Zarina Diyas in top 16 brightest at Australia Open
Kazakhstan’s finest tennis player Zarina Diyas, 21, has been named one of the brightest competitors of the Australia Open according to Eurosport.
Australian PM Abbott defiant as MPs call for his head
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was fighting for his job after backbenchers publicly called for a Liberal Party leadership challenge following months of tensions.
Under-fire Australian PM says he will not resign
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that he had not contemplated stepping down.
Australia PM in 'time warp' as British royal knighted
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott marked his country's national day by honouring Britain's Prince Philip with a knighthood.
She is young and progressive player: Sharapova about Diyas
Kazakhstan’s Zarina Diyas has lost to World No.2 Maria Sharapova at the third round of Australian Open.
Australia urges Indonesia to grant mercy to two drug smugglers on death row
Prime Minister Tony Abbott urged Indonesia to show mercy to two Australian drug convicts facing execution after their final appeals for clemency failed.
Australia calls for MH370 recovery tenders as search goes on
The Australian agency leading the search for missing airliner MH370 is calling for expressions of interest for the recovery of the Malaysian jet, if it is found.
Ten months on, Australia confident of finding MH370
Missing airliner MH370 is "very likely" to be found if it lies in the vast undersea zone now being scoured, and is probably in good condition despite being submerged for 10 months.
Kazakhstan's Zarina Diyas to be seeded player at Australia Open
For the first time in her career, Kazakhstani tennis player Zarina Diyas will not have to go through a qualifying round at the Australian Open.
Australia condemns 'barbaric' attack on French newspaper
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott condemned the "barbaric act" in Paris, in which an attack on a satirical weekly magazine left 12 people dead.
Iraq asks Australian PM for more military aid
Iraqi Prime Ministe asked Australian counterpart Tony Abott to step up military assistance to aid Baghdad's fight against the Islamic State jihadist group.
Australia fears fresh attacks as Sydney mourns siege victims
Australian Prime Minister warned of heightened "terrorist chatter" in the aftermath of the fatal Sydney cafe siege and said another attack was likely.
Australian PM under fire for women comments
Australian Prime Minister was accused of craving "a world where men do the big jobs and women do the ironing" .
AC/DC drummer says he wants to keep his job
AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd described allegations he tried to hire a hitman as "ludicrous" and said he wanted to keep his job with the top-selling rock band.
Mother charged with murder of eight children in Australia
The mother of seven of eight children killed in Australia was charged with their murder, police said.
Mother arrested for murder of eight children in Australia
Australian police said they had arrested the mother of most of eight children reportedly stabbed to death in the northern city of Cairns.
Eight children found dead at Australian property
Eight children have been found dead at a home in the Australian city of Cairns, police said Friday, reportedly after a gruesome mass stabbing
Australia PM offers sympathy after Pakistan school raid
Prime Minister Tony Abbott offered sympathy to Pakistan after a deadly Taliban raid on a school, as Australia deals with the fallout from a cafe siege.
Australia mourns after tragic end to cafe siege
Grieving Australians eulogised the victims of the Sydney cafe siege as authorities investigated why its Iranian-born perpetrator had remained at large despite a history of violence.
Nightmare before Christmas in Sydney ends in bangs, bloodshed
It ended with gunfire and bloodshed.
