The "area of interest" flagged in a volunteer-led search for the body of a British girl who vanished in Australia 55 years ago has turned out to be a...

Australia's mushroom murderer Erin Patterson intends to appeal against her conviction, her lawyer has told a court in Melbourne.Earlier last month, Patterson was sentenced to life in jail after...

A sunscreen scandal in Australia is continuing to grow, with 18 products now pulled from shelves in the skin cancer hotspot over safety concerns.Analysis by a consumer advocacy group...

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have separated after nearly 20 years together, a source told the BBC. The A-List couple share two children, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret,...

A 61-year-old man has pleaded guilty to multiple sexual assaults on women in Sydney during the early 1990s after police made a breakthrough in a three-decade-old cold case.Glenn Gary...

Getty ImagesHow much would you pay for your child's art?That's the question one Australian kindergarten posed to dozens of families this week when it asked them to stump up...

An Australian film that was digitally altered to change a same-sex couple to a heterosexual one has drawn backlash from moviegoers in China.Together, a horror film starring Dave Franco...

Australia's national broadcaster has been ordered to pay A$150,000 (£73,435; $99,200) in penalties for unfairly sacking a presenter over a social media post about the war in Gaza.The Australian...

A New South Wales (NSW) police officer has been charged with assaulting a protester at a pro-Palestinian demonstration in Sydney earlier this year.Hannah Thomas, a former Greens party candidate,...

Australian officials have promised telecommunications giant Optus will face "significant consequences" over a systems outage linked to multiple deaths.The incident last week left hundreds of people across more than...

An Australian doctor who raised the alarm about Erin Patterson has been sanctioned by the medical regulator over disparaging comments made about the triple murderer.Chris Webster was a key...

Prosecutors have downgraded some of the most serious sex abuse charges against veteran broadcaster and former Wallabies coach Alan Jones after a court hearing on Thursday. Mr Jones now...