Jonathan Pearlman

For The Straits Times
stf02@sph.com.sg
A festive window display at a Myer department store in Melbourne on Wednesday. From this week, residents in Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city, are no longer required to wear masks outdoors. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Life returning to normal in Australia as virus curbs succeed

Nov 28, 2020, 5:00 am

With tough Covid-19 measures paying off, Australians head back to malls, cricket stadiums

Nov 27, 2020, 8:27 pm
Australian barley farmers, hit by hefty Chinese import tariffs, are considering growing more wheat (above) instead. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

Aussie businesses forced to adjust as China trade curbs bite

Nov 25, 2020, 5:00 am

Australian businesses forced to adjust as China trade curbs bite

Nov 23, 2020, 8:12 pm
Commuters on a train in Sydney, Australia, last week. Almost 70 per cent of Australia's population of 25.6 million residents live in the eight capital cities. More than 40 per cent live in Sydney and Melbourne.

Covid-19 prompts move from big Aussie cities to regional areas

Nov 16, 2020, 5:00 am

Covid-19 prompts exodus in Australia from cities to regional areas

Nov 15, 2020, 12:19 pm
A wheat farm in the Australian state of New South Wales. Some Australian businesses have said that they have been struggling recently to export their products to China or clear Chinese Customs. PHOTO: BLOOMBERG

China trade threats leave Australian exporters anxious

Nov 12, 2020, 5:00 am

China trade threats leave Australia anxious amid worsening ties

Nov 11, 2020, 8:10 pm
An inquiry into Australia's bush fire crisis (above) late last year and early this year warns that climate-worsened disasters will become more frequent, more costly and more severe.

Aussies urged not to build homes in high-risk areas

Nov 9, 2020, 5:00 am

Inquiry urges Australians to avoid building homes in bushfire areas as disaster risk grows

Nov 7, 2020, 12:30 pm
The Singapore Tourism Board is working with the People's Association to set up counters at community centres. Seniors can go to the counters, where ambassadors will help them make their redemptions and purchases.

With Covid-19 reined in, Australians urged to return to the office, but many want to keep working from home

Nov 6, 2020, 5:00 am

With Covid-19 reined in, Australians urged to return to the office

Nov 5, 2020, 8:45 pm
The Singapore Tourism Board is working with the People's Association to set up counters at community centres. Seniors can go to the counters, where ambassadors will help them make their redemptions and purchases.

Calls for national anti-graft body in Australia growing

Oct 31, 2020, 5:00 am

Spending scandals in Australia prompt calls to create a national anti-corruption body

Oct 30, 2020, 2:54 pm
Thai health officials disinfecting the luggage of travellers from China at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport last week. Thailand was among the top destinations for Chinese travellers last year.

Travellers in China cool to S'pore move to lift border curbs

Oct 30, 2020, 6:13 am
Thai health officials disinfecting the luggage of travellers from China at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport last week. Thailand was among the top destinations for Chinese travellers last year.

Travellers in China cool to Singapore move to lift border curbs

Oct 30, 2020, 5:00 am
Passengers from New Zealand at Sydney Airport in New South Wales state on Oct 16, the day that Australia's travel bubble with New Zealand came into effect. The arrangement proved controversial after some passengers flew on to states outside the bubbl

Australia eyes travel bubbles with Asia amid controversy

Oct 26, 2020, 5:00 am

Australia contemplates opening up travel with Asia despite bursting of bubble with NZ

Oct 24, 2020, 10:00 am
A photo display put up to thank healthcare workers outside the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Melbourne, Victoria's capital. Just three new Covid-19 cases were reported in the Australian state yesterday, a dramatic turnaround from early August, when the

Victoria halts second wave, but strict curbs criticised

Oct 22, 2020, 5:00 am

Australia's Victoria state reports zero new local Covid-19 infections

Oct 20, 2020, 8:32 pm
Above: New Zealand opposition leader Judith Collins congratulated Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (right, in red) on an "outstanding" result yesterday. Right: Ms Ardern with her partner Clarke Gayford at Auckland Town Hall last night. She said Labour's

Jacinda Ardern leads party to outright majority in a first for New Zealand polls

Oct 18, 2020, 5:00 am

Jacinda Ardern leads party to resounding win in New Zealand polls

Oct 17, 2020, 2:27 pm
Police officers sweeping through a park in Melbourne to break up an anti-lockdown protest on Sept 19, as Victoria state battled a second wave of the coronavirus. The Australian government faces the enormous difficulty of planning ahead in the midst o

Aussie economic recovery plan rests on rosy assumptions

Oct 8, 2020, 5:00 am

Australian plan for economic recovery rests on uncertain assumptions

Oct 7, 2020, 9:09 pm