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Ciara Glennon was killed in Perth

Man found guilty of murdering Irish woman in Australia

Ireland • 41 mins

In 2019 Australia closed Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, after a decades-long campaign by indigenous communities to protect it

Australia asks Google to block images from sacred site

World • 17 hrs

An operation to deal with the carcasses could take days

Hopes fade for whales as Australia disposal plans begin

World • 24 Sep

Marine rescue teams attempt to help save hundreds of pilot whales stranded on a sand bar

Rescuers race to save 180 stranded whales in Australia

World • 22 Sep

Christopher McLaughlin (L) and Nathan Kelly

Two Irishmen acquitted of murder in Australia

World • 21 Sep

Floki is trained to detect Covid-19 in human sweat | Images: Kelly Barnes/Getty Images

Dogs trained to detect Covid-19 in people

News Lens • 18 Sep

Australia began life as six self-governing British states and territories that agreed to form a federation around 1900

PM says he's felt like Australia could split over Covid

News Lens • 14 Sep

The man was found floating at Greenmount Beach on the Gold Coast (File pic)

Surfer dies in Australian shark attack

World • 08 Sep

A sign inside Melbourne Central Shopping Centre - the city will endure a strict lockdown until at least 28 September

Strict lockdown in Melbourne extended by two weeks

World • 06 Sep

Australian police have arrested more than a dozen protesters in Melbourne for deliberately flouting the city's stay-at-home orders

Indian cases surge, Melbourne protesters arrested

Coronavirus • 05 Sep

Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed the country's economy shrank 7% in the three months to the end of June from a 0.3% decline in the March quarter

Australia records worst slump as Covid ends golden run

Business • 02 Sep

The Reserve Bank of Australia kept rates at 0.25%, in a widely expected move, amid the Covid-19 crisis

Australia's central bank expands low-cost funding

Business • 01 Sep

Australia will become the first to make Facebook and Google pay for news sourced from local providers under a royalty-style system

Facebook to block news on Australian sites amid new law

Science and Technology • 01 Sep

People wearing masks walk past a 'hey Williamsburg, wear a mask' sign in Brooklyn, New York

US passes six million Covid-19 cases

Coronavirus • 31 Aug

The current caps on international arrivals will remain until 24 October

Restrictions impact Australians seeking to return home

World • 27 Aug

Qantas is bracing for a A$10 billion ($7.17 billion) revenue hit due to the Covid-19 pandemic this financial year

Qantas to cut up to 2,500 ground handling jobs

Business • 25 Aug

Bicycle police wearing face masks patrol on the Trocadero esplanade near the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Germany issues travel warning for Paris, Cote d'Azur

Coronavirus • 24 Aug

Alan Joyce, the CEO of Qantas Airways

Australian state border closures hits Qantas recovery

Business • 20 Aug

Tensions between big tech companies and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission are growing

Google goes public with rebuke on Australia law

Business • 17 Aug

It is believed Mark Rapley's wife was bitten by a great white shark (file image)

Australian surfer punches shark to save wife

World • 16 Aug

Police and army patrols are seen in the Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne today

Australian state to impose fines to compel isolation

World • 04 Aug

A second wave which began in Victoria last month has forced Melbourne back into lockdown

Australian retailers suffer worst quarter in 2 decades

Business • 04 Aug

Police and soldiers patrol the docklands in Melbourne as increased restrictions come into effect

Curfew imposed in Melbourne as coronavirus cases rise

Coronavirus • 02 Aug

Officials say Melbourne's lockdown may have to be extended as cases rise

Irish citizens caught up in Victoria's Covid lockdown

Coronavirus • 31 Jul

The state of Victoria has ordered all residents to wear face-coverings outside

Australia reports record spike in coronavirus cases

Coronavirus • 30 Jul

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