On average, Australia records 700 earthquakes a year, occurring all over the country. But some regions are more active than others. WA is the most active both in the size and number of earthquakes.

Australia is bludging off the rest of the world when it comes to space and needs its own satellite capability for jobs like examining farmland and responding to natural disasters, say proponents ...

Australia was among 23 countries that issued a joint statement saying the “proposed model cannot deliver aid effectively, at the speed and scale required”. Criticism has only intensified.

Palestinians condemn suspension of UNRWA funding by Western nations. Australia, Germany, UK, US and others halt support after Israel accused UNRWA staff of involvement in Hamas’s October 7 attacks.

The answer is that many Western, developed countries have women on their front-line forces. But outside of the West, it's rare. The map at the top of this page shows in red which countries ...

The above map shows, in green, countries that administer some sort of universal health care plan. Most are through compulsory but government-subsidized public insurance plans, such as the UK's ...

Beneath the shimmering surface of Western Australia’s aquatic ecosystems lies a world teeming with life and activity – benthic habitats. These submerged communities of seagrass, macroalgae and other ...

Australia is now a ‘hotspot’ for Covid infections, but one statistic shows we are actually better off. A unsettling map shows that Australia is one of the world’s current Covid hotspots.

Geneva: Developing countries, not rich Western nations, are bearing the brunt of the world's refugee crisis and are hosting most of the record 70.8 million displaced people who have fled war and ...