An Australian childcare worker has been charged with filming child abuse material inside his Sydney workplaces.Artarmon man David James, 26, is accused of creating "explicit" images or videos of ...

Five Australian women who were strip-searched and invasively examined at Doha airport have won the right to sue Qatar Airways after an appeal.The women were ordered off a flight ...

A New South Wales (NSW) politician has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men in Australia.A jury found Gareth Ward - who is still a sitting member ...

Monica Garnsey and BBC Eye InvestigationsReporting fromCentral QueenslandBBCA small ceremonial fire has been burning for more than 1,300 days on a dusty stretch of Wangan and Jagalingou Country in ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AlamySpirit of Tasmania IV completed sea trials in the North Sea in JuneAn Australian ferry forced to dock for six months in Edinburgh because it is too big to ...

JAMES ROSS/EPA/ShutterstockInside the synagogue, some 20 people had sat down for dinner when the attack occurredAustralia's prime minister has promised to take strong action following an apparent arson attack ...

Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondent•@hbriggsMaciej BiernackiThe boomerang was found near stones, animal and human bonesThe world's oldest boomerang is older than previously thought, casting new light on the ingenuity of ...