March 23, 2017 Chinese premier warns Australia against protectionism China's premier on Thursday warned against protectionism, saying his country planned to close its $50 billion a year deficit with Australia by expanding the trading relationship rather than retreating from it.
March 23, 2017 Australia rejects 500 Syrian refugees on security grounds An official says Australia rejected 500 Syrian refugees on security grounds during more than a year of vetting while it filled a quota of 12,000 the government said were eligible for resettlement from Middle Eastern camps.
March 23, 2017 The Latest: Minister says man shot by police at UK parl't The Latest on reports of an incident outside Britain's parliament (all times local): 3:05 p.m.
March 22, 2017 Australian state lawmakers vote to remove 'gay panic' defense from criminal code The LGTBQ community welcomed a move by lawmakers in Australia's second-largest state to cut a controversial "unwanted homosexual advances" or "gay panic" statute from the criminal code on Tuesday.
March 22, 2017 Australia close to resettling 12,000 Syrian refugees Australia is close to resettling the 12,000 refugees from the war in Syria and Iraq it promised to urgently take over a year ago.
March 21, 2017 Australia says Facebook and Google are paying more local tax Australia's treasurer says Facebook, Google and other multinational companies are paying tax in Australia on their Australian profits instead of shifting income to low-tax countries since the government cracked down on tax avoidance.
March 21, 2017 China: Australia should look beyond the nations' differences A senior Chinese official says China hopes Australia will continue to look beyond the countries' ideological differences and focus on bilateral business ties and other forms of cooperation.
March 20, 2017 Sydney train roof explodes; 1 hurt Sydney commuters were left stunned when the roof of a train “exploded” as it approached a platform in the city’s inner west.
March 20, 2017 Sydney airline grounds 5 planes after propeller drops off Five Regional Express Airlines passenger planes had been grounded as a precaution after a near disaster in which a propeller fell off an airliner as it approached Sydney Airport, the Australian airline said on Monday.
March 20, 2017 Crocodile attacks Australian teen who jumped into river on dare An Australian teen who was attacked by a crocodile after jumping into a crocodile-infested river on a dare was recovering from serious wounds to his arm, officials said Monday, as authorities recovered the body of another man who also may have been attacked by a crocodile in nearby waters.