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 ...

Former Australia batter Keith Stackpole has died at the age of 84.The right-handed opener from Victoria played 43 Tests between 1966 and 1974, scoring 2,807 runs at an average ...

A nine-year-old boy who got trapped between rocks at a New South Wales beach on Sunday has become the seventh person to drown in Australia over the Easter weekend.The ...

Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton has clarified he believes in climate change after facing backlash for comments made during an election debate on Wednesday night.Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony ...

Relatives of a nine-year-old boy who was killed by an accidental gunshot in Australia have been charged over his death.Paramedics treated the child for serious neck injuries at a ...

The remains of 36 Indigenous ancestors will be returned to Australia, in the latest repatriation of bodies taken from their traditional lands.Six of the ancestors' bodies were formally returned ...

Tiffany WertheimerBBC NewsGetty ImagesA woman in Australia has unknowingly given birth to a stranger's baby, after her fertility clinic accidentally implanted another woman's embryos into her.The mix-up at Monash ...

Australia's opposition leader has ditched an election promise to end work from home options for public servants after a backlash.Peter Dutton on Monday said his Liberal-National Coalition had "made ...