The Australian media watchdog investigates whether media have gone wrong by using live footage of the New Zealand massacre. The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)...
The Solomon Islands receive international help to prevent a natural disaster. At the remote island of Rennell, fuel leaks from a cargo ship. Australia believes that companies involved...
Julian Assange gets a new Australian passport. According to the media, the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed in the Senate on Thursday that the fugitive founder of WikiLeaks...
The largest Australian political parties have been hacked by another country. The Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced this on Monday.
A bizarre dating ad on Facebook has generated the anger of many women.
Hackers have penetrated the computer systems of the Parliament of Australia. According to the Australian authorities there are as yet no indications that the perpetrators have data...
An alarm system used by Australian governments has been hijacked by an unknown hacker. It sent a message to tens of thousands of people via the Early Warning Network (EWN).
Many bathers in Australia have been painfully in contact with the tentacles of Portuguese warships, a collection of poisonous polyps that are also called jellyfish by their appearance....
An IS supporter who helped with the preparations for a terrorist murder was sentenced to 38 years in prison in Australia. Milad Atai (22) refused to stand up in court and laughed when he heard the penalty, message broadcaster ABC.
The government of Australia wants extremists to be able to deprive the Australian nationality more quickly. That is only now possible if they have been sentenced to a prison sentence of at least six years. 'We're going to delete that requirement,' said premier Scott Morrison according to broadcaster ABC.
The passerby who attacked the attacker in Melbourne with a shopping cart, keeps a nice amount of money. Australians are collecting money online for the 46-year-old Michael Rogers. Monday morning the counter stood at 110,000 Australian dollars, which translates to around 70,000 euros. A nice boost for Rogers, who is reportedly homeless, according to broadcaster ABC.
A young family with car trouble has died in a remote area in the interior of Australia. The authorities have found four bodies a few kilometers from the vehicle.
A runaway freight train has driven about 92 kilometers without a driver in the Australian Pilbara region. My company BHP Billiton Ltd. The train, which consisted of four locomotives and 268 wagons, eventually deliberately derailed.
In Australia, alarms were made after the discovery of needles in trays of strawberries. A branch organization of growers says, 'have reason to believe \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27; that a resentful ex-employee is responsible for this, reports Australian media.
A Catholic brother (80) who used to abuse children in his thirties still has to go to prison in Australia. A court sentenced Gerard McNamara to a prison sentence of nine months, message broadcaster ABC.
The Australian authorities are looking for dozens of people on board a Vietnamese boat that has sunk in the mouth of the Daintree River in the Australian state of Queensland. The passengers fled after stranding their boat in a mangrove area where many crocodiles are.
The Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs has resigned. Julie Bishop announced on Sunday that she would resign. For the time being she will continue as a parliamentarian.
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull resigns after a power struggle within his own Liberal party. Australian media reports that Friday. Turnbull is succeeded by Scott Morrison, the current Minister of Finance.
In Australia it may be winter at present, there too people are struggling with drought. One of the consequences of this is that the most famous inhabitants of the country move into the cities en masse.
The most important university in Australia has been attacked for months by hackers. According to Australian media, the attack was carried out by Chinese state hackers, but Australia and the Australian National University say nothing about it.
The Australian authorities have arrested four passengers from a ship that was in trouble. The suspects were without fuel and had been floating around for thirty hours when they could draw the attention of an airplane, reports Australian media. They were found to have a load of cannabis on board.
An Australian nature reserve has built the longest anti-cat fence in the world to protect endangered species. The electric fence is 44 kilometers long and must ensure that foxes, wild cats and rabbits are kept out of the reserve. According to the BBC, the project ensures that populations of some animal species will double.
Thieves have stolen the tooth of a megalodon in Australia, a huge shark species that died about 1.6 million years ago. The fossil disappeared from a national park, reports Australian media.
The Australian government has been seriously embarrassed by a blunder with secret documents. These so-called 'Cabinet Files' were, according to broadcaster ABC, in filing cabinets in a shop where old government furniture was sold.
Australia has found a very old submarine. There were thirteen missions needed to HMAS AE1 on the seabed at the Duke of York Islands, east of Papua New Guinea, to find. The submarine founder there on September 14, 1914.
The Australian parliament has approved gay marriage after a long and fierce national debate. As a result, the people's representation follows the Australian population, who recently appeared to support homosexual marriages by a large majority in a national survey.
A British doctor has fired a shark attacking him while surfing. 'I saw the head of shark coming out of the water with his teeth, and I hit him,' said 25-year-old Charlie Fry against the Australian 9NEWS.
Australia has opened an online reporting point for victims of revenge porn. According to the Australian government, the portal is a global leader, even if organizations provide comparable services elsewhere in the world.
The Australian police have launched an investigation into the death of a 5 meter long crocodile. The huge animal died of a shot wound according to Australian media. The shooter is in danger of years of imprisonment and a severe fine.
The Australian government will pay a $ 70 million fee (about 47 million euros) to a group of asylum seekers. According to Australian media, they claim to be psychologically and physically damaged by their stay in a controversial shelter on the Isle of Manus.
