The nation’s chief medical officer told Australians there is no need for face masks and to go about their normal business only hours before Victoria’s chief medical officer Doctor Brett Sutton said a coronavirus pandemic may be unavoidable. Dr Sutton took to Twitter on Sunday and in a six-part message said a surge in cases was “inevitable.” “It’s clear that ...

South Africa vs Australia, second T20I at Port Elizabeth — Watch Australia tour of South Africa LIVE on Fox Cricket! South Africa have come back from the brink to level the T20 series against Australia, snatching a 12-run win in a breathless finish in Port Elizabeth. Chasing 159 to win at St George’s Park, Australia were cruising at 2-124 but ...

Suburbs across our major cities are skyrocketing in population, some by as much as 1300 per cent. It’s creating problems that need radical solutions. Bullsbrook is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it kind of place. The community of 6000, which lies 45km northeast of Perth, consists of a small parade of shops by the grand-sounding but not very huge Great Northern Highway and a ...

Australia has begun evacuating its citizens trapped by the coronavirus outbreak in China to an immigration detention centre on a remote island. Evacuees from Wuhan are en route to Australia’s Christmas Island, where they will be quarantined for two weeks. Canberra said 243 citizens and permanent residents, including 89 children, were on board. A second flight is also scheduled for ...

Following on from the incredible success of Fire Fight Australia concert in Sydney, it’s just been announce that another massive bushfire relief tour is heading Down Under next month. Miley Cyrus has just been announced to headline a show called Wold Tour Bushfire Relief charity concert in Melbourne at Australia’s Lakeside Stadium on March 13.The one-night-only event sponsored by AgBioEn ...

The impact of the coronavirus combined with the ongoing bushfire across the eastern and southern states has clearly thrown the start of the year into economic turmoil. But does it mean a recession is coming, and if it means no budget surplus, does that really matter? One of the problems of being a relatively small economy compared with the US, ...

KANGAROO ISLAND, Australia — Kangaroo Island is Australia in miniature. It is a wildlife haven, with its own varieties of kangaroos, echidnas (a spiny anteater) and cockatoos, as well as a koala population seen as insurance should disaster strike the species on the mainland. It is a tourism magnet, with luxury cliff-top lodges and beaches studded with sea lions. It ...

Dozens of political posters replace outdoor advertising in a protest against the government’s handling of Australia’s bushfire crisis It’s amazing what you can get away with in a hi-vis vest. On Thursday 30 January, pedestrians in some suburbs of Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane would have walked straight past activist artists (vandals, some critics might call them) removing advertising from bus shelters ...

Fire grounds along the east coast of Queensland and New South Wales are expected to receive significant rainfall before the end of the week. “Many of the fires that we had earlier in September and October in northern NSW will see this widespread rainfall,” Dean Narramore from the BoM told the ABC. “And it looks like even many of the ongoing fires ...

Rain is expected to continue lashing parts of drought-stricken NSW. The state’s northeast and Northern Rivers regions are tipped to receive further showers on Sunday, as a system that has caused bucketing rain and flash flooding in Queensland moves south. Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Abrar Shabren said on Saturday afternoon the effect would be felt for at least another day ...