Tag: Australia

Wednesday, March 1st 2017 - 16:56 UTC
Resource-rich Australia has reached a 25-year streak without recession

Australia's economy has jumped sharply in the last quarter of 2016, allowing the resource-rich economy to extend its 25-year streak without recession. It brings the country close to breaking the Netherlands' record of modern-era uninterrupted economic growth.
Tuesday, December 6th 2016 - 11:28 UTC
LATAM Airlines to launch its longest nonstop flight ever between Santiago and Melbourne

LATAM Airlines Group today announced it will operate a new, non-stop service between Santiago and Melbourne, Australia, from 5 October 2017. The westbound Santiago-Melbourne leg – measuring more than 11,000 km in distance with a flight time of approximately 15 hours – will become the longest non-stop flight in LATAM´s history.
Friday, October 14th 2016 - 09:37 UTC
Falkland Island farmers tour Australia for improved sheep genetics

Three Falkland Islands farmers and the general manager of Falklands Landholdings Corporation recently travelled to Australia as part of the ongoing search for improvements to lamb survival rates in the Falklands. Touring farms in both Queensland and New South Wales, the group spent three weeks inspecting Australian studs in search of better fat and muscle values in young rams.
Monday, May 30th 2016 - 07:03 UTC
Australia enforces low sulfur fuel regulations: Carnival cruise fined

Australia’s Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has fined Carnival PLC US$15,000 after one of its P&O Cruises ships, the Pacific Jewel, breached new low sulfur fuel regulations in Sydney Harbor. A fuel sample taken by the ship’s crew and provided to EPA officers while the ship was berthed at the White Bay Cruise Terminal on February 26, 2016 had a sulfur level of 0.293%, nearly three times the 0.1% sulfur limit.
Wednesday, April 27th 2016 - 10:51 UTC
In a strategic decision, Australia opts for French submarines, sinks Japanese bid

France has beaten Japan and Germany to win a US$ 43 billion deal to build a fleet of 12 submarines for Australia, one of the world's most lucrative defense contracts, Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Tuesday.
Wednesday, November 4th 2015 - 07:18 UTC
Australia announces construction of new icebreaker and more funds for Antarctic research

The Australian government has provided the first look at Australia's new icebreaker, a ship it says will offer scientists unprecedented and extended access to the Southern Ocean and Antarctica.
Tuesday, November 3rd 2015 - 07:05 UTC
Australia eliminates knights and dames under the country's honours system

Australia will no longer appoint knights and dames under its honours system, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced, arguing that the titles were “not appropriate” in modern Australia, and that Queen Elizabeth had accepted the cabinet's recommendation to drop them.
Friday, September 4th 2015 - 12:06 UTC
Stray Merino Chris making headlines: 90 pounds of wool

A merino sheep from Australia is making headlines after he was discovered in the wild with massively overgrown fleece.
Wednesday, April 29th 2015 - 08:24 UTC
Australia and Brazil angry at Indonesia for execution of drug-traffickers

An Indonesian firing squad executed eight convicted drug-traffickers from several countries on Tuesday, prompting Australia to recall its envoy to Jakarta and bringing an angry reaction from Brazil.
Tuesday, April 28th 2015 - 05:38 UTC
Australia intercepts and boards the fishing vessel 'Perlon', from the IUU list

Australia has intercepted in the Southern Ocean the fishing vessel Perlon, believed to have been operating under a false flag in defiance of international conventions, according to an official report from the Ministry of Immigration and Border Protection.