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Australia targets 62% to 70% emissions cut by 2035

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia on Thursday set a new target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by…

Australia’s Albanese unable to clinch defense treaty with Papua New Guinea during visit

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday was unable to clinch an ambitious defense…

Australia gifts Papua New Guinea a Parliament House extension for its 50th independence anniversary

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia offered to gift Papua New Guinea an extension to its Parliament House as…

Islamophobic incidents in Australia ‘skyrocketed’ since Israel-Hamas war, envoy reports

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Anti-Muslim incidents have “skyrocketed” across Australia since the Israel-Hamas war began nearly two years…

Australian judge sentences Erin Patterson to life in prison for poisoning relatives with mushrooms

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge on Monday sentenced triple-murderer Erin Patterson to life in prison with…

Sole survivor of Australian mushroom poisoning grieves loss of wife and friends

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The sole survivor of a deadly lunch laced with toxic mushrooms said on Monday…

Doctor accused of secretly recording 4,500 videos in Australian hospital restrooms released on bail

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A trainee surgeon was released from custody on bail Friday after he was charged…

Google to pay $36M fine for anticompetitive deals with Australia’s largest telcos

MELBOURNE, Austalia (AP) — Google has agreed to pay a 55 million Australian dollar ($36 million) fine for…

Qantas fined $59M for illegal pandemic layoffs

MELBOURNE (AP) — A judge on Monday fined Qantas Airways 90 million Australian dollars ($59 million) for illegally…

Epic Games wins partial victory in Australian court against Google and Apple

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Epic Games, the company behind the popular online game Fortnite, won a partial victory…

Husband suspected wife of poisoning him before she killed 3 relatives with toxic mushrooms

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — The husband of a woman convicted of killing three people with a meal laced…

Chinese woman becomes third person charged under Australia’s foreign interference laws

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A Chinese citizen was charged Monday under Australia’s recent foreign interference laws with covertly…