Polls predicted a tight race in Australia's election, but Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has won a second term in a landslide. His rival Peter Dutton has suffered a humiliating ...

An Australian woman accused of cooking a fatal mushroom meal admits to picking wild funghi, lying to police and disposing of evidence, but will argue the "tragedy" was a ...

An Australian man who was captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine has been charged with being a mercenary in an armed conflict, authorities have said.Oscar Jenkins, a ...

Five people have drowned after huge waves hit parts of Australia at the start of the Easter weekend.Two others are missing off the coasts of New South Wales and ...

Seventeen-year-old Gout Gout won the Australian 200m title and broke the 20-second barrier with a wind-assisted performance in Perth.He crossed the line in 19.84 seconds - 0.2secs faster than ...

A faulty radio antenna contributed to a deadly mid-air helicopter collision at an Australian theme park and resort, transport safety officials say.Four people died - including two British tourists ...

An Australian senator has revealed a dead salmon in a plastic bag while speaking in parliament, in protest against a bill being debated.The bill is designed to protect salmon-farming ...

It was a chaotic start to the season at Albert Park for a race that started wet, dried up and ended wet again, and featured three safety cars, an ...

Norris said: "It's so easy to make a mistake, so easy to ruin everything. So quickly it can all have gone wrong within a second."Any second of the race, ...

The Australian prime minister has criticised a US influencer after she stole a baby wombat from her mother. "Take a baby crocodile from his mother and see how you ...

Australian Red Cross LifebloodJames Harrison with his grandson, Trey, in an earlier pictureOne of the world's most prolific blood donors - whose plasma saved the lives of more than ...

An Australian radio presenter has left the network after comments he made about the country's women's football team – which have been branded as misogynist and disrespectful. Marty Sheargold ...