In the build up to the WTC final, who would open the batting alongside Khawaja against South Africa was a source of national debate Down Under.Nathan McSweeney, Travis Head, ...

Rules that effectively banned all sexually active gay and bisexual men from donating blood and plasma are being lifted in Australia. The rules, originally introduced to decrease the risk ...

Getty ImagesAustralia is set to buy up to five Virginia-class attack submarines from the USA multi-billion dollar submarine deal between long-standing allies - Australia, the UK and the US ...

Australia, Brazil and Ecuador have become the latest nations to qualify for the 2026 World Cup, with 13 of the 48 competing countries now known.The Socceroos secured their place ...

Australia's defence minister Richard Marles has called on China to explain why it needs to have "such an extraordinary military build-up".He said Beijing needs to provide greater transparency and ...

A fight involving machetes at a Melbourne shopping centre has prompted an Australian state to fast-track the country's first-ever ban on the weapon's sale. The ban - to start ...

A "really muscly" kangaroo "tried to drown" a man in Australia, after the two got into a punch-up.Don James is said to have found himself fighting for his life ...

A rescue team has filmed the moment they found an elderly woman stranded in her flooded home in Taree.The Australian prime minister, Antony Albanese has described the floods affecting ...

EPAWilliam Goodge says he beat the previous record by four daysA British ultra-endurance athlete says he has broken the world record for running across the width of Australia, after ...

Getty ImagesAdam Bandt has led the Greens since 2020The leader of Australia's third-largest political party, the Greens, has conceded his seat in Melbourne after a tight electoral vote count ...

Australia has announced a National Rugby League (NRL) team will be established in Western Australia (WA) for the first time.The WA state government will invest A$65m (£31m; $42m) to ...

Getty ImagesRare earths are notoriously difficult to extract and fineAustralia's prime minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to invest A$1.2bn (£580m) in a strategic reserve for critical minerals if he ...