Lando Norris and McLaren delivered on their potential with a copybook victory in a demanding Australian Grand Prix in the most difficult of conditions to put their stamp on the…
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Australia: Jury discharged in high-profile beach murder
A jury in the trial of a former nurse accused of murdering a woman on a remote Australian beach has been discharged, after they could not reach a verdict. Toyah…
Australia: Norris beats Verstappen in dramatic opener
Lando Norris mastered treacherous, changing conditions in a dramatic, incident-packed race to beat Max Verstappen and win the Australian Grand Prix. Norris and his McLaren team made the right calls…
Australia: US influencer who snatched baby wombat has left Australia
Sam Jones, a US influencer who briefly snatched a baby wombat from its distressed mother, and uploaded the footage to social media has left Australia. Australia’s Home Affairs minister Tony Burke…
Australia: Explosive-laden caravan plot was a hoax- police
A caravan found packed with explosives in outer Sydney earlier this year was part of a “fabricated terrorism plot” concocted by criminals, Australian police have said. The caravan, which was…
Australia: Storm Alfred ‘like jet airliners over roof’
A singer in Australia when a cyclone hit said it sounded like “three of four jet airliners roaring over the roof”. David Harrop from Warwickshire, who was in Brisbane, Queensland,…
Australia: Mass blackouts in storm-hit east coast.
Hundreds of thousands of people remain without power in Australia after a cyclone brought wild weather to the east coast. Communities in southeast Queensland and northern New South Wales (NSW)…
Australia:Teen armed with gun overpowered by passengers onboard plane
Police in Australia have charged a 17-year-old who got on a plane with a shotgun and ammunition. He was filmed being wrestled to the ground by passengers and crew as…
Australia: Troops injured in storm
on Saturday, 36 military personnel were injured in a convoy crash in Lismore, about 200km south of Brisbane. One truck overturned while driving on a narrow road. A second truck…
Australia: Body found in floodwaters
Australian authorities say a body has been found in floodwaters and 36 military workers injured in a vehicle crash as wild weather from a tropical storm lashes the country’s eastern…