Opener Shaun Marsh scored 69 not out as Australia defeated Bangladesh by eight wickets to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in their limited-overs cricket series.
Australia's highest court has reinstated the first convictions under the nation's sex slavery laws in a test case with ramifications for future prosecutions.
New Zealand took a stranglehold on the Tri-Nations championship with a superb 19-0 win over world champions South Africa at Newlands on Saturday.
Michael Phelps jumped off the starting blocks and started his race to history Sunday, winning the 400-meter individual medley for the first of his possible eight gold medals.
Former Midnight Oil lead singer Peter Garrett, now Australia's environment minister, races to the rescue of the Southern Cassowary, a creature that does a fair job of protecting itself
The U.S. Olympic basketball team completed preparations for the Beijing Games with a far from convincing 87-76 victory over Australia in Shanghai on Tuesday night.
New Zealand bounced back from last weekend's demoralizing defeat by Australia to crush the Wallabies 39-10 in Auckland on Saturday night.
Starbucks is closing more than two-thirds of its stores in Australia, days after announcing that hundreds of its American coffee outlets are also being shuttered.
Australia made a storming start to their Tri-Nations campaign with a 16-9 win over world champions South Africa in Perth on Saturday.
Pope Benedict XVI used some of the strongest language yet in his apology for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy
Opener Shaun Marsh scored 69 not out as Australia defeated Bangladesh by eight wickets to take an unbeatable 2-0 lead in their limited-overs cricket series.
Australia's highest court has reinstated the first convictions under the nation's sex slavery laws in a test case with ramifications for future prosecutions.
New Zealand took a stranglehold on the Tri-Nations championship with a superb 19-0 win over world champions South Africa at Newlands on Saturday.
Michael Phelps jumped off the starting blocks and started his race to history Sunday, winning the 400-meter individual medley for the first of his possible eight gold medals.
Former Midnight Oil lead singer Peter Garrett, now Australia's environment minister, races to the rescue of the Southern Cassowary, a creature that does a fair job of protecting itself
The U.S. Olympic basketball team completed preparations for the Beijing Games with a far from convincing 87-76 victory over Australia in Shanghai on Tuesday night.
New Zealand bounced back from last weekend's demoralizing defeat by Australia to crush the Wallabies 39-10 in Auckland on Saturday night.
Starbucks is closing more than two-thirds of its stores in Australia, days after announcing that hundreds of its American coffee outlets are also being shuttered.
Australia made a storming start to their Tri-Nations campaign with a 16-9 win over world champions South Africa in Perth on Saturday.
Pope Benedict XVI used some of the strongest language yet in his apology for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy
Forget Abba, Australia hails the octogenarian pontiff like a 21st century rock star, even though he has a very old-school sermon for everyone
It may lack the prestige of Cannes, but this year's Sydney Film Festival was an equally glitzy and glamorous affair, attracting some Hollywood heavyweights.
Australia's cricketers will pay tribute to Jane McGrath at their one-day international against West Indies in St Vincent on Tuesday.
Australian authorities have started the controversial killing of about 400 kangaroos on the outskirts of Australia's capital of Canberra, animal rights activists said Monday
New research on tough firearms restrictions passed in Australia in 1996 suggests they have had little impact on gun violence
If Australia could compete in an Olympic Games at the end of every month, it would be a happier nation.
Finn Mikko Hirvonen returned to first place in the world standings by winning the Rally of Jordan, the fifth of the 15-race world rally championship series.
Tools dating back at least 35,000 years have been unearthed in a rock shelter in Australia's remote northwest, making it one of the oldest archaeological finds in that part of the country, archaeologists said Monday
Asian tour golf chiefs are furious over plans by the PGA of Australia to expand its activities in their region and are to appeal to the international federation to stop the proposed rival tour.
Australia have pulled out of their cricket tour of Pakistan because of concerns over security.
Telstra is Australia's leading telecommunications and information services company, with customers throughout the country.
Adam Gilchrist treated the crowd to a typical quickfire 83 in his final appearance at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) but Australia crumbled to a 13-run defeat to Sri Lanka in their one-day international.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting made a spectacular return to form with 124 to lead Australia to an 18-run victory over India in the one-day series in Sydney.
Sri Lanka's hopes of qualifying for the final of the one-day international triangular series further receded after Australia beat them by 24 runs in a rain-shortened match in Melbourne.
India collapsed to a 50-run defeat to Australia in the latest one-day international in Adelaide on Sunday after appearing set for their second successive win over the home side.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd introduced a motion in the Australian national parliament Tuesday, apologizing for past mistreatment of the country's Aboriginal population. Here is the full text of that apology:
East Timor's president Jose Ramos-Horta arrived in Australia on Monday on full life support after being shot twice in an assassination attempt in his country, a medical official said.
The government finally apologizes to Aborigines forcibly taken from their families over the course of six decades. But don't ask for compensation
Centuries by Ricky Ponting and Michael Clarke all but secured the Australia-India test series for the home side on the fourth day of the fourth and final test on Sunday.
Australia's bid for a record 17th consecutive Test victory suffered an early setback when Michael Clarke failed to hold a slip catch offered by Rahul Dravid when India were 85 for two.
India resumed their controversial tour of Australia on Wedneday as International Cricket Council chief executive Malcolm Speed insisted that cricket's governing body would not be held to ransom over the Harbhajan Singh affair.
Sri Lanka have the top batsman and bowler in the world after the latest world cricket rankings were released on Thursday.
Australia appointed former South Korea boss Pim Verbeek as national coach for the Socceroos on Thursday.
Twenty-seven miners were rescued Monday less than five hours after a landslide trapped them deep below ground in a gold mine west of Melbourne, Australia, police said.
Brett Lee claimed four second-innings wickets and eight for the match as Australia overwhelmed Sri Lanka by an innings and 40 runs in the first Test at Brisbane.
Sri Lanka are staring at an innings defeat in the first Test in Brisbane as they trail Australia by 260 runs with two days to go having been made to follow on.
Australia erased the embarrassment of their humiliating loss to Zimbabwe by crushing old rivals England by eight wickets in the World Twenty20 championships in Cape Town.
Australia start the task of picking up the pieces after a disastrous Asian Cup tournament, when they meet Argentina in a friendly in Melbourne on Tuesday.
A virus found in healthy Australian honey bees may be playing a role in the collapse of honey bee colonies across the United States, researchers reported Thursday.
Thoroughbred racing was banned indefinitely on Monday in Australia's most populous state of New South Wales, as an outbreak of equine flu spread to 60 horses and another 450 horses were suspected of being infected.
People who want to become Australians will have to commit to broad values of "mateship" and may need to brush up on horse racing and political history under new citizenship tests outlined by the government on Sunday.
It's not just a mood ring for your mocha. This coffee lid from Australia, which changes color with the temperature of your beverage, is also a hot seller.
An Indian doctor flew home from Australia early Sunday after prosecutors dropped a charge linking him to recent failed terrorist bombings in Britain.
A former suspect charged in connection with the foiled terrorist bomb attacks in Britain was free to leave Australia Saturday, a day after prosecutors dropped charges against the Indian-born doctor, according to Australia's Immigration Minister.
A doctor taken into custody Monday while trying to fly out of Australia was the eighth person detained as British investigators focused on several foreign-born doctors believed to have played a role in the attempted terror attacks in London and Glasgow over the weekend, Australian officials and sources said.
A 27-year-old Indian national, detained in Australia, has been charged in connection with terrorism incidents in Britain last month, Australian authorities told CNN.
England won the toss and elected to bat in their critical World Cup Super Eights match against Australia at the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium on Sunday.
Two large back-to-back earthquakes centered in the region of the Solomon Islands triggered a tsunami warning Sunday for a huge part of the Pacific including Australia and Indonesia.
Shaun Tait's four for 33 and a typically aggressive 72 from Adam Gilchrist were the key contributions as world champions Australia restored normal service by beating England by five wickets in a World Cup warm-up in St Vincent.
The field for next week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Tucson, Arizona has been announced, with Tiger Woods paired alongside fellow- American Brett Quigley in the opening round.
Jon Dahl Tomasson struck twice as Denmark comfortably beat Australia 3-1 at Queens Park Rangers' Loftus Road in an international friendly on Tuesday.
Australia will host South American heavyweights Argentina and Uruguay in friendly matches in June, to finish off their preparations for this year's Asian Cup.
The world's greatest cricket contest -- the Ashes -- gets under way on Thursday as Australia host England in one of the world's oldest sporting series. If you're one of those who wouldn't know a beamer until it hit you in the box, then The Briefing Room is here to help.
Ireland scored a record-breaking 21-6 victory over Australia at a wet and windy Lansdowne Road on Sunday, their biggest winning margin in a home test against the Wallabies.
Australia have put their faith in pace, by picking five fast bowlers in a 13-man squad for next week's first Ashes test against England in Brisbane.
Injured India batsman Yuvraj Singh has been ruled out of the three-Test series in South Africa next month and the home one-day series against West Indies and Sri Lanka early next year.
World champions Australia defeated a fighting New Zealand by 34 runs on Wednesday to reach their maiden Champions Trophy final, in India.
Australia's cricketers are opposed to a Pakistan proposal to abolish the laws on ball tampering.
Australia's home Bledisloe Cup test against New Zealand in 2007 will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Australian Rugby Union (ARU) said on Wednesday.
Australia are prepared for a much tighter encounter with South Africa when the teams lock horns in the fifth round of the Tri-Nations at the Olympic stadium on Saturday.
Australia's central bank has raised its key interest rate to 6.0 percent, citing inflation pressures and strong economic activity.
Two tries in the first half by hooker Keven Mealamu paved the way for New Zealand's convincing 32-12 win over Australia in the opening match of the Tri-Nations rugby series in Christchurch on Saturday.
Someone call Lou Dobbs: America's highways are are up for sale. States are auctioning off the rights to manage their roads - often to overseas firms. What's driving the trend?
Australia reached the World Cup second round for the first time after holding Croatia to a thrilling 2-2 draw in their final Group F game.
With thrilling games, exciting football and spectacular goals amid colorful scenes at the stadiums and in the host cities it's already been a World Cup to remember.
"Heaven or hell: will technology destroy humanity or turn us into superhumans?"
Guus Hiddink believes five-times champions Brazil will have a battle on their hands against World Cup tyros Australia in their group match in Munich next month.
Australia is planning to send a record team of almost 500 athletes to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Australian Olympic Committee have announced.
Liverpool's Harry Kewell has been ruled out of Australia's World Cup warm-up against Greece in Melbourne because of a groin strain picked up in Saturday's FA Cup final.
Group F | World ranking: 42
Australia's World Cup hopes were hit by a four-pronged injury scare following the weekend's FA Cup and Premier League matches in England.
Adam Gilchrist steered Australia to a four-wicket victory over Bangladesh in the first one-day international in Chittagong on Sunday.
Australia crushed Bangladesh by an innings and 80 runs in the second test at Chittagong, to complete a 2-0 series whitewash on Thursday.
Philip Jaques scored his maiden 50 to push Australia to 151 for two before rain ruled out play for the rest of day two of the second Test against Bangladesh.
Australia were 76 for one at the close after they had bundled out Bangladesh for 197 on the opening day of the second and final Test in Chittagong on Sunday.
Damien Martyn completed a century as Australia edged to a tense two-wicket victory over South Africa in the third test in Johannesburg.
Australia's government is hoping to avoid escalating a diplomatic spat between Canberra and Jakarta over the granting of temporary visas to asylum seekers from the Indonesian province of Papua.
The worst storm to hit Australia in decades has wreaked havoc to its northeastern coast, mowing down sugar and banana crops and leaving thousands of people homeless.
Ancient Egyptians treated injuries with honey, and World War II doctors dressed wounds with it. Now honey is back on the medical scene, thanks to a startup called MediHoney.
Skipper Graeme Smith hit a superb century to steer South Africa to a convincing six-wicket win over Australia in their first one-day international.
Australia's lawmakers have voted Thursday to remove regulatory control of a controversial abortion drug away from the health minister.
Australia's federal lawmakers have a rare chance to vote outside party lines this week and go with their conscience on what has become a fevered debate on abortion.
Energy company AGL will spend Aust. $236 million ($177 million) to build Australia's largest wind farm.
Soaring mercury, strong gusty winds and no rain in sight -- it's bushfire season in Australia, and if the early signs are any indication, it's going to be another long, hot struggle.
A meeting in Sydney of six Asia-Pacific nations to address climate change issues has concluded with member countries seeking to balance continued economic growth with the need to cut greenhouse emissions.
Australia seized immediate command of the second Test with West Indies, skittling the tourists for a dismal 149, then wiping out almost half the deficit.
Australia reached the World Cup finals after a dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over Uruguay in Sydney on Wednesday night.
Australia coach Guus Hiddink has played down the hostility which has continued to fester between his team and Uruguay, since their last meeting in a World Cup qualifier four years ago.
Australian fast bowler Brett Lee ripped the top off the World XI's batting lineup to lead his side to a 156-run victory in the third and final one-day international.
Adam Gilchrist scored Australia's fastest ever limited overs century to help his country wrap up their one-day series against the World XI with a 55-run win.
Australia's hold on the Ashes slipped yet further after a frustrating Sunday's play at The Oval for cricket's former all-conquering team.
Australia, reeling from injuries and poor form, have gambled on radical changes which include playing Mat Rogers at fly-half for the first time in Saturday's final Tri-nations test match against New Zealand in Auckland.
Opener Andrew Strauss scored his maiden Ashes hundred before England declared Sunday at 280 for six, setting Australia a massive target of 423 runs to win the third Test at Old Trafford.
Simon Jones and Ashley Giles took three wickets apiece as ruthless England threatened to force Australia to follow on in the third test at Old Trafford.
Australia will decide next week whether it will again send troops to Afghanistan, Prime Minister John Howard has said.
It has taken just a few seconds for the sea to remake one of Australia's most distinctive coastal attractions, the Twelve Apostles.
Indonesia's ambassador to Australia is being called back to Indonesia after completing barely half of his three year term, according to a report in Australia's Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
The Indonesian Government has vowed it will not be intimidated by threats following the discovery of a suspected biological agent mailed to the Indonesian embassy in Australia.
The row over Australia's mandatory detention policy has heated up after revelations that more than 200 cases of possible wrongful detention are being examined.
Australia has beefed up security at its embassy in the southeast Asian nation of Cambodia after receiving a terror threat linked to Canberra's role in the war on Iraq.
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