All news on the topic: Australia

A woman from Tasmania received a shock when she discovered that what she thought was a dog toy under her sofa was in fact the world's largest carnivorous marsupial

The Reserve Bank of Australia said the new $5 dollar note will not feature a portrait of King Charles but will pay tribute to the 'culture and history' of Indigenous Australians

The miniscule capsule, which measures 8mm by 6mm, contains cauesium - which is commonly used in radiation gauges and emits dangerous emissions at the equivalent of undergoing 10 X-rays in an hour. It could cause skin burns and even cancer

Eight-year-old Manni Alam was ambushed by a shark which savaged him in front of his dad as he tried to scrambled onto a boat after proudly showing off his catch on the family fishing trip off the Great Barrier Reef

In July 2022, Natalie Fornasier was told that her cancer was terminal and that she only had months to live. In her final Instagram post, she said she was thankful for all the support she received

Rio Tinto Iron Ore has apologised for losing the highly radioactive object, prolonged exposure to which can cause cancer and skin burns

John Deaves and his daughter Jenny developed a sexual relationship after reconnecting when she was 31 and he was 53, as it's speculated their relationship may have been caused by a certain phenomenon

The youngster was swimming at Warrilla Beach at Barrack Point near Shellharbour in New South Wales when the horrific incident happened in the early evening of Thursday

Travelling couple Ben Ross and Georgia Powell had risen at the crack of dawn to get impressive drone shots of the sunrise on Fraser Island when a deadly Eastern brown snake struck

TikToker Ben was enjoying his holiday on Faser Island in Queensland, Australia, with his partner when he waded through a patch of long grass and felt a suspected brown snake snap at his ankle

Paul Doran, from Co Kildare, tragically died rescuing his 11-year-old daughter last Wednesday evening at Seven Mile Beach on Lennox Head

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Xander, three, and Tanner, two, became engulfed in flames after an aerosol can exploded on June 3, 2022. The two boys survived but were left with severe scars and burns

Craig Baulderstone had gone out to do some work on his rally car ahead of the new racing season in Adelaide, Australia - but found that his Mercedes was crawling with huntsman spiders

Australian farmers have been left devastated after millions of rodents wreaked havoc on north Queensland's sugarcane crops to disrupt what should have been a bumper year

A 10-year-old boy who survived a tragic helicopter crash that killed his mum and three other people has woken up from a coma after coming off life support, his father says

Police in Queensland, Australia, are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found partially buried in an apartment block in the Brisbane suburb of Alderley last month

Terrifying footage of two tandem jumpers plunging to the ground was captured by a beachgoer on Queensland's Sunshine Coast, Australia, as locals contemplated how to help them

Jay Ingram from Gold Coast, Australia, has been slammed as "delusional" after revealing on social media that his New Year's resolution is to expose cheaters in an “extreme” way

The youngsters managed to crawl their way in through a nearby tunnel and were eventually rescued 1.5km away after a neighbour heard them screaming for help

James Lachlan Edds suffered fatal head injuries when his mum's car collided with another vehicle being driven by an allegedly drunk woman on the central north coast of New South Wales

Four people who surivived the Sea World helicopter crash in Queensland, Australia described their experience as a 'nightmare'. Two couples from New Zealand have spoken out about the ordeal

An Irish man in Australia is alleged to have stuffed six Kinder Surprise eggs full of cocaine inside him. The man, 28, has been charged after he was arrested by police in Melbourne, Australia

One helicopter appeared to have been taking off and the other landing when they crashed on Australia's Gold Coast, killing four people and critically injuring three others

A mother from Queensland in Australia was horrified as she filmed a shocking moment where a woman threw a bucket of faeces on her car after a blazing row over parking

Hue Mills from New South Wales, Australia, has been identified as the cowboy that was crushed to death in a rodeo tragedy, as he has been remembered as the "nicest, most humble friendly upstanding people"