Australian police are investigating after a statue of Captain James Cook was covered in red paint and disfigured, ahead of the Australia Day weekend.
It is the second time in 12 months that the statue in Sydney has been vandalized.
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The mysterious balls that forced the closure of several beaches in Sydney last week were found to contain saturated fatty acids, E. coli and fecal bacteria, authorities say.
Sydney's Northern Beaches council said it has sent the debris to the New (...)
TikTok users in the US are migrating to a Chinese app called RedNote with the threat of a ban just days away.
The move by users who call themselves "TikTok refugees" has made RedNote the most downloaded app on Apple's US App Store on Monday.
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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 (...)
Countries in the Asia-Pacific region were the first to kick off the New Year's celebrations, with those in the South Pacific Ocean being the first to welcome 2025.
Auckland was the first major city to count down to the new year. Thousands reveled (...)
Two people taking part in Australia's annual Sydney to Hobart yacht race have died in separate incidents, according to police.
Both crew members died in separate incidents after being hit by a boom — the large pole attached horizontally to the (...)
Residents in an Australian region engulfed by bushfires were given two hours to return home to collect their belongings before Christmas on Tuesday, as emergency crews try to contain the blaze.
Communities around the Grampians, in Victoria, have (...)
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 (...)
Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis has pleaded guilty over a car incident in Australia that killed his wife, fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins.
Hoskins died in hospital on 30 December 2023, after being struck by a vehicle being driven by (...)
Worshippers have been forced to flee an Australian synagogue after it was set on fire in what the prime minister has condemned as an "act of hate".
Firefighters were called to Melbourne's Adass Israel synagogue just after 04:00 local time on Friday (...)
A man wanted over one of Australia's most infamous cold cases, dubbed the Easey Street murders, is on his way back to the country after being extradited from Italy.
Suzanne Armstrong, 27, and Susan Bartlett, 28, were stabbed to death in their (...)
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 (...)
Australia will ban children under 16 from using social media, after its Senate approved the world's strictest laws.
The ban — which will not take effect for at least 12 months — could see tech companies fined up to A$50m ($32.5m; £25.7m) if they (...)
Australia's most decorated Olympian, swimmer Emma McKeon, has retired from the sport
The 30-year-old won six gold medals in a haul of 14 won across three Olympic Games.
"I am officially retiring from competitive swimming," she wrote on (...)
Singer Katy Perry has successfully appealed a trademark decision over her name, after being sued by an Australian designer who sells clothes under her birth name Katie Perry.
Three appeals judges on Friday overturned a court decision last year that (...)
Australia's debate over capping foreign student numbers is "not over" despite a controversial bill unexpectedly losing support, a top industry body says.
The bill, part of efforts to slash overall migration to Australia, had been opposed by most (...)
Australian lawmakers have voted to censure an Aboriginal senator who heckled King Charles during his visit to Canberra last month, to express their "profound disapproval" of her protest.
Lidia Thorpe shouted "you are not my King" and "this is not (...)
Veteran Australian broadcaster and former Wallabies coach Alan Jones has been arrested after an investigation into a series of sexual abuse allegations.
New South Wales (NSW) Police said detectives from the Child Abuse Squad took an 83-year-old man (...)
An Australian soldier has been posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross — the Commonwealth's highest military honour — for bravery during the Vietnam War.
The then 19-year-old Private Richard Norden ran into enemy fire to reach a wounded comrade and (...)
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has pulled his new children's book from the shelves after complaints that it stereotyped Indigenous Australians.
The 400-page fantasy novel Billy and the Epic Escape, which was published earlier this year, features an (...)
Australia's government says it will introduce "world-leading" legislation to ban children under 16 from social media.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the proposed laws, to be tabled in parliament next week, were aimed at mitigating the "harm" (...)
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 (...)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been accused of asking for free personal flight upgrades directly from the former CEO of national carrier Qantas.
A new book by Australian journalist Joe Aston claims Albanese made several calls to (...)
A woman who went missing in Australia's Snowy Mountains region six days ago has been found by emergency services after a massive search and rescue operation.
Police said photographer Lovisa Sjoberg suffered from a snake bite while lost in the remote (...)
King Charles has arrived in Samoa for a four-day state visit where he will preside for the first time over a gathering of Commonwealth presidents and prime ministers.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa greeted the King and Queen Camilla at Faleolo (...)
