Australians made up just over 16% of The Hundred's women's squads this year, with 17 featuring out of 105.Comparatively, there were two players from New Zealand and West Indies ...

Australia could use a range of technologies to implement its social media ban for under-16s but all have risks or shortcomings, a report has found.The government says its ban, ...

YouTube will be included in Australia's world-first social media ban for children under 16, after the government ditched a previous exemption for the platform.The video sharing site was set ...

Katy WatsonAustralia correspondentReporting fromWestern AustraliaWatch: Can you un-bleach coral? BBC visits remote Australian reef to find outAustralia boasts plenty of superlatives when it comes to its natural landmarks. The ...

A backpacker survived nearly two weeks lost in Western Australia's outback by drinking from puddles and sleeping in a cave, police have said. Carolina Wilga, 26, from Germany, was ...

Australia's conservative Liberal-National coalition - the nation's main opposition political party - has split after a partnership lasting almost 80 years.The move marks a seismic change in the country's ...

Katy WatsonAustralia correspondentWatch: How snakes and spiders are milked for venomWith a pair of bright pink tweezers in hand, Emma Teni is delicately wrestling a large and leggy spider ...

Two British tourists have drowned off the coast of a popular tourist town at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef.A boy, 17, and a man, 46, were ...

The BBC spoke to voters in Sydney, Australia about the country's housing crisis ahead of the federal election on 3 May. From feeling trapped in renting, to wanting more ...

He has opened up about his personal life, revealing struggles with alopecia, a skin condition which causes hair loss, and what he believes is PTSD from his time in ...

Ex-tropical cyclone Alfred caused huge swells and flooding as it hit Australia's east coast over the weekend. Footage shows beach erosion at the Gold Coast's Surfers Paradise, a car ...

Cyclone Alfred is set to bring damaging winds and heavy rain to Australia's central east coast when it makes landfall as a category 2 storm later this week. It's ...