SYDNEY, Aug 26 — Australian employees can now ignore work calls after hours and other intrusions into home life thanks to a new “right to disconnect” law designed to curb the creep of work emails and calls into personal lives.

CANBERRA, Aug 21 — Australian politicians could be fined up to five per cent of their salary or suspended from Parliament for bad behaviour under new government workplace laws.

By Yasmin Ramlan  SHAH ALAM, Aug 6 — The board of directors of two state-owned companies that are said to be planning a four-day retreat in Perth, Australia this month have not yet given approval for the overseas trip, said Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari.  As such, he is unaware if...

SYDNEY, Aug 5 — Australia today raised its terror threat level to “probable” from “possible”, citing an increase in extremist views in the country leading to a more than 50 per cent chance of the planning of an onshore attack in the next 12 months.

By Selangor Journal Team  SHAH ALAM, July 31 — Kumpulan Hartanah Selangor Berhad (KHSB) has rubbished “illogical and malicious” allegations made by a news portal that the state agency is travelling to Australia next month solely to hold a board meeting. The state’s strategic property arm...

CANBERRA, July 31 — Australian banks will be forced to compensate customers who lose money to scams under new laws flagged by the government, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Foreign diplomats in Malaysia extended their heartfelt congratulations to His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim on his official installation as the 17th King of Malaysia.

SYDNEY, July 12 — Australia plans to introduce a law by year-end forcing internet firms to proactively stop hosting scams or face hefty fines, the top consumer regulator said today, potentially setting up another showdown with Big Tech.

TAIPEI, July 12 — Taiwan is closely watching the Chinese military, which it said posed a rising threat to the region after a flurry of warplanes passed near the island to join drills with China's Shandong aircraft carrier in the Pacific.

SYDNEY, July 10 — Australian athletes will be free to speak out about the doping case surrounding the Chinese swimming team at the Paris Olympics as long as they do not do it on the playing field or medal podium, Chef de Mission Anna Meares said today.

CANBERRA, July 9 — The Australian government has committed funding to almost double the number of safe spaces across the country for women and children escaping domestic violence, reported Xinhua.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — Malaysia will facilitate Asean’s efforts to enhance dialogue and strategic partnerships with Australia, as it prepares to become Asean chair next year.

SYDNEY, July 2 — Australia is giving the internet industry six months to come up with an enforceable code detailing how it will stop children from seeing pornography and other inappropriate material online, or face having a code imposed on it, a regulator said today.

SYDNEY, July 1 — New vaping regulations in Australia came into force today, moving e-cigarettes behind pharmacy counters in a bid to curb youth vaping, although opponents forced the government to walk back a stricter prohibition.

SYDNEY, June 28 — Facebook owner Meta is considering blocking news content from the platform in Australia if the government makes it pay licensing fees, a company representative told a parliamentary hearing today.

SYDNEY, June 5 — Australia’s cyber safety regulator today dropped a legal challenge against X over the removal of videos showing an Assyrian church bishop in Sydney being stabbed, after a setback last month in the federal court.

CANBERRA, June 4 — Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been detected at a third poultry farm near Melbourne, but not the same strain that spread globally and raised fears of human transmission, the Victoria government said on Wednesday.

SINGAPORE, May 31 — Australia, the United Kingdom (UK), Malaysia, New Zealand, and Singapore have agreed to stage more complex military drills in the region this year involving drones, fifth-generation fighter planes, and surveillance aircraft.

SYDNEY, May 27 — More than 2,000 people were buried alive by a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea (PNG) last week, the national disaster centre said today, as treacherous terrain and the difficulty of getting aid to the site raises the risk few survivors will be found.

SYDNEY, May 26 — More than 4,000 people were likely impacted by a massive landslide that flattened a village in northern Papua New Guinea on Friday (May 24), humanitarian group CARE Australia said.