All news on the topic: Australia

The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter went down near Lindeman Island, a Great Barrier Reef tourist resort, at about 11pm on Friday, exercise director Australian Army Brigadier Damian Hill said

Joan Hobbs, 89, was on July 17 beaten 'black and blue' with a walking frame by a male resident at the IRT Thomas Holt Aged Care Centre in the southern Sydney suburb of Kirrawee

Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan described the plane crash in Brisbane, which may have been witnessed by bystanders, as "so sad on so many levels"

Richard Stubbs, 77, from Dunsborough, south of Perth, was snorkelling with a group of people nearthe Yallingup Lagoon, in southwestern Australia on Saturday when he was attacked by a suspected wobbegong shark

Nikki Jurcutz worked as a paramedic for eight years in Australia and has taken to Instagram to explain the huge, but largely unknown, choking risk of feeding kids mandarins

Nine-year old Layla Lupica died at the scene after being thrown from the off-road vehicle, which was being driven by her dad. Police are now investigating the incident

Ryan Ashley Darken has been accused of luring a girl into a silver ute as she walked to school on Friday morning. She was found in distress at a shopping centre one hour later

On the last day of their holiday in Australia, Dad Keiron went out to sea to catch a fish to cook for dinner when suddenly he spotted a shark in the water

Health officials in Australia have confirmed the death of a 36-year-old man after he dropped ill from meningococcal - two teenage girls have also been diagnosed with the disease

The alarm was raised in Warnbro, south of Perth, Australia, when a nine-year-old girl was seen getting into a stranger's van as she made her way to school this week

The woman in her 30s was set upon by four native dogs during her morning jog at around 9am on Monday at Orchid Beach in Queensland and suffered "multiple bite wounds"

Australian Bella, 10, developed a blister after a day at the beach and the minor injury seemed harmless - however, Bella’s mother Emma soon realised something wasn’t right

The sea creature's carcass was discovered last weekend in Queensland, Australia, and is thought to be a case of shark-finning, which is the act of removing a shark's fins for sale

A customer made his order at Puzzle Coffee in Melbourne, Australia, but was shocked to learn that his items cost more than had been displayed on the menu due to a 1.2 per cent surcharge for the only available method of payment

Mother April Stanley said she was woken by the cries of her baby Satuala at around midnight in the home in the Gold Coast suburb of Worongary in Australia

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES: Steve Kezic was on a surfing expedition ain Indonesia when the sharp beak of the garfish wedged in his nose and nearly speared out his eyes

Jamie Kah is a nine-time Group 1 winner in Australia and is continuing her recovery after a horrific fall in March left her fighting for her life in an induced coma

Tourists are being warned to be wary of dingoes when visiting K'gari Island — formerly known as Fraser Island — as authorities warn the dog-like creatures are becoming less fearful of humans

Speyside Distillers says that investors' casks can't be found because 'our records are complex and incomplete'

Kylee Enwright's dream holiday to Thailand "turned quite terrible, very quickly" as she fell after drinking a local cocktail and has been put into an induced coma having suffered head injuries

In 2025 Qantas will start running routes from Sydney to New York and London direct, with the journey likely to take between 19 and 20 hours, making it the longest non-stop commercial flight

Glenn Tunnicliff, 57, and wife Sheena, 50, moved to Perth, Australia, in 2015, but now face deportation years after arriving over visa rules - but their daughter is allowed to stay

Lynan Scott and her husband Andrew Scott both died in the wedding bus crash in Australia, leaving behind two children under the age of five

Zachary Bray, 29, was on the bus with 34 others when it rolled on its side and hit a guard rail in heavy fog in New South Wales, Australia late on Sunday

Groomsman Brandon Stafford suffered a broken jaw in the Australia wedding bus crash that killed 10, but selflessly tried to help others before he was taken to hospital