Portal:Australia/News

3 May 2025 – 2025 Australian federal election

Australians vote to elect the 150 members of the House of Representatives and 40 members of the Senate to form the Parliament of Australia. (ABC News Australia).

The Australian Labor Party under current Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is projected to win a second term. (ABC News Australia).

Opposition Leader and Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton is projected to lose his seat of Dickson. (ABC News Australia)

20 April 2025 –

The death toll from drownings during the week across Australia increases to seven after a fisherman dies after being swept off rocks near Sydney. Three people remain missing and one other was injured. (Philippine Daily Inquirer)

7 April 2025 – Tariffs in the second Trump administration, Executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump

The Nikkei 225, SSE Composite Index, and Hang Seng Index experience substantial losses following Friday’s losses on the New York Stock Exchange as a result of U.S. president Donald Trump's tariffs. European markets also decline, particularly in banking and defense sectors. The ASX 200 in Australia and the Kospi in South Korea also closes lower. (BBC News)

2 April 2025 – Tariffs in the second Trump administration

In the 10% tariff, the U.S. lists the Australian territory of Heard Island and McDonald Islands near Antarctica, despite the fact that it has no human inhabitants, imports or exports. In response to finding these islands in the list, Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese commented that "Nowhere on earth is safe" for the tariff. (The Guardian)