February 16, 2018 Australian Olympics commentator under fire for saying Chinese athletes 'all look the same' An Australian Olympics commentator was savaged on social media after she appeared to say Chinese athletes “all look the same.”
February 9, 2018 Death of Australian man yanked into woodchipper being treated as suspicious, police say The death of an Australian butcher who was yanked into a woodchipper in November is now being treated as suspicious, police said.
January 31, 2018 Top-secret government files left in cabinets sold at secondhand shop Filing cabinets containing thousands of classified documents from the Australian government ended up being sold at a secondhand shop, prompting government officials Wednesday to launch an investigation into how the highly sensitive documents were disposed of.
January 16, 2018 Australian father follows hunch, hires helicopter to find injured son in crash A father’s hunch in hiring a helicopter to search for his missing son may have saved the teen's life when the chopper spied the 17-year-old's wrecked car on the side of the road.
January 15, 2018 'Obsessed' father photoshopped stepdaughter, 13, on to porn images of women pleasuring him An Australian man photoshopped his 13-year-old stepdaughter on to porn images showing women pleasuring him, officials said.
January 11, 2018 Dead koala found 'screwed' to post in Australian park WARNING: IMAGE BELOW MAY BE GRAPHIC FOR SOME A dead koala was found “screwed” to a post in an Australian park, prompting a police investigation after an animal rescue group posted a photo of the disturbing discovery and demanding that the culprits are caught.
January 10, 2018 Australia's Akubra hat girl kills herself after online bullying, family says A 14-year-old girl who was the face of Australia’s iconic hat company Akubra killed herself after enduring online bullying, her family said Sunday.
January 4, 2018 Serena Williams withdraws from Australian Open Defending champion Serena Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open, saying she is not ready to return to tournament tennis.
December 31, 2017 Seaplane crash in Sydney on New Year's Eve kills all 6 on board A seaplane has crashed into a river in Sydney, killing all six people on board.
December 21, 2017 SUV plows into pedestrians in Australia in 'deliberate act'; two in custody A driver of Afghan descent accused of plowing his white SUV into a crowd of pedestrians Thursday in Melbourne, Australia, injuring at least 14 people in a “deliberate act” has a history of drug use and mental illness and was known to police “on historical assault matters,” police said.
