WELLINGTON: A remote Australian town that will soon lose its only doctor is offering a salary of up to 680,000 Australian dollars (US$428,000), plus free rent and a car, to attract a new candidate.
SYDNEY: Sky-high tobacco prices in Australia have created a lucrative black market, analysts say, sparking a violent "tobacco war" and syphoning away billions in potential tax revenue.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian police officer who was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a 95-year-old care home resident with a Taser gun avoided jail time on Friday.
(Reuters) - Former Australia batter Stuart Law has been named coach of the Nepal men's team on a two-year contract, the Cricket Association of Nepal (CAN) said on Friday.
PERTH: Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) is actively engaging with three Australian airlines, namely Qantas, Jetstar and Virgin Australia, to establish direct flights to Malaysia.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian senator pulled out a large, dead fish in Parliament on Wednesday to protest the government's proposed laws that would safeguard controversial salmon farms in a heritage-listed inlet in the state of Tasmania.
SYDNEY: Australia's consumer inflation slowed in February, helped by a fall in electricity prices, while the continued easing in home building costs and rents supported the case for more rate cuts in the months ahead.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A plan by Australia's opposition to force government workers back to the office full time could affect millions, a trade union grouping said on Monday, with the issue featuring in a nationwide election due within months.
SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's government launched fresh tax cuts on Tuesday and announced other cost-of-living relief in a major push to win back disgruntled voters, tipping the budget back into the red.
A boat carrying 16 people has capsized in rough waters off the resort island of Bali, killing an Australian woman and injuring at least one other person, authorities said.
Prime minister Mark Carney says Canada will beef up its military presence in the Arctic through increased year-round operations and a new Australian-developed radar system to detect incoming missiles.
US tariffs on steel and aluminium are "self-defeating" and Australia merits better treatment, treasurer Jim Chalmers says, adding the overall economic impact of president Donald Trump's levies to date would be relatively small.
DENPASAR: A snorkelling boat carrying 13 people, including 11 Australian tourists, capsized in rough seas off Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Friday, (March 21) killing a woman and injuring two others, police said.
MELBOURNE: An Australian state closed two beaches after dead fish and an unusual off-white foam washed ashore while surfers reported feeling unwell, officials said on Tuesday (March 18).
SYDNEY: Australia's dominant supermarket chains have benefited from wider profit margins at a time of rapidly increasing shelf prices, the competition regulator said in a new report on Thursday (March 20), and called for measures to make the industry fairer.
MELBOURNE: An Australian woman has pleaded guilty to offensive conduct involving human remains after she planned to sell on the black market human toes that she had recovered from dog vomit.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Home racer Oscar Piastri put McLaren top of the timesheets in the final free practice before Australian Grand Prix qualifying on Saturday while Haas rookie Oliver Bearman spun out to trigger a second red flag in two days.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -McLaren's Lando Norris swept to victory in a wet and wild Australian Grand Prix on Sunday, holding off defending champion Max Verstappen in a white-knuckle finish to a Formula One season-opener littered with crashes and safety cars.
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton will launch his bid to win the drivers' championship at a third Formula One team when he makes his much-anticipated debut for Ferrari in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.
SYDNEY: A supposed plot to use explosives stashed in a caravan in a "terrorism event" targeting Jewish residents in Australia has been revealed to be a hoax, police said on Monday (March 10).