SYDNEY, Jan 4: Australia’s most populous state New South Wales (NSW) on Monday reported zero local coronavirus cases for the first time in nearly three weeks, as Sydney battled multiple outbreaks and authorities urged tens of thousands of people to get tested.

MELBOURNE/SYDNEY, DEC 31: Thousands swarmed to beaches on Australia’s east coast on Tuesday to escape fierce wildfires bearing down on several seaside towns, as the government readied naval vessels and military helicopters to aid firefighting and evacuations.

SYDNEY, FEB 26: Authorities are scouring the sea for a missing Nepali student after he was swept off rocks near New South Wales’s famous Figure Eight Pools.