PYTHON EATS WALLABY ON AUSTRALIAN GOLF COURSE

Was likely to have dropped onto the unsuspecting wallaby from a tree... READ MORE›

REFUGEES FACE A GROWING BACKLASH IN A LIBERAL AUSTRALIAN CITY

Between 2003 and 2005, 70 percent of all refugees allowed into Australia were African... READ MORE›

MORE AUSTRALIAN SOLDIERS LOST TO SUICIDE THAN FIGHTING IN AFGHANISTAN WAR

The 'Afghanistan Lessons from Australia's Whole-of-Government Mission' was produced by the Australian Civil Military Centre... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN MAN BITTEN BY VENOMOUS SNAKE TWICE IN 3 DAYS

Both likely were eastern brown snakes, also known as the common brown snake, which is world's second-most-venomous land snake after Australia's inland taipan, Corrigan said... READ MORE›

DENG ADUT 'SHOCKED' TO BE NAMED NSW AUSTRALIAN OF THE YEAR

The 33-year-old refugee and criminal lawyer shed tears as he received the top honour from Premier Mike Baird at ceremony in Sydney on Monday night... READ MORE›

ANYTHING TO DECLARE? ARRESTED AUSTRALIAN HANDS OVER BAG CONTAINING BABY KOALA

The woman and koala were taken to the Brisbane city watch house, where the RSPCA took the joey into its care... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN NGO VOLUNTEER KIDNAPPED IN KABUL, REPORTS SAY

An Australian woman working for a non-governmental organization in Afghanistan was abducted Saturday night in Kabul, according to reports from the Associated Press and Reuters... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA'S FAR-RIGHT GROUPS PROTEST SYRIAN REFUGEE HOUSING

Far right political parties are on the rise in Australia, with the controversial One Nation party surprising many by winning four Senate seats at the country's national elections in July... READ MORE›

MISSING AUSTRALIAN BACKPACKER RESCUED IN MALAYSIAN NATIONAL PARK

Missing Australian Andrew Gaskell has been found by Malaysian search and rescue crews after going missing in a national park... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN HOMES AMONG FIRST TO GET TESLA'S POWERWALL SOLAR-ENERGY BATTERY

The Tesla product isn't unique by any stretch, but it's the Apple brand of the battery storage industry, they have the sex appeal that others don't... READ MORE›

FBI ARRESTS JEWISH AMERICAN FOR POSING AS AUSTRALIAN ONLINE JIHADIST

In recent days Australi Witness has claimed online that he is working with other jihadists to plan attacks in Australia and the United States... READ MORE›

COMMENT: OUR POKIES CULTURE IS UN-AUSTRALIAN AND IT NEEDS TO STOP - NOW

Over the next couple of months we are going to be launching a campaign called Proudly Pokies Free... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF CAMPAIGN: SCIENTISTS CALL FOR SCRAPPING OF COAL PROJECTS

Leading coral reef scientists are calling for coalmining and port developments in Queensland to be scrapped... READ MORE›

10 AUSTRALIAN SPECIES AT EXTREME RISK OF EXTINCTION

The federal environment minister Greg Hunt launches a strategy with measurable targets and experts discuss how to save the most at-risk species... READ MORE›

LABOR TO BAN DREDGE SPOIL DUMPING IN THE GREAT BARRIER REEF WORLD HERITAGE AREA

Poll Should the Abbott government legislate a ban on dumping dredge spoil in the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area?... READ MORE›

A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›

GRAVE FEARS FOR AUSTRALIAN SURFERS MISSING IN MEXICO

An area known as the home of the Sinaloa drug cartel... READ MORE›

INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA IS THE TRUE FOUNDATION OF OUR MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY

If our politicians understood the accomplishments and knowledge of Indigenous Australians, they might be able to take their political demands seriously... READ MORE›

WHY IS IT LEFT TO US NGOS TO EXPOSE AUSTRALIAN MINING'S WRONGDOING IN AFRICA?

The economy of Eritrea has experienced considerable growth in recent years, explains the website for Australian mining company Danakali... READ MORE›

HOW AUSTRALIAN HOUSEHOLDS BECAME THE MOST INDEBTED IN THE WORLD

Australia has around 2 trillion in unconsolidated household debt relative to 1.6 trillion in GDP... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN CALLS FOR U.S. TRAVEL WARNING AFTER CALIFORNIA SHOOTING

Fischer urged Canberra to consider its formal travel advice for Australians planning to visit the U.S... READ MORE›

GREAT BARRIER REEF: UNESCO PUSHES FOR TREE-CLEARING CONTROLS

The reef suffered its world bleaching event on record this Australian summer, killing off 22 percent of its coral, according to government agencies... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN ROCK ART MAY BE AMONG THE OLDEST IN THE WORLD, ACCORDING TO NEW RESEARCH

Australian rock art may be among the oldest in the world, according to new research... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN TEENAGER DIES ON 18TH BIRTHDAY AFTER DRINKING HIGH-STRENGTH SPIRIT

An Australian teenager has died on her 18th birthday after drinking shots of a 95 percent alcohol strength spirit... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIA SENDS DIPLOMATS OUT TO DEFEND ITS ACTIONS

Fish swim over coral in the Great Barrier Reef, which the Australian government is lobbying to keep off the World Heritage Committee's in danger list... READ MORE›

HOW CAN AUSTRALIAN HOUSEHOLDS GET AWAY WITH THE BIGGEST DEBTS IN THE WORLD?

It is an extraordinary fact that Australian households shoulder the biggest debts in the world, relative to our incomes... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN COALMINES ARE ONE OF RISKIEST INVESTMENTS IN THE WORLD - REPORT

Along with Chinese coal-powered utilities, those of the US and Australia faced the highest degree of environmental-related risk... READ MORE›

WILL AUSTRALIAN COMPASSION FOR REFUGEES IN EUROPE STRETCH TO THOSE COMING HERE?

The politicians from all parties calling for Australia to do more mean it too... READ MORE›

UN LASHES AUSTRALIAN 'CONTEMPT AND HOSTILITY' TOWARD ASYLUM SEEKERS

"Too often, governments try to avoid their legal obligations to refugees and victims of human trafficking by characterising them all as 'migrants', labelling victims of abuse as 'illegal'," it says... READ MORE›

EASTERN QUOLLS RETURN TO AUSTRALIAN MAINLAND AFTER MORE THAN 50 YEARS

Australian National University researchers have reintroduced wild eastern quolls from Tasmania into a Canberra sanctuary... READ MORE›

FROM PROMINENT NOB TO CHUNDA BAY, THIS AUSTRALIAN MAP ISN'T LIKE OTHERS

The company has also created maps for the US and Britain, but Australia remains the favourite for Mr Butler... READ MORE›

INTELLECTUALLY-DISABLED AUSTRALIAN COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY IN CHINA

In all, as many as a dozen Australians have been detained in Guangzhou in the past year or so on similar drug charges which could attract the death penalty... READ MORE›

MORE THAN 1,000 ANTI-FOSSIL FUEL PROTESTERS JOIN AUSTRALIAN COAL BLOCKADE

Seventeen arrested as climate change activists block train tracks and entrance to Newcastle harbour as part of global Break Free From Fossil Fuels actions... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES CLIMB IN TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION WORLD RANKINGS

The University of Melbourne was Australia's top performer in the Times Higher Education world university rankings at number 33 the same position as last year... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN MUSLIMS BEING FORCED TO ASSIMILATE, ISLAMIC CONFERENCE TOLD

Hizb Ut-Tarir first held a conference like this one two years ago... READ MORE›

BIG FISH, BIG MONEY: THE BUSINESS CASE FOR CONSERVATION IN AUSTRALIA'S MARINE PARKS

Many marine invertebrates begin life in the deep ocean before settling in shallow waters... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN TEENAGERS ATTACK ON POLICE WORKER CALLED ACT OF TERRORISM

The police in Australia have been on high alert since a lone gunman took hostages in a cafe in central Sydney in December last year... READ MORE›

AUSTRALIAN MP SETS A RIVER ON FIRE, BLAMES FRACKING

Australian MP sets river on fire and then blames fracking... READ MORE›

A reef campaigner with the Australian Marine Conservation Society, Felicity Wishart, said the report contained no measurable, deliverable action... READ MORE›

U.S., S. KOREA, JAPAN VOW COOPERATION OVER N. KOREA SANCTIONS

South Korea banned its citizens from engaging in financial dealings with dozens of high-profile North Korean officials and entities... READ MORE›

U.S. CHALLENGES CHINA'S IMPORTS OF NORTH KOREAN COAL AMID U.N. SANCTIONS

China announced in April that it would ban North Korean coal imports to comply with U.N... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA SAYS SANCTIONS PUSH AFTER NUCLEAR TEST 'LAUGHABLE'

Security council resolution during their call, the South Korean foreign ministry said in a statement... READ MORE›

JAPAN AT UN URGES NORTH KOREA TO REFRAIN FROM MISSILE PROVOCATIONS

Japan at UN urges North Korea to refrain from missile provocations - Asia Times... READ MORE›

ACCUSATIONS AND SMEAR TACTICS: HOW NORTH KOREA EXPLAINS DEFECTIONS

This was the abduction of Yi Sang-gu, a North Korean musician who had been studying in Moscow... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREAN DIPLOMAT IN LONDON DEFECTS

LONDON -- A North Korean diplomat stationed in the British capital has defected to South Korea with his family, South Korean authorities said Wednesday... READ MORE›

N KOREA THREATENS 'PHYSICAL RESPONSE' TO US-SOUTH KOREA ANTI-MISSILE SYSTEM

North Korea has threatened a physical response after the US and South Korea announced an agreement to deploy an advanced missile defence system... READ MORE›

COMMENTARY: TRUMP, CLINTON PLAY THE 'CHINA CARD' AGAINST NORTH KOREA

Since then, China has continued to see North Korea as a critical buffer between its own border and the American troops stationed in South Korea... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA REJECTS DONALD TRUMP'S 'USELESS' OFFER TO MEET KIM JONG-UN

North Korea conducted a fourth nuclear test in January and launched a long-range rocket in February, triggering tougher international sanctions... READ MORE›

HOW DOES A NORTH KOREAN UNWIND AFTER PROVING DEVOTION TO THE LEADER?

What North Koreans do after a hard day's work... READ MORE›

NORTH KOREA THREATENS SOUTH KOREA WITH ATTACK ON PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

It also came shortly after a North Korean propaganda outlet posted a video depicting a nuclear attack on Washington, D.C... READ MORE›

ARE NORTH KOREANS FIGHTING IN SYRIA? IT'S NOT AS FAR-FETCHED AS IT SOUNDS.

Are North Koreans fighting in Syria? It's not as far-fetched as it sounds... READ MORE›