Sources: ABC News Australia
An Australian and a British tourist die after consuming poisoned alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, bringing the death toll from the incident to five. Nine others are hospitalized. 2024-11-21
Australian David Hicks wins an appeal in the U.S. Court of Military Commission Review against his conviction for providing material support to terrorism in 2007 in a U.S. Navy court in Guantanamo Bay. 2015-02-18
Australian entertainer Rolf Harris is convicted in London, England, of 12 counts of indecent assault against young girls between 1968 and 1986. The 84-year-old is to be sentenced on Friday 4 July. 2014-06-30
Australian actress Cate Blanchett wins best actress for her role in "Blue Jasmine". 2014-02-16
Australian Schapelle Corby is granted parole (along with 1,290 others) in Indonesia after serving nine years in a Bali prison for drug smuggling. 2014-02-7
9 people are feared dead and 88 are rescued by Australian authorities after a boat carrying asylum seekers capsizes north of Christmas Island. 2013-07-12
Australian newspaper publisher Fairfax Media announces restructuring plans which will lead to a cut of 1900 jobs. 2012-06-18
Kidnapped Australian man Warren Rodwell states that his Filipino captors have asked $2 million in ransom. 2012-01-5
A team of Australian and British geologists claim to have the found the world's oldest fossils in the Strelley Pool rock formation in the outback of the Australian state of Western Australia. According to the Monday, August 22 Huffington Post online video and short article about them 2011-08-21
The Australian Commonwealth and Westpac banks cut fixed home loan rates. 2011-08-9