U.S.-U.K.-Australian announce defense alliance

President Biden on Wednesday announced a new joint defense alliance with the leaders of Australia and the United Kingdom. As part of the agreement, the nations will deploy nuclear-powered submarines to counter Chinese aggression in the Indo-Pacific. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion, Forbes senior reporter Andrew Solender, and Politico national political correspondent Meridith McGraw join CBSN's "Red & Blue" anchor Elaine Quijano with the details.

• Sep 15, 2021
• 15:10

Australian senator on queen's "colonizing"

Lidia Thorpe, an Indigenous Australian member of Parliament, referred to Queen Elizabeth, who is also Australia's head of state, as the "colonizing Her Majesty" on Monday, when she was taking her oath of office in the Senate.

• Aug 1, 2022
• 01:10

Australian lawmaker wears hijab in Parliament

Australia’s first elected representative to wear a hijab in Parliament encouraged young girls who choose to wear the headcovering to “do it with pride.”

• Jul 28, 2022
• 00:31

Man arrested over cold-case murder of backpacker Simone Strobel

Strobel was 25 years old when she disappeared from a caravan park after a night out with her boyfriend and friends.

• Jul 26, 2022

Report details "shocking" state of Australia's iconic natural environment

"The path we are on is not sustainable," warned the country's environment minister, chiding the previous government for inaction.

• Jul 19, 2022

Family "angry" over teen's reported death in prison for ISIS detainees

Yusuf Zahab was just 11 when his brother lured his parents to the terror group's so-called "caliphate." Human Rights Watch says thousands of kids like him are jailed in "life-threatening" conditions.

• Jul 19, 2022

Thousands flee as Sydney faces huge floods for 4th time in year and a half

Emergency management boss warns there's a "very good chance that the flooding will be worse than any of the other three."

• Jul 4, 2022

Stocks droop on Fed's commitment to "restore price stability"

Stocks have slumped in recent weeks amid investor fears that sharply higher interest rates could trigger a recession.

• Jun 22, 2022

Big shipment of baby formula arrives in L.A.

A shipment of about 190,000 pounds of baby formula arrived Sunday in Los Angeles from the Australian company Bubs Australia, as part of President Biden's "Operation Fly Formula."

• Jun 13, 2022
• 00:44

Google ordered to pay $515,000 in defamation suit in Australia

Google "facilitated the publication of horribly racist material" with two YouTube videos, plaintiff's lawyer says.

• Jun 6, 2022

Formula shortage persists despite shipments

Despite receiving shipments from several countries, the baby formula shortage in the U.S. continues. Last week, FDA chief Dr. Robert Califf faced lawmakers who grilled him on the agency’s response. Meg Oliver reports.

• May 29, 2022
• 01:59

What can Australia teach us about mass shootings?

In 1996, just 12 days after 35 people were killed in a mass shooting in Port Arthur, Tasmania, the government of Australia enacted strict gun control legislation, including a ban on the sale and import of all automatic and semi-automatic rifles and shotguns, and a gun buyback program. Since then, there have been only one mass shooting in Australia, and gun homicides decreased nearly 60 percent. Correspondent Seth Doane talks with Australian politicians, and with a victim and gunowner, about the sweeping changes. (A previous version of this story was broadcast on March 13, 2016.)

• May 29, 2022
• 06:54

London Calling: Australia elects new prime minister

Australia has elected a prime minister who previously backed calls to remove Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state. CBS News contributor Simon Bates has more in this edition of "London Calling."

• May 26, 2022
• 02:11

How other countries have reacted to their own mass shootings

People in Britain, Australia and New Zealand are yet again struggling to comprehend why America's lawmakers appear unmoved by a massacre of innocents.

• May 26, 2022

Texas school shooting draws cries of grief and disbelief from world leaders

"It's just hard to imagine, hard to fathom, how a great nation like the United States can go on like this," said French President Emmanuel Macron.

• May 26, 2022

Time releases list of 100 most influential people of 2022

From a billionaire personally funding the fight against climate change to protectors of human rights, these are the people dubbed Time's 100 most influential for 2022.

• May 24, 2022

What is the U.S. doing to deter China from attacking Taiwan?

CBS News sees U.S. Marines train for warfare in terrain just like Taiwan's as Biden bolsters alliances in the region. It's all a clear message to Beijing.

• May 24, 2022

Biden: U.S. willing to defend Taiwan "militarily"

During his first official trip to Asia, President Biden said the U.S. would respond "militarily" if China were to invade the self-ruled island of Taiwan. The comment is drawing criticism due to the United States' long-standing policy of maintaining ambiguity when it comes to making a security commitment to Taiwan. Dan Blumenthal, senior fellow and director of Asian studies at the American Enterprise Institute, joined CBS News' Lana Zak to discuss.

• May 23, 2022
• 06:45

60 Minutes archive: A Continent on Fire

In 2020, contributor Holly Williams reported on the unprecedented scale of Australia's bushfires, which showed the drastic effects of climate change.

• Dec 26, 2021
• 13:26

Great Barrier Reef survey reveals vast extent of coral bleaching

Researchers say climate change is "the greatest threat to the Reef."

• May 11, 2022

Police discover more than 110 pounds of cocaine near diver's body

The drugs have an estimated street value of $20 million AUD, according to officials.

• May 10, 2022

Mom saves kids from venomous snake

This Mother's Day, we're saluting all the supermoms around the world who do so much every day to protect their children — like this mom in Australia, who in 2020 sprung into action to save her two daughters from a venomous snake outside their home.

• May 3, 2022
• 00:24

Australian jailed for 1988 cliff-top murder of gay American Scott Johnson

The U.S. mathematician's brother said the ruling brought "fairness," despite the judge deciding there was insufficient evidence to prove a hate crime.

• May 3, 2022

Australian could be jailed for life for pushing gay American off cliff

The man admitted to pushing Scott Johnson off a Sydney clifftop in what prosecutors now call a hate crime, but police initially dismissed as a suicide.

• May 2, 2022

Girl left on rail platform reunited with mom

A 5-year-old girl became stranded at a train station in Melbourne, Australia, when she jumped onto the platform and the train doors closed before her mother could follow. But then two good Samaritans helped her reunite with her mother.

• Apr 26, 2022
• 00:53

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