Image copyright Australian of the Year On Australia Day, in late January, the nation will celebrate the achievements of the selfless, the brave and the inspired. The nominees for the coveted Australian of the Year award include a scientist treating spinal cord injuries, a retired rugby league player and a …

Australia may have beaten New Zealand to claim a one-day cricket series victory on Tuesday night, but many spectators were more interested in the sunset at the ground. Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The sunset cast brilliant shades of red and orange over Canberra’s Manuka Oval. Image copyright Getty …

Image caption Bill Leak’s controversial cartoon was published in The Australian earlier this year Two high-profile cases involving allegations of racism have reignited a row about free speech in Australia, and mobilised the nation’s ideological forces, writes Kathy Marks. The cartoon depicts a beer-swilling Aboriginal man being handed back his …

An Australian man has been telling how – dressed only in his underwear – he chased a driver who crashed into a neighbouring shop. Daniel McConnell from Brisbane told how he leapt from his bed after the smash in the early hours of Thursday morning. His interviews with Australian media …

A driver, thought to be a teenager with a passenger, led police on a high-speed car chase near Melbourne, Australia – even stopping to refuel on the way.

Higher water temperatures in 2016 caused the worst destruction of coral ever recorded on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a study has found.

Australia’s harsh asylum laws are supported by both main parties and are credited with reducing the number of refugees attempting to reach the country by boat. But they are deeply controversial, as BBC World’s Katie Silver reports.

Image copyright A Current Affair/9News.com.au Image caption The property in Marion Street, Bankstown, which was demolished in error An Australian businessman returned to his home in Sydney to find his property had been demolished because builders targeted the wrong address. Steve Ballas said he received a call at work from …

An Australian doctor who gave his wife a fatal injection of insulin has been found guilty of murder. Brian Crickitt, 63, killed Christine Crickitt, 61, with the fast-acting hormone at their home in Sydney. He did an internet search for “intentional insulin overdose” two days before the murder, the New …

Image copyright Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore Image caption Protesters were dragged away by security guards at Australia’s AACTA awards Actress and director Sophie Mathisen never imagined that for her very first ACCTAs ceremony she would be dressed as a giant sausage. Stars including Isla Fisher and Mel Gibson arrived in Sydney for …