The state of Victoria passed a bill this week to ban the display of swastikas, the first Australian state to do so amid an increase in cases of violent nationalist and racist extremism, CBS News reported. Under the new legislation, anyone who intentionally shows the symbol...
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The opposition Labor Party won Australia’s federal election over the weekend, ending nine years of conservative rule by the Liberal-National coalition of outgoing Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Nikkei Asia reported. Preliminary results showed that Labor secured 72 seats in the lower house of parliament, while the...
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Australia is experiencing its most raucous federal elections in years as outsiders seemed poised to disrupt the placid pace of leaders in Canberra after polls close on May 21. Voters in North Sydney, a wealthy, multicultural district of the continent-country’s largest city, usually cast ballots for...
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Facebook intentionally took down a number of Australian government pages last year in an attempt to influence the passage of a law that would make tech giants pay to host news articles, the Wall Street Journal reported. In February 2021, the social media giant blocked access...
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The Solomon Islands is planning to expand its security partnership with China, amid reports of a potential agreement between the two countries that has raised concerns in neighboring Australia and the United States, CNN reported. The Pacific nation said over the weekend that it was working...
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An Australian court overturned a landmark ruling this week that would have ordered the country’s environment minister to consider the impact climate change might have on children when approving energy projects, Al Jazeera reported. The groundbreaking case began in 2020 when a group of secondary school...
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Australia and the Netherlands initiated new legal proceedings against Russia for its alleged role in the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over Ukraine in 2014, a case that comes amid the ongoing conflict between Moscow and Kyiv, NPR reported. The two countries filed a complaint...
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An Australian jury found a White police officer not guilty for the murder of an Aboriginal young man in a case that sparked outrage across the country over the issues of race and inequality and a trial that has transfixed the nation, the BBC reported. The...
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Australia will build a new naval base on its east coast that could welcome United States nuclear submarines, a move aimed at countering China’s rising influence in the Indo-Pacific region, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the country is setting aside...
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