Sources: ABC News Australia
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 politician Craig Thomson is charged with an additional 19 charges including 15 of fraud and 4 of theft. 2013-05-22
Australians living in the north-western Sydney suburbs of Richmond, Pitt Town and Grono Point are evacuated as the Nepean-Hawkesbury River system floods after Warragamba Dam overflows. 2012-03-3
Thousands of Australians are evacuated in northern New South Wales and Queensland due to rising floodwaters with parts of Queensland declared as a disaster area. 2012-02-3
Kidnapped Australian man Warren Rodwell states that his Filipino captors have asked $2 million in ransom. 2012-01-5
The Australian Army reports that another Australian soldier has been killed by an improvised explosive device lost in fighting in Afghanistan. 2011-08-22
The Australian Commonwealth and Westpac banks cut fixed home loan rates. 2011-08-9
The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in Darwin warns that Australian travellers face more disruption from ash from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption in Chile. 2011-06-20
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