Australia reported on Sunday one of the highest numbers for locally acquired coronavirus cases this year, triggering lockdowns in the cities of Sydney and Darwin and...
Australia’s Victoria state on Wednesday extended a snap COVID-19 lockdown for a second week in Melbourne in a bid to contain an outbreak of the highly...
Australia’s fifth most populous state on Tuesday reported one new COVID-19 case overnight, dampening fears of another deadly cluster emerging in a country that has largely...
An Adelaide man who stabbed his daughter to death in a fit of rage has been sentenced to life in prison in Australia. Twenty-year-old Sabrina Lekaj’s body...
Australia has ordered an investigation into the discovery of sewing needles hidden in strawberries, amid growing alarm over scares across the country. Contaminated punnets have now...
Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), is now entirely in drought, officials have confirmed. A dry winter has intensified what has been called the...
Very hot and dry conditions have been forecast across the country today and over the weekend, fuelling warnings of extreme fire danger in some states. Total...
The world’s largest lithium ion battery has begun dispensing power into an electricity grid in South Australia. The 100-megawatt battery, built by Tesla, was officially activated...
New research suggests trapdoor spiders crossed the Indian Ocean to get from Southern Africa to Australia. The trapdoor spider, Moggridgea rainbow, is only found on Kangaroo...