Australia

Australian track and field team are placed in isolation in Tokyo after Sam Kendricks tested positive for coronavirus

Biggest increase since unmasked, unvaccinated airport driver allegedly sparked the current outbreak

Tom Dean won gold and Duncan Scott the silver in the 200 freestyle while McKeown gave Australia more Olympic gold

The outbreak, which began in June, is being driven by the highly contagious Delta variant

Australia reported 176 new locally acquired Covid cases on Saturday

The virus has shut down large parts of their economy, as other parts of the world open up.

The host becomes the third Australian city to get the Games after Melbourne in 1956 and Sydney in 2000

New South Wales state, of which Sydney is the capital, reported 105 new cases in the previous day

Spokesperson says govt has no evacuation plans of its own; critics term decision 'disgraceful'

Tennis star cites ban on spectators as major factor behind his decision

Chef de mission Chesterman encourages tennis star to be part of country's 472-strong contingent

Sydney is halfway through a two-week lockdown

PM aide promises govt support for mango producers and exporters

The 2019 French Open champion says she intended to compete in both singles and doubles at the Games

Ten new locally acquired cases were reported in NSW on Tuesday

Authorities look to avoid further delays in an immunisation drive that has hit several roadblocks

Country has struggled with vaccination rollout, states have been plagued by small outbreaks

Australia takes China to WTO over hefty duties

Patient was a driver who occasionally transported overseas airline crew

Socceroos enter final chapter of Asian qualifying for 2022 World Cup

Head coach Harrow says players bingeing on Netflix, hitting gym in a bid to ‘break the boredom’

Saturday's count was up from four new locally acquired cases on Friday

Tesla already sources three-quarters of its lithium feedstock from Australia

More than 800 people died in that outbreak, accounting for about 90% of Australia's total deaths

Number of exposure sites visited by the infected people has expanded to more than 150, putting thousands at risk

Australian batsman is excited for his first foreign T20 competition

"Unless something drastic happens, this will become increasingly uncontrollable"

Australia could successfully produce an estimated 466 Gigawatt hours (GWh) of electrical energy each year

Man suffered critical injuries to his upper right thigh after being attacked while surfing

Decision comes after Chancellor Sebastian Kurz’s govt had flown Israeli flag in Vienna in a show of solidarity

Australian government came under fire for temporarily barring all travel to and from India last month

Extended raised social distancing and mask-wearing rules by a week

Australia will lift a ban on its citizens returning from Covid-ravaged India next week, said PM

Bilateral ties strained since 2018 when Australia became the first country to publicly ban Huawei from its 5G network

The military upgrades will begin this year and be finished by 2026

Decision taken after surge in positive Covid-19 cases in the world's second-most populous nation

After the country reported its first fatality from blood clots in a recipient of AstraZeneca shot

The first goal is to enable Australians who are vaccinated to be able to move and travel

The federal government and to discuss setting up mass vaccination centres from as early as June

More than 200 athletes are expected to represent the Kiwis at the July 23-Aug 8 Games

Australian striker preparing with teammates for summer’s Olympic Games

More than 470 Aboriginal people have died in custody

Australia has no current plans to change the rollout of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

Flights to and from some Australian states could still be suspended if there were local outbreaks

EU tightened its oversight of vaccine exports last month

Australians celebrated Easter Sunday in a relatively unrestricted manner

Investigators have not confirmed a causal link with the Covid-19 AstraZeneca vaccine, investigations ongoing

Australia considering diverting Covid-19 inoculations from its vaccination programme to Papua New Guinea

As he defended his handling of a scandal over the treatment of women in politics and his party

Despite mounting pressure from business to open borders with neighbouring countries