More than one-third of Tuvalu’s 11,000 population applied for climate visas to migrate to Australia under a deal the countries struck two years ago.

Papua New Guinea said on Friday that Alphabet's Google will build three subsea cables, funded by Australia under a mutual defence treaty, in a key upgrade to the digital backbone of the biggest Pacific Island nation.

Kids in Australia will no longer be able to have accounts on social media apps like Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat as Australia’s under-16 social media ban kicks in Wednesday.

The study bolsters one hypothesis of when people arrived at the landmass that became Australia and other islands, and presents some of the earliest evidence of seafaring

A tense exchange unfolded on the final day at the Gabba, with both players trading verbals as Archer unleashed deliveries exceeding 93mph. However, it was Smith who had the last word, hooking the fast bowler for six before hitting the winning runs off Gus Atkinson.

Japanese fighter jets had been scrambled to pursue Chinese jets that were conducting aircraft takeoff and landing exercises in the Pacific.