Rapidly melting Antarctic ice threatens to dramatically slow deep-water currents in the world’s oceans, scientists say, impacting the spread of fresh water, oxygen and life-sustaining nutrients for centuries.

Australia took a step today towards a historical referendum to give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders recognition in the constitution and, for the first time, a voice on matters that affect their lives..In an emotional address, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed the question the

Videos posted to social media showed boats ploughing through a blanket of dead fish smothering the water, with the surface barely visible underneath

Rescuers flew residents out of a remote Australian town by helicopter yesterday as record-high floods rose rapidly and authorities issued a “final alert” to evacuate.

A 16-year-old girl died on Saturday after being mauled by a shark in a river in Western Australia's state capital Perth after she jumped in the water to swim with a pod of dolphins.

Australia will remove the British monarch from its banknotes, replacing the late Queen Elizabeth II’s image on its $5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture, the central bank said yesterday. The decision to leave her successor King Charles III off

Australia will remove the British monarch from its banknotes, replacing the late Queen Elizabeth II's image on its $5 note with a design honouring Indigenous culture, the central bank said Thursday.

Aryna Sabalenka powered her way to a maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Kazakh 22nd seed Elena Rybakina on Saturday in a thrilling final.

Thousands of Australians yesterday marked the country’s national day celebrations with rallies in support of Indigenous people, many of whom describe the anniversary of the day a British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour as “Invasion Day”.

Ambulance services were called to Sydney airport on Wednesday afternoon to meet an incoming Qantas plane that had issued a mid-air mayday alert.

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck just off the coast from the Pacific nation of Vanuatu late yesterday, the US Geological Survey said, triggering a tsunami warning for the region.

Two helicopters collided in mid-air, killing four people at Australia’s Gold Coast tourism hotspot, officials said yesterday, with images showing one of the aircraft’s rotors lying on a sandbar.

At least four people have been killed after two helicopters collided while flying over the Gold Coast in Australia today.

Australians will decide next year if the country’s constitution will be changed to give an institutional voice to the long-suffering Indigenous population, the government said yesterday.

Six people have died, including two police officers in their twenties, during a shootout in the Australian state of Queensland, police said Tuesday..Late Monday afternoon, a group of officers was called to a tree-lined property in the small town of Wieambilla as part of a missing persons i

Australia yesterday started building a vast network of antennas in the Outback, its section of what planners say will eventually become one of the most powerful radio telescopes in the world.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday said he had personally called on US officials to end legal proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, declaring: “Enough is enough.”

Australia said today it plans to lobby against UN plans to add the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered UNESCO World Heritage sites..Conservation experts working with the UN warned on Monday that the world's largest coral reef would be added to the list of endangered World Heritage s

Heavy rain triggered flash floods that cut off some inland towns in Australia's southeast on Monday, with fresh evacuation warnings issued for thousands of rural residents.

Australia’s prime minister yesterday expressed his sorrow at the killing of a 15-year-old Aboriginal boy, insisting that the attack was clearly “racially motivated”.