May 21, 2015 Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser dies at 84 Malcolm Fraser, the former Australian prime minister who was notoriously catapulted to power by a constitutional crisis that left the nation bitterly divided, died on Friday his office said. He was 84.
May 21, 2015 American charged with bribery in Australia over bank contract A U.S. citizen who was recently a senior executive at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia pleaded not guilty in a Sydney court Wednesday to charges that he accepted bribes to award a contract to a U.S. information technology firm.
January 13, 2015 Marine dies in skydiving accident during trip wife won on Ellen DeGeneres' show A Marine vacationing with his wife in Australia died Saturday during a skydiving trip, an employee of the skydiving company said.
January 13, 2015 Shark kills 19-year-old body boarder off Australian coast A shark killed a teenager off Australia's east coast Saturday in the nation's second deadly attack this month, police said.
January 13, 2015 Crocodile fatally attacks partygoer in Australia A 26-year-old birthday party goer has been snatched by a 5-meter 16-foot crocodile while swimming in a notorious habitat of the dangerous reptiles, police said on Sunday.
January 13, 2015 Arthur rues 'deliberate campaign' against him Axed Australian cricket coach Mickey Arthur on Sunday said there had been a "deliberate campaign" against him in past days and his reputation had suffered greatly from his sacking.
January 8, 2015 2 arrested in Sydney counterterrorism operation Two men were arrested as part of an ongoing counterterrorism investigation into a plot to kill a random member of the public in Sydney, police said Wednesday, one day after the nation's prime minister warned of heightened terrorist chatter in the aftermath of a deadly siege in a Sydney cafe.
January 8, 2015 Ebola scare rattles New Zealand newspaper after suspicious package from 'jihadist group' A small amount of liquid in a plastic bottle – supposedly containing the deadly Ebola virus – was sent to a New Zealand newspaper on Monday, putting authorities on edge.
January 8, 2015 Surfer loses arm in Australia shark attack A man had part of his arm torn off by a suspected great white shark while surfing off the coast of Western Australia on Thursday, officials said.
January 8, 2015 Australian man dies in suspected shark attack A man was killed Tuesday in an apparent shark attack at the popular tourist destination of Byron Bay on Australia's east coast despite a beachgoer's rescue attempt, police said.
