A multi-billion-dollar casino in Sydney will not be allowed to open as planned next month after admissions of money laundering prompted regulators to step...
Australia will effectively seal off the state of Victoria from the rest of the country, authorities said Monday, announcing unprecedented measures to tackle a...
Rupert Murdoch’s Australian flagship media group News Corp announced Wednesday it will stop printing around 60 regional newspapers, as the troubled sector received a...
Sydney"•The Australian military will help enforce the quarantine of travelers returning to the country, with the prime minister unveiling strict new measures and door-to-door...
By Andrew Beatty
Australia’s “black summer” of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fuelled disasters are...
Sydney"•All the blazes in Australia’s hard-hit state of New South Wales have been brought under control, firefighters said on Thursday, signaling the end of...
Sydney"•Heavy rain was raising hopes Friday for an end to Australia’s unprecedented bushfire crisis, as downpours douse blazes that have burned out of control...
Sydney"•Thunderstorms and giant hail battered parts of Australia’s east coast on Monday after “apocalyptic” dust storms swept across drought-stricken areas, as extreme weather patterns...
Mogo, Australia—Massive bushfires in southeastern Australia still have a "long way to go," authorities have warned, even as colder conditions brought some relief to...
Batlow, Australia"•Steve Bellchambers is digging pits to bury the carcasses of livestock killed by bushfires which swept through his farm in Batlow, New South...
Nowra, Australia"•Stunned Australians on Sunday counted the cost from a day of catastrophic bush fires that caused “extensive damage” across swathes of the country...
By Holly Robertson
Thousands of Australians forced from their homes by rampaging bushfires now find themselves stuck in makeshift camps, fearful for the future and...
Nowra, Australia"•Australia’s military launched the seaborne evacuation of hundreds of people trapped in a southeastern town Friday, as the country braced for yet more...