A man who was hailed a hero for disarming one of the Bondi Beach shooters in December has had assault charges against him dropped by police.Ahmed al Ahmed was...

Australia will roll out bird flu vaccines in the "coming days and weeks" with native species and birds in captivity first in line for protection from the deadly disease.On...

Australian police called in to investigate a body found in a suitcase have concluded that the "victim" was in fact a lifelike doll. The suitcase was discovered by two...

A police pursuit in Queensland has ended in two arrests, with authorities taken on a high-speed car chase across Ipswich and Brisbane. Source link

Australians have responded with a mixture of outrage and support after budget airline Jetstar announced it would start charging for the use of overhead lockers.From February the airline is...

It was a "major operation" for the plane to be correctly configured in time by engineers and a design team, who fitted a stretcher in the back.The configuration took...

A 75-year-old man has been extradited from Australia to Northern Ireland accused of indecent assault on a woman and gross indecency with a child.The offences allegedly occurred in Northern...

An Australian teenager who murdered a British woman after breaking into her Queensland home has had his reduced sentence overturned in court.Emma Lovell, 41, was stabbed to death in...

An 82-year-old bike rider who cycled 3,300 miles (5,300km) across Australia to raise money for charity has died a day after completing the challenge.Bob Montgomery's death was "unexpected" but...

Veteran broadcaster Alan Jones groped the genitals of two men while they were driving and tried to kiss several others without their consent, a Sydney court has heard on...

Back at Yebra's centre, the team's work is particularly timely with weather forecasters predicting a super El Nino this summer - which could increase the probability of extreme heat,...

At least two chartered flights carrying up to 150 greyhounds are set to fly to Australia's eastern states, as a New Zealand ban on the sport comes into effect.Several...