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Life on Earth is even older than we though - fossils dating back a staggering 3.7 billion years have been discovered.

• 01 сентября 2016, 13:20

Heading Down Under where locals are "dry as a dead dingo's donger" and beachgoers don "budgie smugglers"?

• 25 августа 2016, 17:19

An orangutan living in an Australian zoo has created a jazz riff.

• 19 августа 2016, 15:02

Australia's opposition urged Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to resign, calling him the 'David Cameron of the southern hemisphere'.

• 04 июля 2016, 13:30

A rare violet diamond, the largest of its kind ever found at Australia's remote Argyle mine, will be the centrepiece of annual showcase.

• 03 мая 2016, 14:10

Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, who has revealed himself as the creator of the virtual Bitcoin currency, is an elusive individual.

• 03 мая 2016, 14:10

Coral bleaching has been detected in Sydney Harbour. The damaging phenomenon is blamed on warming sea-surface temperatures.

• 19 апреля 2016, 13:33

Language guidelines that advise students to describe British explorer James Cook's arrival in Sydney as an "invasion" rather than a "settlement" were defended by an Australian university.

• 30 марта 2016, 15:55

Researchers found five more columns under the sea to add up to the limestone stacks off the south coast of Australia known as the Twelve Apostles.

• 10 марта 2016, 15:09

Warming temperatures are causing about half of the world's plants and animals to move location, with every major type of species affected.

• 10 февраля 2016, 17:58

Australian shopping centre giant Westfield Corp. said Monday it has offloaded five US malls for US$1.1 billion to divest non-core assets.

• 21 декабря 2015, 12:26

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made his first visit to Indonesia since taking power, seeking to repair a key relationship strained by repeated crises under his conservative predecessor.

• 12 ноября 2015, 15:55

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla met war widow Daphne Dunne in Sydney, as they were mobbed by royal fans as they continued their six-day tour of Australia.

• 12 ноября 2015, 14:32

Australia marked 30 years since the world's largest monolith Uluru was returned to its traditional Aboriginal owners with the government admitting it has not lived up to commitments made back then.

• 26 октября 2015, 16:43

The Australian foreign minister's use of a red-faced emoji to depict Russia's Vladimir Putin sparked debate among lawmakers in Canberra, demanding to know what the icon means for relations between the nations.

• 22 октября 2015, 16:59

Australia's multi-millionaire Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull denied dodging tax by using havens in the Cayman Islands as his personal wealth came under the microscope in parliament.

• 14 октября 2015, 17:32

Volkswagen said that more than 91,000 of its vehicles in Australia are fitted with emissions-cheating technology, more than two weeks after the global scandal broke.

• 07 октября 2015, 16:18

Australia will spend Aus$1.3 billion (US$1 billion) on next-generation armoured land vehicles for its army, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said as he announced the latest update to modernise the nation's military.

• 05 октября 2015, 16:25

Australia's new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull admitted he had concerns about asylum seekers being held in Pacific island camps.

• 23 сентября 2015, 15:05

Australia's new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has advised China to ease off on island construction in the South China Sea if it wants a reduced US presence in the region.

• 22 сентября 2015, 15:28