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Colin Packham

ARTICLES BY COLIN PACKHAM

Australia is one of the most vaccinated countries, with about 90% of people over 16 fully inoculated (AP)

Australia shortens wait time for Covid-19 booster doses as Omicron cases rise

1 min read . 12 Dec 2021

Australia’s parliament passed a law on Thursday to make Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook Inc. pay media companies (REUTERS)

Australia passes law to make tech cos pay for news

1 min read . 26 Feb 2021

Australia's treasurer Josh Frydenberg (Photo: Bloomberg)

Australia to pay businesses to employ young people after COVID-19 shutdowns

1 min read . 06 Oct 2020

Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during the launch of the 2020 DefenceStrategic Update (Reuters)

Australia to spend $1.2 billion on cyber security for private sector

1 min read . 06 Aug 2020

Australian nationals and residents are exempt from the bans, but are required to self-isolate for two weeks on their return to Australia. (AFP)

Coronavirus update: Australia bans entry of nationals from some countries

3 min read . 05 Mar 2020

Hopes of an end to the US-China trade war added support to a market that has been rallying for the past two months on cuts to production. (Reuters)

Oil prices rise on US-China trade deal hopes, Opec supply cuts

2 min read . 04 Mar 2019

The presence of a British vessel threatens to stoke tensions, escalated by China’s naval build-up and its increasingly assertive stance. Photo: Reuters

Britain plans to send warship to South China Sea in move likely to irk Beijing

2 min read . 28 Jul 2017

By striking a deal with the troubled Arrium, Adani will also please Australian policymakers. Photo: Mint

Adani agrees to $54 million steel supply deal with Arrium

1 min read . 04 May 2017

A file photo of Woody island in the disputed Paracel chain, which China now considers part of Hainan province. Photo: AFP

US in talks to base military aircraft in Australia: report

1 min read . 09 Mar 2016

El Nino, or a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific, can prompt drought in Southeast Asia and Australia and heavy rains in South America, hitting production of food such as rice, wheat and sugar. Photo: Reuters

At least 70% chance of El Nino in June: Australia weather bureau

1 min read . 14 Apr 2015

This image obtained from Site Intelligence Group on 12 March shows a frame from a video by the Islamic State showing a white car alongside an inset image of a young man who appears to be Melbourne teen JakeBilardi sitting in a driver’s seat. Photo: AFP (AFP)

Islamic State says Australian teenager carries out suicide attack in Iraq

1 min read . 12 Mar 2015

Australian paramedics work on an injured hostage as hostages are carried out of a cafe in the central business district of Sydney. Photo: AFP

Police storm Sydney cafe to end hostage siege, three dead

4 min read . 16 Dec 2014

El Ninos, caused by periodic warmings of the tropical Pacific, occur every two to seven years and are associated with warmer-than-average years. Photo: Reuters

Australia downgrades El Nino chances as tropical Pacific Ocean cools

1 min read . 29 Jul 2014

El Nino—a warming of sea-surface temperatures in the Pacific—affects wind patterns and can trigger both floods and drought in different parts of the globe, curbing food supply. Photo: AP

Ocean data points to strong El Nino: climate scientist

1 min read . 05 May 2014