Australian authorities have recommended infectious disease testing for some 800 children across four childcare centres that had employed a man accused of a string of offences including child rape.Earlier,...

School-age children in Australia are vaping less, research suggests, a year after a government ban on disposable vapes came into effect. Vaping rates among 14 to 17 year olds...

Simon AtkinsonBBC NewsReporting fromCairns, AustraliaGetty ImagesPeter Falconio was killed while travelling around Australia with girlfriend Joanne LeesBradley Murdoch, an Australian man who murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio in 2001,...

Lana Lam & Simon AtkinsonBBC NewsEPAUncle Pabai Pabai, right, and Uncle Paul Kabai, both elders from the Torres Strait Islands, travelled to Cairns to hear the decision in their...

A backpacker who survived nearly two weeks lost in Western Australia's outback has said she is "simply beyond grateful to have survived".Caroline Wilga, a 26-year-old German national, was rescued...

Tiffanie Turnbull and Katy WatsonBBC NewsReporting fromMorwell, AustraliaWatch: Australia’s mushroom murder case... in under two minutesFor years, from behind a computer screen, Erin Patterson built up a reputation in...

A backpacker survived nearly two weeks lost in Western Australia's outback by drinking from puddles and sleeping in a cave, police have said. Carolina Wilga, 26, from Germany, was...

Watch: CCTV and audio shown to court in mushroom trialPictures showing the toxic mushrooms and deadly beef Wellington at the centre of Australian woman Erin Patterson's murder trial have...

One of Australia's largest private childcare operators will speed up the rollout of CCTV across more than 400 centres, days after child sex abuse allegations against an employee emerged.G8...

Tiffanie TurnbullBBC News, SydneyWatch: CCTV and audio shown to court in mushroom trialWithin minutes of Erin Patterson walking into a tiny hospital in rural Victoria, doctor Chris Webster realised...

Katy Watsonin Morwell, AustraliaWatch: Australia’s mushroom murder case... in under two minutesThe winters in Victoria's Gippsland region are known for being chilly. Frost is a frequent visitor overnight, and...

Tiffanie Turnbullin Morwell, AustraliaWatch: CCTV and audio shown to court in mushroom trialAustralian woman Erin Patterson is guilty of murdering three relatives with a toxic mushroom lunch, a jury...