Australia’s New Food Security Strategy: What’s On Table, And What’s Missing?

Dan Meyers/UnsplashIn 2023, a parliamentary inquiry into food security was held in Australia. This involves the government asking for public and expert advice on key issues to make better decisions. Authors Nick Rose Senior Lecturer, William...

Australia Unleashes ‘Ghost Bats and Sharks’ in A$25bn Defence Overhaul

Australia has embarked on a historic A$25 billion defence spending spree, ordering fleets of autonomous aircraft and submarines, Japanese-designed frigates, and transforming a key shipyard as part of the country’s most ambitious military overhaul...

Climate Seminar Targets ‘carbon Bootprint’

Department of Defence For Bangladesh, climate security is not an abstract idea but a question of national survival, economic stability and regional peace, Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Air Vice Marshal M D Tariqul Islam has told a Climate Security...

Australia supports Papua New Guinea to consider climate risks when funding key investments

As the effects of climate change intensify, it has never been more important to ensure climate and disaster risk is considered in planning major public investments like roads and energy networks. That is why Australia has been supporting training...

Australian wine reaches new consumers in China and Japan

The Australian Wine Roadshow visited four major cities in mainland China. Image courtesy Wine Australia Wine Australia’s recent roadshows in mainland China and Japan attracted a turnout of more than 2,000 members of trade, media and education to...

Australian Wine Engages New Audiences In Roadshows Across China And Japan

Wine Australia’s recent roadshows in mainland China and Japan attracted a turnout of more than 2,000 trade, media and educators to experience Australian wines throughout September. The events aimed to strengthen Australian wine’s presence in these...

Australia-New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Ministerial Meeting – October 2025

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australian Minister for Trade and Tourism, Senator the Hon Don Farrell, met with New Zealand Minister for Trade and Investment, Hon Todd McClay, for the annual Closer Economic Relations Ministerial Meeting...

Weather Update: Heat, Rain And Wind For Much Of Australia This Weekend

A cloud band and cold front will move from the west coast of Australia to the east this weekend, bringing some wet and windy weather for multiple states. Let’s take a look at the details now. We’ll start by looking at our water vapor satellite...

Australia's tropical cyclone names for the 2025-26 season have been revealed

As Australia’s 2025-26 tropical cyclone season draws near, a list of names that will be used for future storms has been finalised. Running from around November to April, Australia’s tropical cyclone season begins with the combination of warm...

Australia’s risk in PNG: why the Pukpuk Treaty could backfire

Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea James Marape, from left, Foreign Affairs Minister Justin Tkachenko, PNG Defense Minister Billy Joseph, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles and Pacific Island Affairs...

Australia’s new food security strategy: what’s on the table, and what’s missing?

In 2023, a parliamentary inquiry into food security was held in Australia. This involves the government asking for public and expert advice on key issues to make better decisions. The inquiry drew 188 submissions from experts across the food...

Project to build climate-resilient fisheries through scallop resource

A Sea Change Australia project aimed at building climate-resilient fisheries is focusing on the Western Australian scallop resource, with scientists and industry participating in a workshop this week. The project, co-funded by the Fisheries...

Plan To Boost Australian Sea Lion Resilience

Dept of Climate Change, Energy, Environment & Water Senator the Hon Murray Watt, Minister for the Environment and Water The Hon Lucy Hood MP, South Australian Minister for Climate, Environment and Water Source & references /Public Release. View in...

When democracies override their own courts: Australia’s dangerous precedent

Australia is creating a dangerous constitutional precedent with global implications. For more than two decades, Parliament has systematically overridden High Court decisions protecting individual rights, from migration law to anti-terrorism...

New Zealand vs Australia live streaming, 2nd T20: When & where to watch, pitch report and playing 11

Australia and New Zealand will clash in the second T20I at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui on Friday at 11:15 am IST. The hosts will be keen on making a comeback after a big defeat in the first meeting. In the first match, New Zealand were reduced to...

COP climate talks are ‘heartbreak’ for Pacific Islands. Here is why...

By Gabriella Marchant and Jordan Fennell Joseph Sikulu’s long-haul journey home to the Pacific has felt fruitless after the recent world climate talks. It has become a “heartbreaking” exercise seeing the annual United Nations Conference of the...

As Tories vow to scrap ‘failed targets’, how do their climate claims stack up?

Kemi Badenoch has vowed to repeal the Climate Change Act if the Conservatives win the next election. Under the landmark legislation, which was passed with the almost unanimous support of the Conservative party under David Cameron in 2008, carbon...

Opinion: It’s Cruise Month and Australia is the world’s fourth-biggest cruise market – so why are we exporting our passengers?

October is CLIA’s Cruise Month – an opportunity to celebrate the fact that Australia is the fourth biggest cruise market This year, we have less capacity and some of our smallest fleet, driving passengers to fly overseas. Yet Canberra – and...

When daylight saving time starts in Australia — and what to do with your clocks

On Sunday, many Australians will lose an hour of sleep as daylight saving time begins. It signals summer is edging closer and brings the promise of longer daylight hours — perfect for soaking up the sun after you clock off work. But the clock...

A List Of Every Australian Sunscreen That’s Been Recalled Following Choice’s Investigation

Few beauty products inspire such universal devotion as sunscreen — and in Australia, it’s more than just a skincare step, but a health necessity. With our ailing ozone layer, year-round high UV index and one of the highest incidence of skin cancer...