Australian archaeologists have uncovered evidence that prehistoric humans living 42,000 years ago mastered the art of deep-sea fishing, they revealed on Friday.

Former captain Ricky Ponting says he’ll quit test cricket before he's dropped from the Australian team, but is not considering retirement at the moment.

Mamma mia! That's a lot of dough, even for an upscale pizzeria.

Police are looking for the owner of a suitcase ‘full of money’ that was left at the Italian restaurant in Sydney by a mystery customer.

A 35-year-old male nurse in Australia was on Saturday charged with five murders after a nursing home blaze in Sydney killed five elderly patients.

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At least three elderly people died and eight were in a serious condition after a fire ripped through a nursing home in Sydney on Friday in what emergency services called their 'worst nightmare'.

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A top-secret document detailing every minute of President Barack Obama's schedule during his Australia visit was found by an Australia newspaper, on a street in Canberra.

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US President Barack Obama is expected to receive a warm welcome in Australia on Wednesday, but just in case the reception is wilder than expected a firm has offered him insurance against crocodiles.

Renowned cricket writer Peter Roebuck was found dead at his hotel in South Africa where he was covering Australia's Test series with the Proteas, his employers said on Sunday.

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Australia was celebrating on Saturday as the Commonwealth Games Federation named Queensland's Gold Coast as the host of the 2018 Games over Sri Lanka's Hambantota.

"See you in Gold Coast in 2018!!!"

Qantas pilots on Thursday filed a court challenge to a strike ban ordered after the Australian airline grounded its global fleet, saying it was an excessive response to their low-level campaign.

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