Australia

Last blood donation of 81-year-old with rare blood group

James Harrison, whose blood donations saved over 2 million babies, has died

11:54am March 03, 2025

Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research.

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Australia warns airlines to beware of Chinese naval exercises in the Tasman Sea

4:03am February 21, 2025

China had given notice that its warships could potentially fire live weapons during an exercise in the Tasman Sea, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

More than 150 false killer whales stranded on a beach in Australia's Tasmania state

1:50am February 19, 2025

The reasons for the beachings are unclear. Reasons could include disorientation caused by loud noises, illness, old age, injury, fleeing predators and severe weather.

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Kangaroo species went extinct in the Pleistocene. Research hops in with a possible explanation.

7:49am January 12, 2025

In a mass extinction event some 40,000 years ago, Australia lost 90% of its large species, including nearly two dozen kinds of kangaroos. Two theories suggest why.

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DNA reveals secrets of Australia's elusive marsupial mole

4:49am January 02, 2025

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Researchers have probed the genetics of one of Australia's most elusory animals, the marsupial mole.

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How will Australia's under-16 social media ban work? We asked the law's enforcer

4:39pm December 19, 2024

Australia's top online internet regulator explains how the nation plans to roll out the world's first social media ban for kids under 16.

Australia will require social media platforms to act to prevent online harm to users

5:22am November 14, 2024

Australia plans to require social media platforms to act to prevent online harms to users such as bullying, predatory behavior and algorithms pushing destructive content, the government said Thursday.

King Charles says past can’t be changed. Critics want Britain to reckon with slavery

1:16am October 25, 2024

Britain's handling of its involvement in the trans-Atlantic slave trade is seen by many as a litmus test for the Commonwealth's adaptation to a modern-day world.

'Give us what you stole from us,' Indigenous Australian senator yells at King Charles

5:01am October 21, 2024

Sen. Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones.

King Charles III's visit rekindles Australia's debate on ending ties to the British monarchy

1:05am October 18, 2024

While the welcome will be warm, Australia's national and state leaders want the royals removed from their constitution.