Australia has stripped Rolf Harris of honors after his conviction last year for child assault offences. A brief statement said…
Australia will compete at this year's Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna, Austria. Organizers issued a one-off invitation as part of…
An Australian court has charged Brooklyn rapper Joey Badass with assault after allegedly punching a security guard before a show…
People around the globe have gathered to welcome in the New Year, with New Zealand and Australia leading the celebrations.…
Mersane Warria have been charged with the murder of seven of her children and her niece in the Australian city…
The mother of 7 of 8 Australian children stabbed to death in a home in Cairns has been arrested on…
The bodies of 8 children have been found in a Cairns home, northern Queensland, say Australian police. Police said a…
Man Haron Monis - the gunman behind Sydney café siege – was wanted in Iran since 14 years ago, but…
Sydney cafe hostage-taker Man Haron Monis was not on Australia's terror watch list. Australia’s PM Tony Abbott said the government…
Police have stormed Sydney’s Lindt cafe, ending a 16-hour siege by a gunman identified as an Iranian refugee who took…
Staff and customers at a Lindt cafe in Sydney, Australia, are being held hostage by a gunman. The Lindt cafe…
Australian comedian, broadcaster and disability activist Stella Young has died at the age of 32. Stella Young’s family said that…
The G20 summit in Brisbane has been closed by Australia’s PM Tony Abbott who detailed economic pledges agreed by world…
Australia’s government has reversed a decision which would have restricted access to parliament in Canberra for women wearing full-face Islamic…
Woolworths has removed a top tank bearing a slogan seen by many as racist from supermarket shelves in Australia after…
Shannon Leah Fraser has been found 17 days after she got lost in the bush in northern Queensland, Australia, with…
According to a recent report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), Canberra is the best place in…
A life-threatening tumor was removed from a goldfish’s brain in a "high-risk" operation in Australia. George, whose owner lives in…
The search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will focus on the southern part of the search area in…
Australian child protection services are investigating a man accused of abandoning a baby with Down's syndrome to a surrogate mother…
The Australian couple and the Thai surrogate mother of baby Gammy who has Down's syndrome have given conflicting accounts of…
Surrogacy campaigners call for clearer regulation after a surrogate mother in Thailand was left with a Down's syndrome baby when…
The Australian Senate has voted to repeal the carbon tax, a levy on the biggest polluters passed by the previous…
Victims of one of the worst bushfires in Australia have won a payout of almost A$500 million ($470 million), in…
Australian zookeeper Trent Burton has been attacked by a crocodile during a feeding show at Shoalhaven zoo in New South…