Sources: BBC
A total lunar eclipse, visible in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica, occurs. 2025-09-7
At least twelve people are killed by a melioidosis outbreak caused by standing waters from persistent flooding in Queensland, Australia. 2025-02-25
Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States announce sanctions on a Russian bulletproof hosting services provider that is allegedly ignoring law enforcement requests, along with two Russians who are operating the network. 2025-02-11
Residents of the Grampians region of Victoria, Australia, evacuate due to bushfires, with more than 41,000 hectare already burnt by the bushfires. 2024-12-24
Australia and Tuvalu sign a new security agreement, whereby Australia agrees to protect Tuvalu during natural disasters, pandemics, or military aggression. 2024-05-9
The Vietnamese government releases Australian democracy activist Chau Van Kham from a 12-year prison sentence on terrorism charges following an appeal by Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese. 2023-07-11
A man shoots to death a woman and a seven-year-old boy then himself in the Queensland town of Biddeston, west of Brisbane, Australia. 2015-03-2
Barry O'Farrell resigns as Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales after giving misleading evidence to the Independent Commission against Corruption. 2014-04-16
The case against Gabe Watson in relation to the death of his newlywed wife Tina on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia is dismissed in the US state of Alabama. 2012-02-23
An Australian internal review finds that the fatal Christmas Island boat disaster was responded to appropriately. 2011-01-24