Ten Chinese nationals were arrested in a suspected drug smuggling operation on a large commercial boat seized off Australia’s southern coast, authorities said on Friday.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull suspended his election campaign tour on Tuesday (June 7) to visit areas of the country ravaged by a powerful storm that has battered the country's east coast for several days.
One person is confirmed dead after massive storms flooded rivers, uprooted trees and tore into beaches along Australia's east coast.
Water temperatures in the Australian state of Tasmania have been up to four degrees Celsius hotter than average over the past three months, and scientists have blamed the region's on-going extreme weather on rampant climate change.
The Australian government has approved the sale of the nation's biggest dairy farming company to Chinese billionaire Lu Xianfeng.
Researchers have found that bushfires in the Australian state of Tasmania are occurring more frequently than at any time in the past 1,000 years, and humankind is to blame.
Australia's Tasmanian fruit exports to Asian markets could be under threat if climate change brings the fruit fly into the island state.
Bushfires engulfing Australian Tasmania could have detrimental long-term effects on the state's unique world heritage forests, according to conservationists.
Australian and British researchers said Monday they have identified a second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils, iconic marsupial carnivores that are only found in the wild on the Australian island state of Tasmania.
A record number of people from the Australian state of Tasmania are undergoing a medical procedure in order to fight the region's obesity epidemic.
An Australian state government has outlined its plan to increase the smoking age well above the national standard of 18.
Australian Tasmania's residents may soon be subject to anonymous drug tests, as police consider sampling the state's wastewater to uncover the prevalence of illicit drugs.
China's new leadership has demonstrably been following a new pattern of diplomacy that features increasing soft elements and a down-to-earth manner.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's upcoming visit to the Australian island state of Tasmania will open a new chapter for relations between Australia and China, said state Premier Will Hodgman.