World News | Reason for India-Australia 'Dosti' is Strong Leadership of Both Countries: EAM S Jaishankar

New Delhi [India], June 4 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met the Deputy Prime Minister and the Defence Minister of Australia, Richard Marles on Wednesday. The two leaders participated in the celebration of the 5th anniversary of the...

Babcock Completes Maintenance for Australian Arafura-Class OPV

Babcock Australasia has finished the maintenance for the Australian Navy’s Arafura-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV). The company conducted a four-week Intermediate Maintenance Availability (IMAV) for the NUSHIP Arafura (OPV 203), setting up the...

Tourism Australia’s Phillipa Harrison to step down as Managing Director in August

Tourism Australia has announced that its Managing Director, Phillipa Harrison, will leave the role in August 2025 to take up a new position overseas. Appointed to the position in 2019 and reappointed for a further term in 2024, Harrison’s...

DRAW World Cup of Darts 2025 Group Stage: England, Wales straight through; Netherlands, Belgium, Australia find out fate

The draw has been completed for the 2025 World Cup of Darts (June 12-15) Group Stage. Netherlands, Belgium and Australia kick start their campaign in the groups while England, Wales and Scotland go straight through. The top four ranked nations...

That sinking feeling: Australia’s Limestone Coast is drying up

Graham Kilsby, a fourth-generation farmer, is surveying the Kilsby sinkhole, a popular freshwater diving site on his property south of Mount Gambier. The gin-clear waters provide visibility of up to 65 metres. But, as he inspects the sinkhole when...

India calls Pahalgam response measured in talks with Australia

India's actions against Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam terror attack were measured, non-escalatory and proportionate,c told Australian Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles at a bilateral meeting on Wednesday. Marles, who also holds the...

India, Australia eye deeper military cooperation amid Indo-Pacific power shifts

India and Australia agreed to intensify and diversify defence industry collaboration during a meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Richard Marles on Wednesday. During the meeting,...

Luxury home sales take off as Australians get richer

As the number of high net worth individuals in Australia grows, so does the nation’s prestige property market – and the volume of $5 million home sales has more than doubled since 2020, Westpac and Cotality research reveals. There were 3295 sales...

Minerals Council of Australia joins chorus of criticism about Shire of Coolgardie’s huge mining rates hike

The Minerals Council of Australia has joined the chorus of criticism about the Shire of Coolgardie’s huge mining rates hike for 2025-26, saying a high-cost local government area is “not a welcoming jurisdiction”. The latest attack on the shire...

Tesla Sales Tumble In Germany, UK, Italy, Mirroring Wider Decline In EU, But Australia Emerges As A Bright Spot

According to a CNBC report, sales in Australia grew 9.30% YoY to 3,897 units during the month. Tesla Inc.’s (TSLA) sales continued to decline for the fifth consecutive month in Germany, the U.K., and Italy in May, reflecting a larger slowdown in...

Xplorate Wins Major Contract Award – BVLOS Pipeline Monitoring in Australia

We’re proud to announce that Xplorate has been awarded a major Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) RPAS contract to conduct long-range gas pipeline inspections in Australia. This contract will deploy the SwissDrones SDO50, integrated with...

New platform to streamline Bhutanese film screenings in Australia

The Film Association of Bhutan launched D4B Entertainment today, a platform created to offer a formal and consistent channel for screening Bhutanese films in Australia. In recent years, Bhutanese film producers have taken their movies abroad, but...

More Australians can’t afford specialist fees. Experts say it’s ‘not in the spirit of Medicare’

The cost of an initial dermatology appointment is now up to nearly $300 on average, new data shows. It reflects a broader problem: that Medicare rebates are not keeping up with the pace specialist fees are rising. Online healthcare directory...

How to Buy Crypto and Bitcoin in Australia

Few assets have multiplied investors’ money like bitcoin has since its inception. The digital asset has gained roughly 1,000% over the past five years. Meanwhile, popular benchmarks like the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 haven’t even doubled over...

Inside MasterChef Australia contestant Laura Sharrad's foodie-filled Adelaide home

Laura Sharrad is no stranger to having all burners firing at once – the 30-year-old chef is in the midst of smoking butter with fresh eucalyptus when she pauses to chat to Domain. Alongside co-owning two restaurants in her native Adelaide, Sharrad...

Jai Opetaia vs. Justis Huni Tipped as ‘Biggest Domestic Fight in Australian History’

Jai Opetaia is regarded by plenty of people as the best cruiserweight in the world right now. Justis Huni is an unbeaten heavyweight who is looking to upset British heavyweight Fabio Wardley on Saturday. This same weekend, Opetaia will defend his...

Australia Limits Crypto ATM Transactions to AUD 5,000 in Bid to Curb Scams, Money Laundering

Australia has introduced new rules to regulate crypto ATMs in order to safeguard citizens from financial risks associated with the technology. The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) has now enforced a deposit and...

Taiwanese companies identity Australia as a safe harbour during tariff storm

Extreme hiking in the heart of Australia’s own Amazon

Jun 5, 2025 – 5.00am Gift this article Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Login You’ve hiked the national parks of Tasmania. Seen Cradle Mountain,...

Prince William among five famous faces to be in Australia to support the British & Irish Lions

Who are the British & Irish Lions’ biggest real celebrity fans? And we don’t mean some Hollywood star who got handed a jersey in a promo photo op. We’re talking proper fans – the kind who belt out the anthem in the stands, lose their voice...