Australia’s defense minister described the move as an “aggressive act.”

He burst into an event that Prime Minister Scott Morrison was attending.

Early voting has begun in Australia’s election.

A man told police he killed American mathematician Scott Johnson in 1988 by pushing the 27-year-old off a Sydney cliff in what prosecutors describe as a gay hate crime

A senior Australian minister is suggesting that China deliberately announced its security pact with the Solomon Islands during an election campaign to undermine her government’s chances of reelection

Australia’s opposition leader has tested positive for COVID-19 in the second week of a campaign ahead of the May 21 federal election

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is berated by a pensioner during a visit to the pub in front of reporters.

Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach disappeared beneath the waves as a storm system moved through, just after floods battered other parts of Australia.

Australia’s government has presented a range of economic measures such as halving the tax on gasoline in a bid to help cushion the impact of rising prices and win votes at elections due by May

An Australian sign language interpreter got an unexpected gift from an owl—but he removed his jacket and kept going like a pro.

Australia’s prime minister says he will declare a national emergency following floods across large swathes of the east coast that have claimed 22 lives

Around 500,000 people in Sydney and its surrounding areas have been told to evacuate or prepare to flee floodwaters as torrential rain lashes an extraordinarily long stretch of the Australian east coast

Whole towns are underwater after floodwaters swamped parts of Australia's east coast, forcing people to shelter on roofs and prompting around 1,000 rescues.

Australia lifted its final travel restrictions for fully vaccinated passengers.

The Australian Defense Department says a Chinese navy ship fired a laser at one of its surveillance aircraft, putting the lives of the crew in danger

The No. 1 women's player in the world beat 28-year-old American Danielle Collins in straight sets in the final at Melbourne Park.

Australians have celebrated and protested the anniversary of British colonization of their country on a day officially known as Australia Day but considered by Indigenous activists to be Invasion Day

Lawyers say in court filings that the tennis star tested positive for COVID last month, giving him a vaccine exemption.

Heavy rain and damaging winds are battering the area, with the Bureau of Meteorology warning residents to expect flash flooding and large hailstones.

Strong waves triggered by a cyclone swept a man’s pickup truck into the waters off an Australian beach as locals embarked on a futile attempt to remove the vehicle.

A sixth child has died from his injuries following Thursday's bouncy castle tragedy at an Australian school.

Four people including two children have died after a light aircraft crashed into the sea near the coast of Australia’s Queensland state

"There's no doubt this incident will leave its mark."

Australia says it is sending police, troops and diplomats to the Solomon Islands to help after anti-government demonstrators defied lockdown orders and took to the streets for a second day in violent protests

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of color as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes

Police said they received a tip about 4-year-old Cleo Smith that led to a home in Carnarvon, Australia.

Australian police rescued Cleo Smith, who was missing for 18 days, from a suburban home in Western Australia and a suspect is in custody for her disappearance.

Sydney’s international airport has come alive with tears, embraces and laughter as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months

Australia still requires strict quarantine measures for residents who have been affected by lockdowns since the start of the pandemic.

Australia's second-largest city has endured 262 days, or nearly nine months, of restrictions during six separate lockdowns since March 2020.

The Daintree Rainforest is among four national parks to be handed back to traditional owners in a deal signed with an Australian state government

An Aboriginal man is taking Australia’s government to court.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected Chinese criticism of Australia’s new nuclear submarine alliance with the United States and says he doesn’t mind that President Joe Biden might have forgotten his name

The delta variant has caused a shift in strategy in Australia, which has so far adopted a zero-tolerance policy to coronavirus cases.

A 3-year-old who spent three nights lost in rugged Australian woodland is home.

Families in Australia celebrated Father's Day across a barrier due to COVID-19 rules restricting travel between states in the country, which is grappling with a new wave of infections.

Hundreds of people had been searching for Anthony “AJ” Elfalak.

The man paid his respects by arranging dozens of sheep in the shape of a heart.

Helaina Alati was browsing the spice aisle of an Australian supermarket when she came face-to-face with a huge snake

A state government leader blamed the nation’s slow COVID-19 vaccination rollout.

South Korea is reporting 1,842 newly confirmed coronavirus cases for the previous 24 hours — setting a new pandemic single-day record for the second straight day

Police have fined two men who had to be rescued from an Australian forest after they were startled by a deer while nude sunbathing on a beach and became lost

Parts of Sydney will go into lockdown late Friday as a coronavirus outbreak in Australia’s largest city continued to grow

A plague of mice that has ravaged vast swathes of eastern Australia has forced the evacuation of a prison while authorities repair gnawed electrical wiring and clear dead and decaying mice from wall cavities and ceilings

Australia says it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage status due to climate change, while environmentalists are applauding the U.N. World Heritage Committee’s proposal

Australia's prime minister says the World Trade Organization should penalize China for “bad behavior when it occurs.”

An Australian court has rejected a challenge to the federal government’s draconian power to prevent most citizens from leaving the country so they don’t bring COVID-19 home

The leaders of New Zealand and Australia have minimized their differences over China and urged more investigation into the origin of the coronavirus after their first face-to-face meeting in more than a year

An Australian government minister has dropped his defamation lawsuit against Australian Broadcasting Corp. after the state broadcaster acknowledged a 33-year-old rape allegation against him could not be substantiated

At night, the floors of sheds vanish beneath carpets of scampering mice