Sydney Airport, the main gateway into Australia, is close to capacity with increasingly long delays forecast and a knock-on effect across the country, a new study showed Tuesday.

The report, conducte

An under-11s football game ended with three men being arrested after a furious row on the sidelines involving a pair of scissors and a folding chair, according to police.

A fight erupted at the match

A 92-year-old has become the oldest woman committed to stand trial for murder in Australia, accused of bludgeoning and stabbing her wealthy 98-year-old husband to death, according to a report.

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Michael Clarke was appointed Australia's Test and one-day captain on Wednesday, a day after Ricky Ponting bowed to pressure and quit after the country's World Cup exit.

Long seen as heir-apparent, th

Julia Gillard, then the deputy prime minister of Australia, visited India in 2009 after a series of attacks on Indian students in the country, but the visit was a 'wasted opportunity' that did nothing

Ricky Ponting is widely expected to quit as Australian captain on Tuesday with Cricket Australia scheduling a press conference for a ‘major announcement involving a senior Australian cricketer’.

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Ricky Ponting quit as Australia's Test and one-day captain on Tuesday, bowing to pressure after their World Cup exit, but said he hoped to extend his career as his country's most prolific batsman.

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Ricky Ponting, who quit on Tuesday as Australian captain, is the country's all-time leading Test run-getter yet his magnificent career is overshadowed by three Ashes series losses as captain.

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Wednesday defended the police reaction to riots at the remote Christmas Island detention centre after "bean-bag bullets" and tear gas was used.

Scientists hunting for fossils of giant rats in East Timor stumbled on unique rock carvings up to 12,000 years old, Australia’s research agency said.
The experts were digging in Timor’s Lene Hara cave, a treasure trove of fossils and rock art, when they chanced upon a group of stylised human faces etched in the