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Callum Schiller and his girlfriend Crystal went missing after being dropped at school in south Australia on Monday morning. Their families are desperate to find them

The initial statement released by police failed to mention tasering and only revealed there had been an "interaction" between the great-grandmother Clare Nowland and officers in Australia

Lucky Bay in Australia, Anse Source D'Argent in the Seychelles and Hidden Beach in the Philippines are the best beaches in the world, according to a new ranking from Banana Boat

The police chief declined to say whether he thought a police officer with 12 years experience had used excessive force by firing a stun gun twice at a 5ft 2ins and 6.7st "much loved" elderly woman

The UK and Australian governments have are set to allow young Brits on the ‘Working Holiday Maker’ visa to stay Down Under for three years and avoid certain kind of work if they want

Clare Nowland, a 95-year-old mother-of-eight, was found by staff holding a knife at her care home Yallambee Lodge, in southern New South Wales, in Australia

Holly Richards is a women's size 28-30 so had bought two seats for her flight to Melbourne's Avalon Airport on Saturday to ensure she and other passengers would be comfortable

A bus carrying 45 kids collided with a truck and rolled onto its side on Tuesday, leaving nine children aged five to 11 with traumatic or serious injuries in Eynesbury, west of Melbourne, Australia

Many Brits are on their journey of "self-discovery" including travelling the world, reading more and daily empowerment - but which is the best place to go and find yourself?

Alisha Fagan pleaded guilty to speeding through an intersection and failing to give way in June 2022, when she crashed into a car near Sunshine in Melbourne, Australia

A man who was reported missing is believed to have died in a shark attack in South Australia after his surfboard was recovered with "one bite in the middle" at Walkers Rock Beach

Ahead of the glittering Eurovision final in Liverpool, we look at the countries who aren't singing their hearts out to win this year - as well as the reason behind Australia and Israel taking part

Overcoming their anxiety, thousands of post-war Brits took the chance to move to Australia for a tenner, and a new BBC drama starring Michele Keegan tells the story of those who migrated Down Under

Rikki Leigh Mitchell vanished in the Australian bush wearing just a T-shirt, shorts and flip-flops and had no phone, but managed to survive by drinking puddle water

A toddler in Australia's Northern Territory has become the third person this year in the country to die from the mosquito-borne virus Murray Valley encephalitis with health authorities issuing a warning

Single dad Martin Bongiorno, who lives in a rental property in Bateman's Bay in New South Wales, says he became strict with his personal finances after becoming dependent on compensation payments following a workplace accident.

Aspiring hip hop star Spencer Shumski, 20, from Sale in Australia's Victoria state, is accused of knifing Clint Allen to death in front of his wife and three pals in the early hours of Sunday morning, with the outdoorsy family man dying at the scene

Margaret Dale Hawke pleaded guilty to three counts of murder in the family's Port Hedland home and has been given a minimum non-parole period of 25 years by the Supreme Court in Perth, Australia

A family in Sydney was left horrified after finding a naked baby - still covered in amniotic fluid and with its umbilical cord unsnipped - on a patio chair

Director of the South Eastern Sydney Public Health Unit Dr Vicky Sheppeard told gay, bisexual and other men to be cautious if they present with symptoms and to get vaccinated if they haven’t already

Kevin Darmody, 65, was fishing for barramundi on the Kennedy River in the far north of Queensland, Australia, when he suddenly vanished from the riverbank on Saturday

Jess and Jackie Morecroft bought a dream home at auction and after living in it for five years, a court ruled it still belonged to their previous owner on Australia's Gold Coast

Archie Blake had his leg torn into by a shark while snorkelling with his family on a "trip of a lifetime" in Australia that they had been waiting to take for four years

Three passengers - two men and a woman - were escorted from a Jetstar plane at Brisbane airport after causing chaos on board. The airline said their disruptive behaviour was 'completely unacceptable'

A boy who was swimming off Kurrajong Campground in Western Australia was attacked by a shark and then transported to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries