All news on the topic: Australia

Jon Bird is a wizard of Oz on a flying visit Down Under to stunning Sydney, where he witnessed the white sails of the otherworldly Opera House contrasting with the colossal dark span of the Harbour Bridge

The ship was stationery for four days after it run aground with three people self isolating with coronavirus

But yesterday a coroner finally ruled Lindy and Michael ­Chamberlain’s nine-week-old daughter Azaria was snatched by a dingo during a family camping trip to the Australian Outback

Hakan Ayik has been singled out by federal police as at high risk from his fellow criminals because he hailed an encrypted messaging app that allowed police to watch as every illicit deal was made

Gavin "Capable" Preston was reportedly involved in high-level extortion rackets and the killings of other gangland figures - He was gunned down at Sweet Lulu's cafe in Keilor East, Melbourne

Caitlin Alsop had felt a bit unwell but a doctor reassured her she had the flu, then days later she was put in a coma and nearly died because of an infected wisdom tooth

The 69-year-old Australian went into cardiac arrest and died in front of horrified onlookers including his own daughter - experts believe a brown snake may have been the culprit

Police say the siblings were trapped in the house, fighting for rations of toilet paper and their malnourished bodies were hidden by ill-fitting clothes that were also soiled

Sussex mum Tania MacNabb is warning other gap year travellers to be safe after her son and his friend went missing on a beach in Australia three months into their travels

Australian father Justin Sutton took his step-daughter Cassie to the doctors after he grew concerned that she lost her voice, but after being sent away she then died a couple of days later

Following a peaceful family dinner, Dale Vella focused a loaded gun on her sleeping partner’s eye – and pulled the trigger

Gerard Wohlmuth, 82, is thought to have been dead for at least three hours at the airport in Bangkok before officers arrived at the scene following reports from concerned tourists

Staff were blaming the missing seedlings on possums until they discovered Claude had been indulging in the plants, many of which were part of a koala food and habitat restoration initiative

Terri Irwin has taken to Instagram to pay tribute to the father of her children and late husband, Steve Irwin, on the 17th anniversary of the Australian zookeeper's tragic death

Six crocodiles have reportedly been shot in the past two months, with some of the carcasses found missing heads, according to Australian indigenous organisations

Gail Patterson died last month after eating a beef wellington cooked by their former daughter-in-law. New details came to light at a moving memorial service in Australia this week

Teagan Luketic prompted the AI while pretending to be her daughter, and within seconds the bot was replying with creepier responses - saying they should meet up the next day

A Reddit user sparked panic on social media by sharing a snap of the creature on the platform, before a museum expert stepped in in a bid to allay their concerns

The woman had been experiencing a range of symptoms such as depression and diarrhoea until the 8cm parasitic worm was discovered a year later by horrified doctors

Influencer Lays Laraya says she was fined A$1,878, which is around £950, after carrying a rose gifted to her by the airline through airport security in Perth, Australia

Three members of the same family died and another remains critically ill in hospital after the four consumed the meal at the home of two of the deceased's ex daughter-in-law

Parents Luke and Lucy were left devastated as their 14-month old daughter Rosie died suddenly after being blighted by bugs throughout the Australian winter

The woman, 64, started experiencing abdominal pain in late January 2021, but a year later she was suffering from forgetfulness and depression - prompting a referral to Canberra Hospital - where the 8cm-long parasitic roundworm was discovered

Erin Patterson, 48, was accused of deliberately killing her in-laws, Gail and Don Patterson, Gail's sister Heather Wilkinson and her husband Ian, after serving them a deadly mushroom at the end of July

The terrifying attack saw the beast, which is believed to be up to 13 feet long, tear into the surfer leaving his foot "ripped off" according to a horrified eyewitness