The 'smart and cheeky' Aboriginal boy teaching Australia a lesson
A film about an Aboriginal boy's experience of school shines a light on Australia's failure to give all children a fair start.Source: BBC News - Australia | 8 May 2021 | 11:56 am
India's Covid pandemic: Girl, 5, separated from family by Australia restrictions
Drisya and Dilin have not seen their daughter for 17 months due to Australia's Covid border closures.Source: BBC News - Australia | 8 May 2021 | 1:51 am
Australia to resume India repatriation flights after backlash
The government will bring some "vulnerable" Australians home after its travel ban ends next week.Source: BBC News - Australia | 7 May 2021 | 6:01 pm
Juukan Gorge: Rio Tinto investors in pay revolt over sacred cave blast
Shareholders voted against outgoing boss's $10m bonus after sacred Aboriginal shelters were destroyed.Source: BBC News - Australia | 7 May 2021 | 2:35 pm
Jarryd Hayne: Ex-Rugby League player jailed for 2018 sex assault
Former Rugby League player Jarryd Hayne is jailed for more than five years for the 2018 attack.Source: BBC News - Australia | 7 May 2021 | 1:55 pm
Covid-19: Australians trapped in India 'betrayed' by ban on returning home
Australians in India feel betrayed by their government despite a plan to evacuate some stranded citizens.Source: BBC News - Australia | 7 May 2021 | 2:22 am
Australian cricketers to be moved out of India
Australian players, coaches and commentators leave the Indian Premier League for the Maldives after the tournament was suspended.Source: BBC News - Australia | 6 May 2021 | 9:20 pm
China 'indefinitely' suspends key economic dialogue with Australia
The announcement is the latest in a growing diplomatic rift between both countries.Source: BBC News - Australia | 6 May 2021 | 6:15 pm
Drone trucker: Sharing wild Australian landscapes for a cause
Truck driver Ben Stamatovich uses a drone to capture rugged landscapes on his journeys across Australia.Source: BBC News - Australia | 6 May 2021 | 11:02 am
Stuart MacGill: Ex-Australian cricketer kidnapped and released in Sydney
Former Test bowler Stuart MacGill was abducted and released in an alleged gang kidnapping last month.Source: BBC News - Australia | 5 May 2021 | 5:02 pm
Australian bride gets muddy for arrival of calf at wedding
Wearing her wedding dress, dairy farmer Jessa Laws waded into knee-deep mud to aid a pregnant cow.Source: BBC News - Australia | 5 May 2021 | 11:06 am
IPL suspended after rise in Covid-19 cases among players
The Indian Premier League is suspended after an increase in coronavirus cases among players.Source: BBC News - Australia | 5 May 2021 | 12:30 am
Shark attack survivor wins right to keep tooth left in surfboard
Surfer Chris Bowes lost his leg but authorities return a tooth the shark left wedged in his board.Source: BBC News - Australia | 4 May 2021 | 11:29 pm
Five Eyes: Is the alliance in trouble over China?
The Five Eyes intelligence alliance has expanded into politics but faces a split in dealing with Beijing.Source: BBC News - Australia | 4 May 2021 | 12:27 pm
How rising sea levels are threatening my home
Hereiti, 17, lives on Rarotonga, the largest of the Cook Islands in the South Pacific Ocean.Source: BBC News - Australia | 4 May 2021 | 3:25 am
Australian gymnastics inquiry uncovers 'culture of abuse'
Bullying and body-shaming are prevalent at elite levels, an independent investigation reports.Source: BBC News - Australia | 3 May 2021 | 8:42 pm
Australia's India ban criticised as 'racist' rights breach
The threat to jail Australian citizens returning home from India has been widely condemned.Source: BBC News - Australia | 3 May 2021 | 4:17 pm
Australians stuck overseas 'abandoned' by their own country
Australians in India are the latest group to feel abandoned by their government amid virus fears.Source: BBC News - Australia | 1 May 2021 | 12:04 pm
Twisted Sister awarded $1.2m from Clive Palmer over copyright claim
Australian billionaire Clive Palmer used a version of We're Not Gonna Take It when he ran for parliament.Source: BBC News - Australia | 30 Apr 2021 | 7:44 pm
Aboriginal outcry halts alcohol megastore
Woolworths supermarket scraps plans to open an alcohol store near dry Aboriginal communities.Source: BBC News - Australia | 30 Apr 2021 | 6:42 am
Scott Morrison's 'bullets' for protesters comment stuns Australian UN representative
An Australian member of a UN committee about discrimination against women describes the Prime Minister's reference to a threat of violence against female protesters as "saddening".
Source: ABC News | 16 Mar 2021 | 1:30 pm
News Corp and Sky News strike pay deal with Facebook
News Corp says it has reached a multi-year agreement with Facebook that covers its major Australian mastheads, including The Australian, Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun, as well as regional publications.
Source: ABC News | 16 Mar 2021 | 12:49 pm
'If you're offered it, take it': Government backs AstraZeneca despite blood clot concerns
Australian health advisors and the government remain committed to the rollout of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, despite safety concerns overseas and on the backbench.
Source: ABC News | 16 Mar 2021 | 11:46 am
Lisa Curry’s moving post about daughter
Lisa Curry’s first Mother’s Day without daughter Jaimi has prompted a heartbreaking post on social media from the grieving Olympian.Source: National Breaking News | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site |
Major search for boy missing for 10 days
Police have appealed to the public for help in locating a 12-year-old boy missing in north Queensland for more than 10 days.Source: National Breaking News | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site |
Police motorcycle rammed in Qld
Queensland police are searching for a driver who rammed one of its officers on a motorbike in Brisbane’s south.Source: National Breaking News | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site |
Go-kart driver in horror kangaroo crash
A teenage boy has been flown to hospital after his go-kart hit a kangaroo at a racetrack near the Blue Mountains.Source: National Breaking News | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site |
From $240pw to million dollar business
Nutrition experts Jade Spooner and Amal Wakim have iced their journey from living on a couple hundred dollars a week to owning a multimillion-dollar business with a dream debut on Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Asia Pacific list.Source: National Breaking News | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site |
Couple slashed with weapon in Sydney
A Sydney couple has been treated for slash wounds and a woman has been charged over the incident in the city’s southwest.Source: National Breaking News | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site |
Seven arrested after violent party: cops
Seven people have been arrested – including a 12-year-old – as police investigate a stabbing and a brawl that occurred at a party in Sydney overnight.Source: National Breaking News | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site |
Popular activity at Bondi may be banned
Beach volleyball could be banned from Bondi and Tamarama beaches if fed up locals have their way.Source: National Breaking News | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site |
State to offer $100 restaurant vouchers
The Victorian Government will set aside close to $260 million in an attempt to revive Melbourne’s central business district.Source: National Breaking News | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site |
Women’s health to get budget boost
Women’s services are tipped to be a winner in the federal budget with $354 million packages being spread across the issues of cervical and breast cancer, endometriosis and reproductive health.Source: National Breaking News | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site |