniversary

  By Emmi Capili-Taroja EBC Australia Bureau NORTH Brisbane, Australia – 05 February 2017 – The members of the Society of Communicators and Networkers (SCAN) in Eastern Australia, together with their family members, convened in a special gathering and listened to the special message of the Iglesia Ni Cristo (Church of Christ) Executive Minister, Bro. Eduardo V. Manalo, in line with the SCAN organization’s 28th founding anniversary. The event was simulcast in various locales and […]

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Trump blast rattles alliance with Australia

by Barry PARKER Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Australia on Friday was scrambling to come to terms with the realization that decades as one of the closest of US allies may count for little in the “America First” vision of President Donald Trump. Australia has fought alongside the United States in most major conflicts since World War II, including Korea, Vietnam, the Gulf War, Afghanistan and Iraq, and the current campaign against the […]

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