Canberra will celebrate the Mid-Autumn season with the Lake Moon Festival 2026, a free public cultural event to be held at Beijing Garden in Yarralumla on Saturday, September 26, from 2:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Set beside Lake Burley Griffin at Lotus Bay, the festival will bring together traditional cultural activities, community participation, food, performances […]
The Australian government on Monday announced it will roll out digital passenger cards for all international arrivals over the next 18 months, ending the reliance on paper cards. Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said on Monday that the federal government will spend 56.1 million Australian dollars (38.9 million U.S. dollars) over the next four years […]
Social media platforms are failing to protect children and young adults from rising rates of sexual extortion, according to a report published on Tuesday by the Australian government’s online safety watchdog. The report from the office of the eSafety Commissioner said that more than 2,000 Australians made complaints about sexual extortion over the last six […]
Batteries are increasingly becoming Australia’s preferred technology for flexible electricity generation as data centers drive up the costs of gas-fired generation, a report from the national science agency said. The latest annual GenCost report released on Wednesday by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) and Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) concluded that renewable […]
Scientists in Australia and China have found new clues about primitive lungfishes, the closest living relatives of land vertebrates. “New pieces have been added to the puzzle of the evolution of some of the oldest fish that lived on Earth more than 400 million years ago,” said a statement from Australia’s Flinders University on Thursday. […]
Hear Chinese heritage—alive, contemporary, and beautifully performed. For the first time in Canberra, a well-known Sydney-based performing arts ensemble presents Back to Future, an live music program created for the festival. The performers are professional artists and educators who bring audiences closer to Chinese classical and folk traditions through refined performance and friendly, accessible explanation. […]
Australia’s annual rate of inflation fell to its lowest level in more than four years in the 12 months to June, according to official quarterly figures released on Wednesday.The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said that the consumer price index (CPI) rose by 2.1 percent in the year to the end of the second quarter […]
A study on Kenyan guineafowl by an international team, including Australian researchers, reveals that animal leadership triggers physiological stress, much like in humans.Researchers tracked wild guineafowl in Kenya in eastern Africa for four months, using heart rate monitors and positioning devices to study their movement and stress levels, said a statement released Wednesday from the […]
The global goal to protect 30 percent of the world’s oceans by 2030 will not be sufficient to ensure the survival of marine megafauna such as whales, sharks, turtles, and seals, international scientists have warned. An international study has mapped the world’s most critical ocean habitats for marine megafauna, revealing that even ambitious global protection […]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that his government will not loosen biosecurity laws as it considers lifting a restriction on imports of U.S. beef. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and Nine Entertainment newspapers reported on Friday that Albanese’s Labor Party government could use the import ban on some beef slaughtered in the […]
