Sources: ABC News Australia
An Australian security contractor is killed outside the Australian embassy in Baghdad. There are unconfirmed reports that he was shot. 2016-05-13
A pregnant Australian woman in the state of Queensland tests positive for the Zika virus. 2016-02-10
Two Australians, a doctor and his wife, have been abducted in northern Burkina Faso. The Al Qaeda-linked, Mali-based "Emirate of the Sahara" is responsible, according to SITE. 2016-01-16
Australian author Sofie Laguna wins the Miles Franklin Award for her novel "The Eye of the Sheep". 2015-06-23
Former Australian parliamentarian Craig Thomson is found guilty of theft and fraud during his time as national secretary of the Health Services Union. 2014-02-18
Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange loses his appeal in England's High Court against extradition to Sweden to face questioning over sexual assault allegations. 2011-11-2
The Australian Army reports that another Australian soldier has been killed by an improvised explosive device lost in fighting in Afghanistan. 2011-08-22
Australian French Resistance leader Nancy Wake dies in London at the age of 98. 2011-08-7
Australian airlines QANTAS and Virgin Australia cancel flights to New Zealand and postpone flights to Argentina due to the continued presence of volcanic ash from the 2011 Puyehue eruption. 2011-06-16