Bernard Lagan
The Times of London
Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Australian helicopter collision: Four dead and nine injured
At least four people were killed and nine were injured when two helicopters collided over Queensland’s Gold Coast in front of holidaymakers.Both the single-engi → Read More
Five lions escape enclosure at Sydney zoo as campers sleep nearby
Families who were camping at a Sydney zoo for a “roar and snore” night had to flee early this morning when five lions escaped.Armed police descended on the city → Read More
Iran releases New Zealand travel bloggers after four months in captivity
The son of one of New Zealand’s richest men has been released from Iran, along with his wife, after being secretly detained in the country for almost four month → Read More
Support for monarchy soars in Australia after death of Queen
Australian support for retaining the British monarch as head of state has soared since the King’s accession to the throne, polls show.About 60 per cent of Austr → Read More
Queen’s funeral: Joe Biden caught officials off guard with plan to attend
President Biden caught the White House off guard on Friday when he told reporters he planned to travel to London for the Queen’s funeral → Read More
Sydney Opera House’s main concert hall reopens after work to remedy acoustics
Sydney Opera House’s main concert hall will reopen next week after two and a half years of renovations in a bid to remedy the woeful acoustics that have fru → Read More
Air New Zealand to offer bunk beds on long haul economy flights
Economy class air travellers, long confined to cramped seats with limited legroom, will finally be able to stretch out in future as New Zealand’s national airli → Read More
Australian election result 2022: Labor’s Anthony Albanese wins
Australians today ejected the rightwing coalition government that has held power for almost a decade. As counting continued after yesterday’s general election, → Read More
Australia set to elect first Labor government since 2013 under Anthony Albanese
Anthony Albanese, the opposition leader on the brink of leading Australia’s first Labor government for almost a decade, has warned that his party still had a → Read More
Prince Harry launches eco-travel scheme ‘inspired by Maori’
The Duke of Sussex has launched his eco-travel campaign with an appearance on TV in New Zealand.Speaking on the Maori Television channel on Monday night, Prin → Read More
Cough at your phone to see if you have Covid
App coveted by Pfizer uses sound to judge whether you are infected → Read More
Great Barrier Reef coral suffers sixth mass bleaching
Australia is preparing for a new wave of coral die-off on the Great Barrier Reef, which is suffering its sixth mass “bleaching” event due to higher sea tempera → Read More
New Zealand riot police move in to break up Covid vaccine protest
Thick black smoke billowed across the grounds of New Zealand’s parliament today as riot police clashed with hundreds of protesters, including many antivaxers, → Read More
Thousands ordered to flee homes in Sydney over ‘rain bomb’ flooding fears
Tens of thousands of people in northwest Sydney were ordered to evacuate immediately today as a severe weather system that has killed at least 14 people approac → Read More
New Zealand court rules that police and military can refuse Covid jab
New Zealand’s highest court has blocked mandatory Covid-19 vaccinations in the police and military, handing a partial but symbolic victory to antivaxers and vio → Read More
Australia locks up average migrant detainee for 689 days
Djokovic case throws spotlight on draconian treatment of refugees → Read More
New Zealand tries Blunt weapon to disperse Covid protesters
The authorities in New Zealand, desperate to move hundreds of pandemic restriction protesters from the grounds of parliament, bombarded them with the music of J → Read More
New Zealand to reopen after two years of self-isolation
New Zealand is reopening to the world after shutting its borders almost two years ago in one of the strongest and harshest defences against the pandemic. → Read More
Grace Tame’s standoff with Scott Morrison divides Australia
Last year’s Australian of the Year — Grace Tame, a young sexual sexual assault survivor — has drawn the wrath of conservatives by greeting the prime minister with contempt during a photoshoot → Read More
Britain has delusions of grandeur, says former Australian PM Paul Keating
A former Australian prime minister has mounted a scathing attack on Britain, saying Australia’s oldest ally suffers from “delusions of grandeur and relevance de → Read More