The doubleheader wrasse is endemic to the waters surrounding World Heritage Listed Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. Some ...

Australia is the biggest island on Earth. With our nation's borders being made out of 100 per cent seawater, it's kind of go figure that we've got a speckling of smaller islands fringing our ...

The Mackerel Islands are a mecca for fishing, snorkelling and marine wildlife.Credit: Tourism Western Australia Here, in this extract from the new book Ultimate Island Escapes Australia ...

University of Western Australia provides funding as a founding ... Climate change poses wicked threats for the Heard and McDonald islands and surrounding marine environment. We found the shelf ...

O ne of the leading places in Australia that left me spellbound was the Whitsundays. The Whitsundays comprise 74 islands ...

However, Australia has claimed since 1953 that the islands are Australian territories. Australia also laid claim to the water surrounding the islands via a 2002 act that established a marine reserve.

Heard Island and the McDonald Islands and their surrounding waters are unique in Australia, having the country’s only active volcanoes, its highest mountain and only glaciers. There are ...

Australia’s islands punch above their weight As we ... buffered from the hottest temperatures by the surrounding ocean and protected from mainland pressures. They will be vital plant habitats ...

Australia to Stay Tariff-Free for Pacific Islands Struggling With Aid Cuts, Says Foreign Minister By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong has pledged to keep ...

Australia and New Zealand, both founding members of the PIF, have traditionally acted as the region’s go-to security partners, leading peacekeeping missions in Solomon Islands and training in ...