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 ...

BBCSaltwater crocodiles were almost hunted to extinction in Australia's Northern Territory (NT). Now they're thrivingIt's dawn on Darwin Harbour and government ranger Kelly Ewin - whose job is to ...

Australia's most decorated Olympian, swimmer Emma McKeon, has retired from the sportThe 30-year-old won six gold medals in a haul of 14 won across three Olympic Games."I am officially ...

Australia's consumer watchdog is suing the country's two biggest supermarket chains, alleging they falsely claimed to have permanently dropped the prices of hundreds of items.The Australian Competition and Consumer ...

Getty ImagesAustralia is the world's largest producer of lithium oreOften called “white gold” and the key component in rechargeable batteries, the metal lithium is so light that it floats ...

Surfing was first introduced to Australia more than a century ago.Since then the sport has blossomed into a cultural phenomenon and a commercial juggernaut.Research from the Australian National University ...