Two alleged fraudsters accused of swindling an elderly woman out of tens of thousands of dollars in cash have been arrested by Australian police investigating a spate of "Chinese blessing scams."
Chinese blessing scams have been reported worldwide (...)
A teenager has been charged after Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton's office was vandalized for the third time during the election campaign.
The Liberal Party leader's office in Arana Hills, Brisbane was splattered in red paint, and covered (...)
A faulty radio antenna contributed to a deadly mid-air helicopter collision at an Australian theme park and resort, transport safety officials say.
Four people died — including two British tourists — and several more were seriously injured when the (...)
Australia's opposition leader has ditched an election promise to end work from home options for public servants after a backlash.
Peter Dutton on Monday said his Liberal-National Coalition had "made a mistake" and apologized.
Australians will vote (...)
An Australian man lived for 100 days with an artificial titanium heart while he awaited a donor transplant, the longest period to date of someone with the technology.
The patient, a man in his 40s who declined to be identified, received the implant (...)
The wind has been kicking up along Australia's Gold Coast and so too has the swell. But while authorities have been warning residents to stay indoors as Cyclone Alfred approaches, die-hard surfers have been throwing caution to the increasing (...)
Millions of residents along Australia's eastern coast are preparing for the impact of the most southerly cyclone to threaten the region in more than five decades.
Tropical Cyclone Alfred, with strength the equivalent of a category 1 Atlantic (...)
An adventurer who tried to row across the Pacific Ocean from the United States to Australia has been rescued just days before he reached his final destination.
Lithuanian rower Aurimas Mockus sounded a distress signal late on Friday after he was (...)
Fourteen members of an Australian religious group have been convicted of killing an eight-year-old diabetic girl who was denied insulin for almost a week.
Elizabeth Struhs died at home in 2022, having suffered from diabetic ketoacidosis, which (...)
A 23-year-old hiker whose disappearance sparked a nearly two-week-long land and air search of dense Australian wilderness has been found alive, authorities said Wednesday.
Hadi Nazari was last seen by friends on December 26 as he walked down a trail (...)
A former US Marine accused of training Chinese military pilots will be extradited to face charges in the United States, Australia's Attorney General confirmed Monday, dealing a blow to supporters who have mounted a public campaign for his (...)
A pilot who caused a deadly light plane crash on an island in Australia's Great Barrier Reef has been spared a jail sentence.
British tourist Jocelyn Spurway, 29, was killed and 21-year-old Irish woman Hannah O'Dowd seriously injured when the (...)
A former childcare worker dubbed "one of Australia's worst pedophiles" has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and sexually abusing almost 70 girls.
Ashley Paul Griffith, 47, confessed to 307 offenses committed at childcare centers in the (...)
A police officer who fatally shocked a 95-year-old woman with a Taser in an Australian nursing home has been found guilty of manslaughter after the jury found that the great-grandmother, who was holding a knife, did not pose an "imminent" (...)
A man has been cleared of murdering a British woman during a break-in at her home in Australia.
Emma Lovell, 41, was stabbed after confronting two intruders in a suburb north of Brisbane on Boxing Day 2022.
A judge listened to three days of evidence (...)
Police in Australia say they have recovered around 40,000 limited-edition coins based on the hit children's television show Bluey.
It was reported in July that 63,000 of the coins – produced by the Australian Mint – had been stolen from a warehouse (...)
Australia's ruling Labor Party suffered a significant defeat in Queensland's elections, bringing an end to nearly a decade of governance in the state, local media reported on Sunday.
The conservative Liberal National Party (LNP) emerged victorious, (...)
An Aboriginal protester has been arrested at the Sydney Opera House as crowds await a glimpse of King Charles and the Queen on the final day of their tour in Australia.
Throngs of people have packed the harbourside forecourt, where the royal couple (...)
An Australian woman is fighting for life in hospital after her arm was bitten off by her own dog in north Queensland.
Emergency services were called to a house in the coastal city of Townsville around 07:00 local time (22:00 BST) on Friday, where a (...)
A pilot has died after their helicopter crashed into the roof of a hotel in the northern Queensland city of Cairns.
The aircraft hit the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel at around 01:50 am local time on Monday (16:50B Sunday), sparking a fire and forcing (...)
Members of an Australian religious group have gone on trial accused of killing an eight-year-old diabetic girl by denying her medical care.
Elizabeth Struhs was found dead at a home in Toowoomba — about 125km (78 miles) west of Brisbane — in January (...)
The Australian government is appointing the country's first envoys to fight antisemitism and Islamophobia in an attempt to prevent further fraying of social cohesion over the war in Gaza.
Announcing the positions on Tuesday, Prime Minister Anthony (...)
One of Australia's most celebrated swimmers has announced her retirement from the sport after failing to qualify for this year's Olympics in Paris.
Cate Campbell announced that it was "time to officially say goodbye to the dream I have had since I (...)
Australia has abandoned a legal battle to have graphic footage of a church stabbing in Sydney removed from Elon Musk's social media platform X.
Declared a terror incident by police, the attack on bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in April was livestreamed (...)
The fate of former US Marines pilot Daniel Duggan now rests with Australia's attorney general after a magistrate ruled he was eligible to be extradited to the United States to face charges related to the alleged training of Chinese military (...)
