The Irish Times view on Australia’s election: getting real on climate
A breakthrough for the Greens in a major fossil-fuel exporting country is an important rebuke of mainstream political culture
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Australia set for major shift in climate policy
Prime minister-elect Anthony Albanese has promised to ‘change the country’
Australia ousts conservatives after nine years as Morrison concedes in election
‘Teal’ independents set to win handful of seats, Greens projected to add up to three
Australian voters set to choose between ‘bulldozer’ and ‘builder’
Six-week election campaign has been an attritional slog between uninspiring leaders
Australia prime minister sets general election for May 21st
Cost-of-living pressures, climate change will be key issues in campaign
Ukraine peace talks may falter after air strike on fuel depot in Russian city, says Moscow
Kremlin claim helicopter attack in Belgorod, 35km from Ukraine border in low altitude mission
Netherlands, Australia begin new legal action against Russia over downing of MH17
Both countries say they are seeking ‘full reparations’ and an apology from Moscow
China starts to feel the pain from its friendship with Russia
Beijing’s economy deeply exposed to market turmoil and sanctions unleashed by war in Ukraine
Australia to declare east coast floods a national emergency
Floodwaters peaked in Brisbane after it was hit by 80% of annual rainfall in three days
Shane Warne had chest pain, health issues before death - Thai police
Australian prime minster offers family a state funeral for the cricket legend
Australia looks to flood relief as Sydney braced for heavy rain
Military helicopters airlift stranded people from rooftops as 10th flood victim found
Catastrophic floods pile pressure on Australian government
Floods have submerged cities and towns in Queensland and New South Wales and triggered thousands of insurance claims
Ukraine declares state of emergency and urges citizens to leave Russia
Washington targets gas pipeline with sanctions as UN General Assembly meets on crisis
Australia reopens borders to vaccinated visitors after two years
Tourism and hospitality sectors look to rebuild after strong Covid-19 restrictions
Australia prepares for tourist wave as it lifts foreign visitor ban
Strict border lockdown under ‘Fortress Australia’ policy had catastrophic impact on tourism industry
Australia’s political leaders apologise to staffers for decades of abuse
Apology follows report into workplace culture after disclosure by former staffer Brittany Higgins
Australia to reopen borders to vaccinated after two-year closure
Reopening to take effect on February 21st, PM Scott Morrison announces
Australian government buys copyright to indigenous flag for $20m
After dispute over flag’s use it can now be reproduced without seeking permission
Tonga tsunami: Three of the smaller islands suffer serious damage
County hoping for ‘almost contactless disaster relief’ given pandemic
Novak Djokovic wins Australian visa battle - but he may still lose the war
Immigration minister Alex Hawke could decide to cancel visa; no decision on Monday
Novak Djokovic’s father claims his son’s been made a scapegoat
‘Novak filed same documents as 25 other players and they didn’t have any problem’
Johnny Watterson: Lateral flow of time will expose Djokovic’s anti-vaxxer crusade
Federal government realised star’s sense of entitlement grated with Aussie public
Djokovic ignores fact that – unlike tennis – fighting a pandemic is a team effort
Tennis great’s sense of entitlement and anti-vaccine stance inevitably grate with Australian public
Novak Djokovic deserves criticism but so do others in this sorry saga
The world No 1 is often his own worst enemy, but he is not the only one to blame
Q&A: How did Novak Djokovic end up facing deportation from Australia?
World number one is currently in detention awaiting his appeal against visa cancellation
Novak Djokovic’s father says his son ‘is the Spartacus of the new world’
Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic says country has offered support to world No 1
Sydney kicks off the new year celebrations in vintage style
Australians bade farewell to 2021 with a fireworks display over Sydney harbour
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Five children dead after wind lifts bouncy castle into air at Australia school
Students fell from height of 10 metres at primary school in Tasmania state, police said
North and South Korea have agreed ‘in principle’ to end Korean War
South Korean president says talks are being held back by Pyongyang’s objections to ‘US hostility’
Australian government stares down calls to press UK and US for Julian Assange’s release
Australia says it is ‘not a party’ to case and will ‘respect UK legal process’
Omicron: EU states urged to boost genome sequencing as Ireland lags behind
Moderna chief warns existing vaccines will struggle with latest coronavirus variant
Australia to send troops to Solomon Islands as protests spread
Crowds of protesters and burning buildings in Chinatown district of Honiara despite curfew
Maureen Dowd: Once more unto the breach for Britain and France
Hundred Years’ War still raging in the French and British Embassies in D.C.
Cleo Smith (4) found alive more than two weeks after going missing in Australia
Police say the girl was found after they broke into a house and a man is in custody
Australia makes carbon emissions pledge but remains wedded to fossil fuels
PM Scott Morrison says net zero emissions by 2050 will be achieved ‘the Australian way’
Djokovic: ‘I won’t reveal my vaccination status. It’s an inappropriate inquiry’
‘People go too far these days in taking the liberty to ask questions and judge a person’
New South Wales to end hotel quarantine for vaccinated travellers
Australia’s most populous state accelerates lifting of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions
Action on climate is effective, just look at acid rain and the ozone layer
Stuart Mathieson: International efforts can have an effect within our lifetimes
‘Freedom Day’ as Sydney reopens and Australia looks to live with Covid-19
Hairdressers, gyms, cafes and bars reopen to vaccinated customers in Australia’s largest city
Asia, once a vaccination laggard, is now revving up its inoculations
South Korea, Japan and Malaysia have pulled ahead of the US in the number of vaccine doses administered per 100 people
Australia to allow international travel from November
Vaccinated citizens and permanent residents allowed to quarantine at home on return
Australia’s prime minister yet to commit to attending UN climate summit
Australia has so far refused to endorse a net zero emissions by 2050 target or double its emissions-cutting target for 2030
Magnitude 6 earthquake hits Australian city of Melbourne
Buildings damaged and tremors felt in nearby states in second biggest quake ever
Australia’s treatment of France ‘unacceptable’, EU says
Submarine spat threatens to scupper trade deal between European Union and Australia
Australia defends scrapping French submarine deal
Macron due to speak with Biden ‘in the next few days’ over contract row, says Paris
US tries to soothe French anger over Australian naval pact
France outraged that own lucrative contract torpedoed and it was given ‘no heads up’
China accuses Australia, UK and US of ‘double standards’ over security pact
Australia to have nuclear-powered submarines for the first time under Aukus deal
Australia-China tensions music to Denis O’Brien’s ears
Digicel founder seeking to sell off Pacific arm of telecoms group
An impossible task? New Zealand’s bid to eliminate the Delta variant
Future of zero-Covid strategy in doubt as cases rise and country remains in lockdown
In the News: Will Delta derail New Zealand’s ‘Zero Covid’ strategy?
Highly contagious variant continues to spread across country, testing policy to limit
Australian PM defends Covid strategy after anti-lockdown protests
Scott Morrison sets 70% vaccination target before easing restrictions
Sydney records deadliest day of pandemic as lockdowns extended
New South Wales sees 478 new Covid cases and 7 deaths, its highest figures ever
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