A huge cyclone that was on Wednesday set to slam into Australia's agricultural heartland could wipe half a billion dollars from its sugar industry and decimate the nation's banana crops, growers said.

The world will run out of Internet addresses “within weeks”, according to one of the Web’s founding fathers, a report said Friday.
Vint Cerf, who helped create the Web by connecting computers using Internet Protocol addresses, said it was his “fault” that the 4.3 billion addresses created were

An Australian company is suing the Delhi Commonwealth Games Organising Committee over unpaid bills, said an official who has given his lawyers the names of other businesses that may want to join the legal action.

Britain and Australia on Tuesday urged Israel to refrain from settlement building on the West Bank and called for a "return to direct talks" between Israel and the Palestinians.

Andrew Strauss acclaimed England's emphatic first Ashes series triumph in Australia for 24 years as "pretty special" as his team inflicted a record third innings drubbing in the final Test on Friday.

England wrapped up an innings and 83-run victory early on the last day in Sydney for their first series victory down under since Mike Gatting's team mastered Australia 2-1 in 1986-87.

Militant anti-whalers Saturday said they had clashed with Japanese harpoonists in the Southern Ocean, chasing them through ice packs, throwing stink bombs at them and being hit with water cannon.

The creators of Australian Internet hit "Rap News" Wednesday said they were still "pinching themselves" after controversial and reclusive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange appeared in a cameo role.

Australia on Monday called off the search for bodies from last week's horrific asylum-seeker shipwreck, as the Prime Minister said about 48 people had died and warned the exact toll may never be known

The Rescuers scoured treacherous seas today for survivors of a refugee boat wreck that killed at least 28 people off Australia, renewing heated debate on the grim plight of boat people travelling from

Australian spin bowler Shane Warne on Monday confirmed he had split from his ex-wife, amid reports of an alleged “affair” with British actress Liz Hurley.
Warne and his former wife Simone Callahan, who have three children together, divorced some time ago but had rekindled their romance and shared a home together in Melbourne.