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The Australian government has pledged to spend another 1 billion Australian dollars ($704 million) over nine years on improving the health of the Great Barrier Reef after stalling a UNESCO decision on downgrading the natural wonder’s World Heritage status.

It marks the fourth earnings miss for the company in eight quarters.

Australia is inviting backpackers because it wants to reduce labor shortages that have been made worse by Covid-19.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 540 points after Goldman Sachs shares sold off as the investment bank missed earnings expectations.

Should voting be mandatory? In 1924, Australia made mandatory voting the law in a bid to strengthen its democracy. The country also makes voting fun and convenient, with a festival-like atmosphere featuring “democracy sausages.” Australians say it worked — forcing politicians to take positions that appeal to a majority of their constituents rather than the vocal fringes. Can the U.S.,...

Japan’s central bank left short-term interest rate target unchanged at -0.1%, in line with market expectations, but raised near-term inflation expectations.

Novak Djokovic has returned home after being thwarted from defending his Australian Open title only to face a new predicament: He could be barred from the French Open this year, too, if he’s still not vaccinated against COVID-19

Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia after losing a bid to stay in the country to defend his Australian Open title despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19

A verdict is expected later Sunday in tennis star Novak Djokovic’s appeal against a deportation order that threatens his participation in the Australian Open

Novak Djokovic won his first legal round against Australian authorities who want to deport him.

Tennis star Novak Djokovic has had his visa canceled once again ahead of the Australian Open as the furor over his vaccination status intensifies.

Novak Djokovic says knew he’d tested positive for COVID-19 when he attended a newspaper interview and photo shoot in Serbia last month

Novak Djokovic has returned to the tennis court for training, having won a legal battle to stay in Australia and play in the Australian Open after his exemption from strict coronavirus vaccine rules was questioned

But the saga isn’t over — Australia’s immigration minister can still personally step in and cancel his visa regardless on new grounds.

Novak Djokovic is getting his day in court in a deportation case that has polarized opinions and elicited heartfelt support for the world No. 1 tennis player in his native Serbia

Novak Djokovic has spent a fourth day among the unwilling occupants of Melbourne’s Park Hotel

Lawyers for Novak Djokovic have filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed the tennis star contracted COVID-19 in the middle of last month

Novak Djokovic is spending one of his important religious holidays in an Australian detention hotel working on his challenge against deportation regardless of who made an error on the visa or the vaccination waiver or whatever

The prime ministers of Japan and Australia met virtually on Thursday, and signed a reciprocal access agreement between the two countries.

Locked in a dispute over his COVID-19 vaccination status, Novak Djokovic is confined to an immigration detention hotel in Australia as he awaits a ruling on whether can compete in the Australian Open later this month