News about Australia

SYDNEY (April 3): A man in Australia's state of Victoria was admitted to hospital for blood clot after receiving the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, China’s Xinhua news agency reported.

MOSCOW (March 9): Australian Minister for Health and Aged Care Greg Hunt (pictured) has been taken to hospital with a suspected infection, two days after he received AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik quoted an Australian broadcaster ABC report on Tuesday, citing the minister's office.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 5): Former Mara Incorporated Sdn Bhd (Mara Inc) chairman Datuk Mohammad Lan Allani was today charged in two Sessions Courts here with 22 counts of corruption and money laundering totalling RM20.

CANBERRA (Feb 4): Australia's borders could be opened sooner than expected if COVID-19 vaccines effectively prevent transmission, reported Xinhua news agency, quoting Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.

KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 22): Five Malaysians, all men, were arrested by the Australian Border Force (ABF) in Perth over “suspected involvement in a foreign worker exploitation syndicate within the construction industry”, reported The West Australian today.

MELBOURNE (Oct 20): Australia-based property developer Crown Group is gearing up for its first Melbourne residential development launch next month despite the overall slow market owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) will charge several individuals over Mara’s Australian property scandal.

Australia is no stranger to Malaysians.

SYDNEY (Sept 4): Australian police have charged a property developer for allegedly paying A$4.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 6): The Australian police have charged a man for allegedly bribing a Malaysian government official to secure the sale of a student accommodation in Melbourne, the Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) reported yesterday.