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Australians were saddened and shocked to wake up to the news that Olivia Newton-John, singer of "I Honestly Love You" and "Physical" and star of the hit movie musical "Grease," died on Monday at age 73 at her home in Southern California.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s unconditional assurance that he will attend the Group of 20 Bali Summit, as well as his promise to make it much easier for Indonesian citizens to obtain Australian visas, are likely the most attractive gifts for President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat to Anthony Albanese's Labor Party on Saturday night, ending nine years of conservative rule.

The Australian and New Zealand embassies jointly marked Anzac Day at Kanchanaburi’s Hellfire Pass on Monday.

The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest reef which stretches about 2,300 km along the coast of the Australian state of Queensland, remains the "planet's most beautiful marine environment."

"The China Manned Space Agency is well on the way to those goals, and this mission has shown they are capable of long-term space flight, which makes Earth's future goals and plans for the Moon and beyond exciting," an Australian scholar said.

Australia's international border reopened to travelers who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 on Feb. 21, marking an end to restrictions introduced to prevent the spread of the virus in March 2020.

An additional 34.9 million U.S. dollars will be spent over the next four years on koala conservation. The iconic native species of Australia have come under significant threat from habitat loss as a result of bushfires, farming and urban development.

The Mint has been marking each Zodiac symbol of the Lunar calendar on a commemorative coin since 2007. This year, the collection includes six commemorative coins.

Temperatures in the remote Western Australian town of Onslow hit 50.7 degrees Celsius on Thursday, matching a record set in the south of the country in 1962.

Australian tennis player Bernard Tomic told an umpire that he is certain to test positive to COVID-19 as he crashed out of Australian Open qualifying.

Australias two most-populous states are bringing back mask mandates as a surge in covid-19 cases, led by the highly contagious omicron variant, threatens to roil Christmas plans for a second year.