For decades, Margaret Court was the pride of Australia and in her 17 years on the professional tennis circuit, she won a record 24 singles Grand Slam titles.

Drone footage captured a shark swimming close to shore on New Year's Day.

A lightning bolt spread across the sky above New South Wales during widespread thunderstorms in the state.

A judge has ordered a long prison term for a man who killed two women and sexually assaulted two others in Australia’s western city of Perth more than 20 years ago

An official Chinese government twitter posted a false image that drew ire.

The U.S. government has executed a man who kidnapped and raped a 16-year-old Texas girl before dousing her with gasoline and burying her alive

The leaders of Australia and Japan have held in-person talks to bolster defense ties between the two U.S. allies to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region amid the transition in American leadership

Australia is forming a new investigative agency to build criminal cases against Australian special forces suspected of committing war crimes in Afghanistan

The iconic Sydney Opera House is illuminated with poppies to mark the 102nd anniversary of Remembrance Day.

Police say the leader of a Chinese community organization has become the first person to be charged under Australia’s 2-year-old foreign interference laws

Australia’s competition watchdog will consider its own antitrust case against Google after the U.S. Justice Department sued the company for abusing its dominance in online search and advertising

An Australian official says the United States is expected to have resettled more than 1,100 refugees by early next year under a deal President Donald Trump reluctantly honored with Australia

An Australian state leader has shut down a revolt in her coalition government over a policy to protect koala habitat by threatening to fire seven renegade ministers

A major Australian barley exporter barred from China in the latest trade dispute to hit bilateral relations says the Chinese are only now acting on grain shipments dating back to 2019

The Australian government has drafted new laws that would cancel international deals struck by lower tiers of governments with foreign states that are not in Australia’s interests

An Australian judge has issued a rare order restricting the movements of an extremist when he is released from a Sydney prison after serving 12 years for a terrorism-related conviction

Several streets were underwater and a major flood warning was in place in New South Wales.

After days of heavy rain, piles of sea foam formed on Huskisson Beach.

An Australian Outback pub has banned two emus for “bad behavior” after they learned to climb the stairs and created havoc inside

Many Australians are frustrated over another COVID-19 lockdown.

The glowing algae were spotted in Jervis Bay, New South Wales.

He became the leader of the government in the Senate in 2017.

Hundreds of police have disrupted plans for an anti-racism rally in downtown Sydney, but protest organizers vow that other rallies will continue around Australia over the weekend despite warnings of the coronavirus risk

Australia’s national news agency will continue with new owners, the board confirmed Friday, just weeks before it was due to be shut down

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses have lost power, buildings have been battered, roofs were torn off and trees uprooted as a vast stretch of the west Australian coast was whipped or a second day by a severe storm

A man has been charged with the death in an apparent gay hate crime.

The government has been forced to delay the 2021 budget.

Australia would be the first country to force tech giants to pay for its news.

The Aurora Australis, also known as the Southern Lights, bring a spectacular light show to homebound residents of Hobart, Tasmania.

George Pell is the most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse.

An Israeli teacher is wanted for the alleged abuse of children in Australia.

Authorities in Australia are asking for the public's help in investigating the death of a teacher they believe was tied to a chair before being hit and killed by a truck.

An allegedly drunken driver has been charged with 20 offenses including manslaughter after a SUV struck seven children on a Sydney sidewalk, killing four and seriously injuring a fifth

The combination of rain clouds and dust storm resulted in brown rain in Victoria.

The death toll jumped to at least 18 as the fire spreads to areas as large as Connecticut and New Jersey combined.

Tens of thousands of residents and tourists across Australia have been urged to evacuate because of massive bushfires.

Thousands of koalas are feared to have died in a wildfire-ravaged area north of Sydney, further diminishing Australia's iconic marsupial, while the fire danger increased in the country’s east as temperatures soared

A quick-thinking police sergeant rushed to the aid of a choking toddler in a dramatic Christmas Eve rescue that was captured on surveillance video.

SMore than a dozen were injured after shoppers were trampled as balloons filled with free gifts dropped from the ceiling.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologized for family vacation in Hawaii.

Australia has experienced its hottest day on record and temperatures are expected to soar even higher as heatwave conditions embrace most of the country

The rock is sacred to Australian Aboriginals.

Cardinal George Pell, 78, was sentenced to six years in prison in March.

Wildfires have left a firefighter seriously injured and destroyed several homes in an early start to the fire danger season in southeast Australia

The report finds the greatest threat to the reef remains climate change.

A task force has been formed to curb foreign influence at universities.

Video shows that people pinned the suspect, accused of killing one woman and injuring another, to the pavement and put a plastic milk crate over his head.

Raids on journalists' offices and a home in June sparked outrage.

"This would be one of the easiest drugs busts the New South Wales Police has ever made," a police official said.

The van contained methamphetamine valued at more than $140 million.