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 (...)
Pro-Palestinian protesters occupying a building at the University of Melbourne have been told to leave by university officials, who say they've "crossed a line" by entering the building and disrupting class for thousands of students.
"Students have (...)
A teenager who stabbed a British mother to death after breaking into her home in Australia has been jailed for 14 years.
Emma Lovell, 41, was killed when confronting two intruders in Brisbane on Boxing Day in 2022.
She had emigrated from Suffolk in (...)
The grassy expanse of the University of Queensland's Great Court has long been the center of student life at the Australian state's biggest university.
Now it's a gathering point for rival camps pitched around 100 meters (328 feet) from each other – (...)
Australia's newest budget airline has gone into voluntary administration, after abruptly canceling all of its flights on Tuesday.
Bonza's financial woes have left thousands of passengers stranded around the country.
Operating since last year, the (...)
Rallies have taken place across Australia in response to a wave of recent violence against women.
Demonstrators want gender-based violence to be declared a national emergency and stricter laws put in place to stop it.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (...)
An accused rapist who had sought to clear his name by suing one of Australia's largest television networks for defamation has lost his case, with a judge finding that, on the balance of probabilities, he committed the crime.
The verdict brings an (...)
An Australian man has been freed after spending 36 hours trapped in a drain network.
He first entered a drain in Brisbane on Saturday "while trying to retrieve his phone", according to authorities.
The man, aged in his 30s, was rescued on Monday (...)
One of the teenagers accused of killing a British mother when they broke into her home in Australia has pleaded guilty to murder.
Emma Lovell, 41, was allegedly stabbed when confronting two intruders in Brisbane on Boxing Day in 2022.
She had (...)
An Indigenous Australian rugby league star has accused a rival player of using a racial slur against him during a hotly anticipated game in Las Vegas.
Brisbane Broncos' Ezra Mam says Spencer Leniu called him a "monkey".
When asked about the (...)
Concern is mounting for thousands of sheep and cattle stranded off the coast of Australia after authorities ordered the Israeli-owned ship transporting the live cargo to turn around over fears it could be targeted by Houthi rebels in the Red (...)
