Tiffanie Turnbull,SydneyandEleanor Lawson,West MidlandsSuppliedAlicia Kemp, 25, was in Australia on a working holiday visa when she hit Thanh Phan from behind on an e-scooterA British backpacker who struck and...

Katy WatsonAustralia correspondent , PerthGetty ImagesCritics say gaming platforms should be included in Australia's ban on social media for under-16sWednesday afternoons have become a ritual for 15-year-old Sadmir Perviz....

Four French men travelled to Australia's capital to carry out a multi-million-dollar heist which included a Swiss-made "Smiley" watch worth A$5m ($3.3m, £2.5m), police say.The quartet came to Australia...

An Australian pilot has had his conviction for the murder of an elderly camper overturned on appeal and will face a retrial.Greg Lynn was sentenced last year to a...

Australia is banning social media for everyone under the age of 16 from December 10. The government says their intention is to help protect children and teenagers from risks...

Queensland Police ServiceThe murder of Toyah Cordingley prompted an outpouring of grief across the state of QueenslandA former nurse has been found guilty of the high-profile murder of Toyah...

In the cold light of day, it can be argued England beat the teams they should have beaten anyway.The Gabba is an eighth defeat in England's past 15 Tests....

BBC/Jessica HromasIsobel is convinced the social media ban won't stop kids like herIt took 13-year-old Isobel less than five minutes to outsmart Australia's "world-leading" social media ban for children.A...

Nerida HansenAt 6ft tall and plus-size, shop-bought clothes had never fitted Maree O'Connor well.Sewing offered her a solution - allowing her to use beautiful fabrics to make garments that...

Social media companies and the Australian government should be using their resources to remove predators and harmful content from platforms rather than banning under-16s, teenagers challenging the law have...

Getty ImagesFarmers are angry - they argue the information they need is now hard to findIt was an unseasonably warm spring day in Sydney on 22 October, with a...

An Australian senator has been suspended for a week after wearing a burka in parliament to push for a ban on the Muslim garment.Pauline Hanson was condemned by fellow...