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Australia’s HMAS Waller submarine is seen in Sydney Harbour in 2016. Photo: AFP

Australia unveils billions for nuclear submarines under Aukus security pact

The vessels, under agreement with the UK and the US, are at the heart of a major strategy to improve long-range strike capabilities.

15 Feb 2026 - 8:12PMvideocam

New Zealand catches flak for ‘secret’ US critical minerals talks

15 Feb 2026 - 11:00AM

Japan out, Australia in? China’s tourists heading down under for Lunar New Year

14 Feb 2026 - 4:00PMvideocam

Australia presses Israel’s Herzog for charges over Gaza strike killing aid worker

PM Albanese uses Israeli president’s visit to demand charges for 2024 strike on aid convoy that killed Australian Zomi Frankcom and her colleagues.

11 Feb 2026 - 5:10PM

Israel’s President Isaac Herzog (left) meets with Australia·s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Parliament House in Canberra. Photo: dpa

Australia demands answers from Laos over methanol poisoning ‘injustice’

While 10 were convicted of destroying evidence, not a single person has been charged in connection with the deaths of two Melbourne teens.

11 Feb 2026 - 1:20PMvideocam

Israeli president’s visit to Australia met with protests

While Isaac Herzog comforts a community reeling from the Bondi massacre, his arrival has sparked protests and a massive security operation.

9 Feb 2026 - 6:07PM

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The Philippines

Why Australia is picking up the tab for Philippine military upgrades

Canberra’s security interests are more closely aligned with Manila than those of Washington, observers say.

9 Feb 2026 - 5:37PMvideocam

Filipino and Australian troops fire a howitzer during a joint military exercise in Laur, Nueva Ecija province, Philippines, last August. Photo: Reuters

Australian drug lord Tony Mokbel walks free: ‘I don’t regret anything’

The court dropped a planned retrial for the Melbourne mobster, who inspired the ‘Underbelly’ TV series, after the police informant scandal.

6 Feb 2026 - 2:05PM

Australia, Indonesia sign security deal in ‘watershed moment’

Canberra has signed a series of defence, police and aid deals across the Pacific region to try to boost its influence and limit China’s.

6 Feb 2026 - 12:55PM

China-Australia relations

Why China ties make Darwin Port a bigger test for Australia than Panama

Legal constraints and stronger Beijing-Canberra relations among factors limiting Albanese administration’s options, analysts say.

3 Feb 2026 - 1:58PMvideocam

Beijing has pledged to step in if Canberra commits to regaining control of Darwin Port in northern Australia, which is leased to a Chinese firm. Photo: Handout

‘Superhuman’ teen swims 4 hours to save family swept out to sea in Australia

The 13-year-old hero ditched his life jacket halfway through the swim, fearing the drag would stop him reaching shore.

4 Feb 2026 - 5:35PMvideocam

A view of the sea from a closed beach in Sydney, Australia, last month. Photo: Reuters

Australian woman dies after getting caught in Japan ski lift

The 22-year-old woman’s backpack buckle got caught on a Nagano ski lift, dragging her and leaving her suspended in mid-air as she tried to get off.

2 Feb 2026 - 6:26PM

China consumption

How changing tastes in China are hitting Australia’s wine exports

Younger consumers’ preference for healthier, low-alcohol beverages has contributed to shrinking of Chinese market.

30 Jan 2026 - 11:17AM

Record heat in Australia, as temperatures near 50 degrees Celsius

Authorities urge caution as temperatures soar, fuelling out of control fires.

27 Jan 2026 - 9:06PM

A man shades himself from the heat with a fan in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday. Victorians are sweating through what could be the state’s most severe heatwave in nearly two decades. Photo: EPA

Australian shark attack victim, 12, dies in hospital

Nico Antic was pulled from the water by friends and taken to hospital with severe injuries to both legs.

24 Jan 2026 - 2:00PM

Authorities close a popular rock jumping point near Shark Beach in Vaucluse, Sydney, after a 12-year-old biy is attacked by a shark on Sunday. Photo: EPA

New Zealand landslide: human remains found as rescue operations end

A Chinese national died in another landslide near the Mount Maunganui campsite, both triggered by Thursday’s heavy rains.

24 Jan 2026 - 9:48AM

Manhunt under way after deadly shooting in Australia leaves 3 dead

Shooting comes on a National Day of Mourning as Australia remembers 15 people shot dead in Sydney at a Hanukkah celebration on December 14.

22 Jan 2026 - 6:31PM

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‘I could hear people screaming’: several feared buried in New Zealand campsite

‘I looked behind me and there’s a huge landslide coming down. And I’m still shaking from it now,’ a tourist at Mount Maunganui says.

22 Jan 2026 - 1:34PM

A landslide smashed into a campsite at Mount Maunganui in New Zealand on Thursday, leaving multiple people missing. Photo: AFP

Australia deports Malaysian man caught with child sexual abuse material

The 26-year-old was among 17 travellers intercepted by border officials in various parts of Australia earlier this month.

22 Jan 2026 - 11:45AM

Australia approves gun buy-back, hate crime reforms after Bondi attack

New legislation limits firearm access, sets up a gun buy-back programme, and tackles hate speech.

20 Jan 2026 - 9:35PMvideocam

Boy, 12, ‘fighting for life’ after Sydney Harbour shark attack

‘It was a horrendous scene … We believe it was something like a bull shark that attacked’ the boy, said a New South Wales police spokesman.

19 Jan 2026 - 11:02AMvideocam

Shark Beach in Sydney, Australia. On Sunday, a 12-year-old boy was attacked by a bull shark while swimming off the beach. Photo: Reuters

Australia faces record guns as Bondi massacre prompts reform

There were more than 4 million guns in Australia in 2025, more than at the time of a 1996 shooting that killed 35 and prompted a gun buy-back scheme.

18 Jan 2026 - 8:01PM

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, on December 19. Photo: EPA-EFE

South Korean church deploys ‘special force’ to recruit Australian youths

The Shincheonji church compiles profiles of potential members to draw up personalised recruitment plans, according to a former member.

16 Jan 2026 - 4:54PMvideocam

New Zealand central bank chief scolded for poking nose in Trump-Fed feud

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters reminded Anna Breman to ‘stick to domestic monetary policy’.

14 Jan 2026 - 4:10PMvideocam

Not ‘Trump-compatible’? China expert Rudd exits Australia’s US ambassador role

Kevin ‌Rudd left his post a year ‍earlier than planned following criticism from US President Donald Trump at White House meeting in October.

14 Jan 2026 - 6:34AMvideocam

Australia’s ambassador to the United States, Kevin Rudd, is stepping down a year earlier than expected and is returning to lead the Asia Society think tank. Photo: TNS

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