Tag: Australia

• Monday, August 21st 2023 - 10:43 UTC

  World scientists call for more research on the Southern Ocean and climate change

  

  Three hundred scientists from 25 nations have met this week in the Antarctic gateway city of Hobart, Australia, for the first-ever international conference of the Southern Ocean Observing System, SOOS.

• Wednesday, July 26th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Massive strand of dozens of pilot whales in Western Australia

  

  Some one hundred pilot whales ended stranded on a beach in Western Australia on Tuesday with wildlife officials announcing 51 had already died on Wednesday. The whales were spotted swimming near Cheynes beach east of Albany early on Tuesday, but by the afternoon the beached whales covered a stretch of the shoreline, despite earlier efforts to guide them back to sea.

• Tuesday, May 16th 2023 - 02:00 UTC

  Australia approves new coal mine: 2,5 million tons in five years

  

  Despite elected on a climate action platform the Australian government has approved a new coal mine for the first time since it was elected, reports the BBC from Canberra. The government was bound by national environment laws when considering Central Queensland's Isaac River coal mine, a spokeswoman said.

• Friday, April 14th 2023 - 09:00 UTC

  Australian farmers headed for one of their best production and export years

  

  Australian farmers are predicted to see their most valuable year ever with a bumper crop. Agricultural exports are forecast to hit a record US$75bn in the year to the end of June, according to the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARES).

• Monday, February 13th 2023 - 09:36 UTC

  Luxury Coffee Experience: Australian coffee shop offers Panamanian coffee at $140 per cup

  

  A café in Melbourne, Australia offers its customers a unique experience by serving a cup of coffee for 140 dollars, 50 times the market price. The city of Melbourne has a tradition of coffee culture, which was fostered by Italian and Greek migration from the 1940s.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2023 - 11:03 UTC

  Republicanism: Australia will honor indigenous cultures in its A$ 5 bill instead of Charles III

  

  Australia's new Five Dollar bill will replace an image of British monarch Charles III with one honoring Australian Indigenous cultures. It is the last banknote in Australia that still bears the head of recently deceased Queen Elizabeth II.

• Tuesday, January 3rd 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Message from Australia to cruise vessels, “brush your hulls before coming to Australian ports”

  

  The cruise vessel Viking Orion, with some 800 passengers, was denied permission to dock in Adelaide after Australian authorities discovered a “marine growth” on the ship, which is called “biofoul” and is considered potentially harmful.

• Thursday, December 22nd 2022 - 09:52 UTC

  Australia patching up relations with China. Aussie foreign minister in Beijing

  

  After years of strained relations, Australia and China have given the first steps to normalization with the visit of Aussie Foreign Minister Penny Wong to Beijing. Ms Wong is the first Australian minister to visit China since 2019 and is leading Canberra's first formal talks in Beijing since 2018.

• Thursday, July 28th 2022 - 09:11 UTC

  The largest pink diamond in 300 years, was mined in Angola, “Rose of Lulo”

  

  Australia's Lupaca Diamond Company has reported that miners in Angola have extracted a rare pure pink diamond, considered the largest to have been discovered in the world in 300 years. The 170-carat, 34 grams diamond has been dubbed “the Rose of Lulo”, after the mine in northeast Angola where it was extracted.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2022 - 08:39 UTC

  Peru eliminated from Qatar football World Cup

  

  Australia beat Peru 5-4 on penalties to advance to the football World Cup finals later this year after a goalless draw.