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Australian Police and New Zealand Police announce they have concluded a joint illicit drug operation that resulted in 1,611 arrests and 2,962 charges nationwide. The police also confiscated almost 1400 kg of illicit drugs and over 2,500 cannabis plants, worth 93 million AUD (US$63 million).
2024-08-27

Three US Marines are killed and 20 others are injured when their MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor crashes on Melville Island, Northern Territory, Australia.
2023-08-27

Fifty-one people are arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while trying to emigrate to Australia by sea. Police said that undocumented immigration has increased because of Sri Lanka's economic crisis.
2022-07-3

Australia reports a record 88 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including a record 46 deaths in New South Wales, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 2,976.
2022-01-21

Onslow, Western Australia, reports the equal hottest day in recorded Australian history, reaching a high of 50.7°C (123.3°F).
2022-01-13

The High Court of Australia finds that a group of 157 Sri Lankan asylum seekers were legally detained by Australian authorities at sea. The government acted lawfully and the group is not entitled to damages.
2015-01-28

Six men are arrested in the Australian state of Victoria in relation to alleged involvement in an international tennis match-fixing syndicate.
2014-07-18

Ash cloud from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption continues to disrupt flights between Australia and New Zealand.
2011-06-26

Australia deports Gabe Watson to face trial in the US state of Alabama for the alleged murder of his wife Tina.
2010-11-18

The corpse of missing 10-year-old Australian girl Zahra Baker is found in Caldwell County in the U.S. state of North Carolina; her father and stepmother, Adam and Elisa Baker, are the main suspects in her disappearance and homicide.
2010-11-12