March 22, 2020 Australian truck carrying toilet paper catches fire, police say A semi-trailer carrying toilet paper caught fire early Friday on a highway in southeast Australia, police said.
March 22, 2020 Crowded Australian beaches prompt new restrictions to combat coronavirus Scenes of jampacked beaches in defiance of social distancing guidelines has Australia taking tougher steps to combat the spread of the coronavirus outbreak.
March 20, 2020 Bogut: Players 'used like pawns' amid Aussie finals dramas NBA veteran Andrew Bogut says players were “used like pawns" in the process that led to his Sydney Kings refusing to fly across the country for Game 4 of the Australian league's finals series because of the coronavirus pandemic, a decision that ultimately handed the championship to Perth.
March 18, 2020 Australian PM tells citizens not to travel overseas Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison declared a “human biosecurity emergency” Wednesday, telling Australians not to travel abroad and banning gatherings of more than 100 people due to the coronavirus pandemic.
March 16, 2020 Amid coronavirus, Australian supermarkets to give older shoppers first access to essential supplies To shop at Australia’s biggest supermarket chains when they open at 7 a.m., early birds will need to show ID. In general, anyone not yet in their 60s or without a disability pass won’t be allowed in.
March 15, 2020 Tom Hanks channels Mr. Rogers during coronavirus quarantine Tom Hanks may not be feeling himself while quarantined, but he may be feeling like Mr. Rogers!
March 13, 2020 Australian official who met Ivanka Trump, Bill Barr, tests positive for coronavirus An Australian official was in isolation at a hospital Friday after testing positive for coronavirus, days after meeting U.S. Attorney-General William Barr and Ivanka Trump.
March 5, 2020 Amid coronavirus panic, Australian newspaper prints extra pages because of toilet paper shortage Toilet paper has been flying off the shelves around the world as coronavirus-wary consumers begin stockpiling large quantities of emergency and household supplies.
March 4, 2020 'Gardens and graveyards' of coral discovered in hidden canyons off Australia's coast The South Australian coast is surrounded by a labyrinth of underwater canyons, many of them still unexplored. Last week, an international team of researchers (and their underwater robot companion) completed a survey of three such canyons, uncovering a hidden world of both thriving coral gardens and ash-white coral graveyards.
March 3, 2020 Australia’s New South Wales has no more wildfires for first time since July: officials Australia’s hardest-hit state by the massive wildfires that raged for months is now blaze-free for the first time in more than 240 days, officials said.