Sources: BBC
Four people are killed and eight others are injured when two helicopters collide near the Sea World theme park in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. 2023-01-2
Australia and Canada announce that they will require travelers from China to present a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter their countries beginning on January 5. 2023-01-1
In the second case in a week in Australia, a surfing teenage boy is killed by a shark near Grafton, New South Wales. 2020-07-11
Australian Archbishop Philip Wilson announces his resignation after being convicted for his role in covering up sexual abuse. He is the most senior Roman Catholic official convicted to date. 2018-07-30
Police in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, charge a man with several crimes under the Terrorism High Risk Offenders Act. 2018-04-21
A Eurocopter 120 helicopter carrying five people crashes into the sea near Hardy Reef off the Whitsunday Islands, Queensland, Australia. Two people are killed. 2018-03-21
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
Australian Trade Minister Craig Emerson says free trade talks between Australia and China are deadlocked over differences of opinion on the removal of investment limits for state-owned enterprises. 2013-04-18
Australia announces a ban of live cattle exports to Indonesia of up to six months following recent reports of cruel treatment in Indonesian abattoirs. 2011-06-8
Kirsty Sword Gusmão, wife of East Timor's Prime Minister, backed by head of East Timor's child protection agency Carmen da Cruz, demands Australian woman Lala Noronha return to Dili 15 Timorese teenagers she has in Malaysia. However, the youths have stated that they do not want to go back. 2010-03-22