Sydney extends lockdown as other Australian cities reopen
SYDNEY, Australia: The authorities have extended Sydney’s lockdown by another month as Covid-19 cases continue to rise. Australia’s largest city has been under lockdown orders...
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Aussie woman dies after first dose of AstraZeneca
SYDNEY, Australia: A woman has died within five weeks of receiving her first dose of AstraZeneca in Australia while 16 patients remain in hospital after...
New phase of pandemic: 128 cases of contagious Delta variant surface across Australia
SYDNEY, Australia: An outbreak in Sydney linked to the highly contagious Delta variant has grown to 128 cases, authorities said on Monday. Cases have also...
Australia releases refugee family from Island after criticism
PERTH, Australia: Australia has released a refugee family from Christmas Island after their youngest child was flown to the mainland for medical care. The family...
Hate and hypocrisy: White supremacy and anti-Asian violence in the West
“Before Los Angeles public schools shut campuses in mid-March, bullies in the San Fernando Valley accused a 16-year-old Asian boy of having the coronavirus simply...
Aboriginal mother to take son’s custodial death case to UN
SYDNEY, Australia: Australian mother Leetona Dungay and a team of lawyers will take a claim over her son’s death in custody to the United Nations....
Ex-priest faces child pornography charges in New South Wales court
SYDNEY, Australia: A former Catholic priest who sexually exploited boys in poor Asian countries spoke about his victims and his modus operandi to make most...
Covid lockdown in Melbourne extended for another week
MELBOURNE, Australia: Authorities have extended a coronavirus lockdown in Melbourne, Australia’s second-biggest city, for a week as part of efforts to stamp out a cluster...
China begins espionage trial of Australian writer
BEIJING, China: The trial of an Australian-Chinese writer charged with espionage by China has begun in a closed-door court in Beijing. Yang Hengjun, an Australian...
Aboriginal deaths in custody: the untold stories behind bars
The native Australians, the Aboriginals, have been facing terrible social suppression since the Europeans set foot on the land centuries ago. These natives have lost...