About 10 million Australians have been ordered into lockdown as Covid-19 spreads across the country, after Brisbane today became the...

Virtually all current cases of Covid-19 in Victoria, Australia, can be linked to returned travellers quarantined in the state, an...

An American requiring emergency medical treatment has been flown from Antarctica to New Zealand in a mercy dash in "challenging"...

Australia's summers have grown to be doubly long as its winters amid increasing temperatures driven by climate change, according to...

Three in four Australians - almost 18 million persons - were influenced by the country’s deadly bushfire crisis, relating to...

Australia's "black summer" of devastating bushfires is finally arriving at a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fuelled...

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison will on Tuesday front parliament for the first time in three months as he seeks...

Scientists in Australia have become the first to recreate the new coronavirus outside of China in what they have called...

Thunderstorms and showers brought some relief for firefighters battling deadly wildfires across Australia's drought-parched east coast on Wednesday, but also...

Milder temperatures Sunday brought hope of a respite from wildfires that have ravaged three Australian states, claiming 24 lives and...

Wildfires burning across Australia's two most populous states Tuesday trapped residents of a seaside town in apocalyptic conditions and killed...

Police in fire-ravaged Australia charged a volunteer firefighter with arson, alleging he lit seven blazes before returning to help colleagues...

Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Julia Niblett has commended the importance of forums like Dhaka Lit Fest that give space...

Ivan Milat, a notorious Australian serial killer who kidnapped and murdered hitchhikers, has died aged 74.Milat had been serving a...

The secret and "industrial scale" killing of retired Australian racehorses will be examined in a government inquiry, officials said Tuesday,...

An Australian teenager has been charged over the deaths of 20 kangaroos, which he allegedly mowed down with his truck...