Flooding crisis worsens in Australia
Sydney, Feb 3 (IANS) Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes amid widespread severe flooding in northern Australia. Authorities in the northeastern state of Queensland on Monday warned residents of the state’s tropical north to expect further flooding following days of torrential rainfall. Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate from the […]
Thousands flee homes as Australia battles massive floods
Canberra, Feb 2 (IANS) A woman has died while thousands of people have been forced to flee their homes after torrential rainfall caused flooding in northern Queensland, authorities said, adding that waters will continue to rise and warned of a “dangerous and life-threatening” situation. More than 1,000mm (39 inches) of rain has fallen on parts […]
Australia’s goldfields nominated for World Heritage List
Canberra, Jan 31 (IANS) The Australian government has nominated the goldfields in the country’s southeast for World Heritage status. Tanya Plibersek, Minister for the Environment and Water, on Friday announced that the goldfields in the state of Victoria have been added to Australia’s World Heritage Tentative List. It is the first formal step towards having […]
Australian bushfire prompts evacuation order
Sydney, Jan 30 (IANS) Authorities in southeast Australia have ordered communities to evacuate as bushfires in western Melbourne, the capital city of Australia’s state of Victoria, continue to spread. Victorian emergency services on Thursday morning urged about 100 residents of four small towns near the southwestern edge of the Grampians National Park, about 250 km […]
Three cyclones potentially developing across Australia: Bureau of Meterology
Sydney, Jan 30 (IANS) Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has warned that as many as three cyclones could form off the country’s north coast within days. According to the BoM’s tropical cyclone seven-day forecast, five tropical low storms could develop across northern Australia in the coming days, reports Xinhua news agency. Of those, it said […]
Australian inflation falls to three-year low
Canberra, Jan 29 (IANS) Australia’s rate of inflation has slowed to the lowest level in over three years, official figures have revealed. According to data published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Wednesday, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) – the headline measure of inflation – rose by 2.4 per cent in the 12 […]
Australian PM commits $1.2 billion to incentivise green aluminum production
Canberra, Jan 20 (IANS) Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Monday announced a 2-billion-Australian-dollar (1.24 billion US dollars) plan to incentivise aluminium smelters to transition to renewable power. The funding will be used for a scheme that will pay aluminium smelters for every ton of the metal produced using renewable electricity over a 10-year period […]
Two men hospitalised with mosquito-borne viruses in Australia
Sydney, Jan 17 (IANS) Two men in the northeastern Australian state of Queensland have been hospitalized with rare and potentially deadly mosquito-borne viruses. An elderly man from the city of Townsville, over 1,000 km northwest of Brisbane, has been admitted to hospital with dengue fever despite being vaccinated against it, marking the region’s first breakthrough […]
Australian PM lauds Middle East ceasefire as constructive step towards peace
Canberra, Jan 16 (IANS) Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday welcomed the ceasefire in the Middle East as a constructive step towards peace and stability. Albanese said that the six-week ceasefire between Israel and Hamas marks the beginning of a “new chapter” for the Israeli and Palestinian people, Xinhua news agency reported. “This agreement […]
Australia: Return of debris balls forces closure of nine Sydney beaches
Sydney, Jan 14 (IANS) Nine beaches in Sydney, the capital city of Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW), have been closed following the return of mystery debris balls that forced beach closures late in 2024. Sydney’s Northern Beaches Council on Tuesday closed nine beaches under its jurisdiction after being notified about the balls washing […]
