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New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, right, walks with deputy prime minister Winston Peters to the house for the budget delivery speech at Parliament in Wellington. (AP)

New Zealand plans spending spree to counter virus job losses

New Zealand finance minister unveils new budget on the same day the nation lifted most of its lockdown restrictions

14 May 2020 5:30 AM GMT

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Australian church fined for selling bleach as virus cure

The development comes weeks after US president Donald Trump was criticised for suggesting Covid patients could be...

13 May 2020 9:35 AM GMT

Stranded Australian citizens wait in a queue to board a flight back to their country. (AP)

Australia readies to ease COVID-19 restrictions

Australia has fewer than 800 people still sick with COVID-19, and new cases have dropped below 20 each day

8 May 2020 5:43 AM GMT

Medical staff perform a test for the COVID-19 coronavirus on a driver at a drive-through testing site in a Melbourne carpark. (AFP)

Australia plans to end lockdown restrictions earlier than planned

Daily new cases are now close to single figures, while some parts of the country have not seen a case in more than a...

1 May 2020 7:59 AM GMT

Australia's Queensland holds polls amid virus outbreak

The vote came as confirmed virus cases in Australia rose above 3,500 on Saturday, with 14 deaths

28 March 2020 6:37 AM GMT

At least 49 were killed and 20 were injured after a gunman opened fire on Friday prayers at a mosque in New Zealand killing many worshippers and forcing the city of Christchurch into lockdown as police launched a massive manhunt. (Photo: File)

Christchurch shooter pleads guilty to murder, terrorism

Tarrant is the first person to be found guilty of terrorism in New Zealand under laws passed after the Sept. 11, 2001

26 March 2020 4:57 AM GMT

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. (AP)

New Zealand declares emergency

The country currently has 205 reported cases of the virus

25 March 2020 6:28 AM GMT

Hundreds of Austalians queue up outside an Australian welfare centre in Meblourne. AFP Photo

Australians queue up for help as unemployment fears grow

Prime Minister Scott Morrison warned the coronavirus pandemic would cause an economic crisis akin to the Great...

23 March 2020 6:06 AM GMT

People sunbathe on Bondi Beach ahead of its closure in Sydney on Saturday. AFP Photo

Australia shuts down Sydney's beach after beachgoers ignore virus...

The temporary measure comes after photos of beachgoers packed on the famous sands were widely shared online, drawing ire...

21 March 2020 6:22 AM GMT

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Australia calls for -"indefinite ban-" on foreign travel to contain...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison also ordered a halt to "non-essential" indoor gatherings of more than 100 people

18 March 2020 4:47 AM GMT

Covid19 cases increase to 350 in Australia

New South Wales (NSW) reported 37 cases since Sunday, taking the total number of confirmed cases in the state to 171

16 March 2020 9:36 AM GMT

A man arriving from Oaxaca, Mexico, stands near the arrivals gate at the Los Angeles International Airport on Saturday. AP Photo

Will isolate international arrivals, Australian PM says

The measure will come into effect from Sunday midnight

15 March 2020 4:42 AM GMT