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Australia orders Chinese investors to sell down stake in rare earths miner

Australia has said it is looking for friendly nations to build out its critical minerals industry as the West diversifies away from dominant producer China | Fi

Aussie weekly wrap: Australian women making mark on the world stage

Rising Australians Kaylah McPhee, Talia Gibson and Petra Hule all featured in finals at ITF World Tour events this week. Australia,

Australia in golden form for Olympics after women’s world series triumph

The Australian women’s sevens team will head to the Olympics on top of the world after beating France 26-7 in the grand final of this year’s global series.A

Australians are losing faith in a key ally and maintaining distrust of China, survey finds

In short: The results from the latest Lowy Institute survey of Australian attitudes toward foreign policy and global affairs have been released.They show distru

Former Australian legend backs Netherlands, Nepal to upset big teams in T20 World Cup 2024

Both Netherlands, Nepal are clubbed with Bangladesh, South Africa and Sri Lanka in Group

Deputy PM Richard Marles confronted by Chinese PLA officers at security conference in Singapore

In short: Chinese officers at a security conference in Singapore took issue with a speech by Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles.The speech was critical

Showcasing Australian Future in US Visit

Minister for Industry and Science Ed Husic will visit the United States of America from 1 to 6 June.In San Diego, the Minister will lead the Australian presenc

Australian at the centre of the high-stakes battle over AI has a warning for the world

Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI.Credit: BloombergToner, who is in her early 30s and is an AI policy researcher, graduated from Melbourne Girls Gra

As avian flu spreads around the world, experts say ‘we’re nowhere near prepared’ for a future pandemic

When Victorian health officials confirmed Australia's first human case of avian influenza last week, there were a few key details that struck some of those list

Australian man recounts ‘horror’ Singapore flight as wife battles ‘severe’ spinal injury

Key PointsOne man died and dozens were hospitalised after Singapore Airlines flight SQ231 experienced extreme turbulence. Doctors are treating six people for sk

India is our indispensable partner in Indo Pacific: Australian Envoy Philip Green

Australia's High Commissioner to India, Philip Green OAM has described India as an "indispensable partner" and "top-tier security partner" as ties between the 2

We’re the ‘allergy capital of the world’. But we don’t know why food allergies are so common in Australian children | Jennifer Koplin and Desalegn Markos Shifti for the Conversation

  Australia has often been called the “allergy capital of the world”. An estimated one in 10 Australian children develop a food allergy in their fi