Top searchers at the Dutch company leading the underwater hunt for Malaysia Airlines jet MH370 say they believe the plane may have glided down rather than dived in the final moments, meaning they have been scouring the wrong patch of ocean for two years.
With one bright blue eye and one brown, a koala with a rare condition has dazzled vets in Australia who have named her Bowie after the late singer.
Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Sunday declared victory for the ruling conservatives after the Labor opposition conceded defeat despite an ongoing vote count eight days after close-fought national elections.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull edged closer to winning a majority government on Saturday, securing a 74th seat in parliament as counting of votes in the country's marathon election entered a seventh day.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull slapped down an ebullient colleague on Friday who declared his struggling coalition "an election-winning machine" as the leader wooed more independent lawmakers.
Australia's cricket board has banned two players for betting on matches and given a suspended ban to a third as part of its ‘zero tolerance’ approach to gambling-related corruption.
Australia appeared to be heading for a ok, hung parliament or a minority government with half the votes counted in a national poll on Saturday, potentially blocking Prime Minister Malcolm ...
Malcolm Turnbull has used the win by the leave campaign to warn that the result could cause a “shock”
Three Australians, a New Zealander and a South African have been kidnapped along with two locals in Nigeria's southeast after their vehicle was attacked, officials said on Thursday.
Craig Wright, the Australian who claimed to be the inventor of bitcoin, is attempting to build a large patent portfolio around the digital currency and technology underpinning it ...
An Australian wombat who became depressed after a massive cyclone tore through his wildlife park home, depriving him of cuddles with tourists, has died, prompting an outpouring on social media.
An Indonesian woman accused of murdering a friend with cyanide-laced coffee went on trial Wednesday, in a case that has caused tensions between Indonesia and Australia over the death penalty.
