May 17, 2019 Polls open in Australian election; opposition tipped to win Polling stations have opened in eastern Australia in elections that are likely to deliver the nation's sixth prime minister in as many years.
May 17, 2019 Australian dinosaur had natural 'high-heel,' researchers suggest An Australian dinosaur appears to have walked on a natural kind of “high heel,” researchers suggest.
May 17, 2019 Folau fired by Rugby Australia for contentious online posts Israel Folau's status as the unrivaled star of Australian rugby wasn't enough to save his job in the wake of a social media post that condemned gay people and other so-called sinners to eternal damnation.
May 16, 2019 Australian leader denies 2 Rwandans are massacre suspects Australia's prime minister has denied media reports that that two Rwandan refugees resettled in Australia are suspects in the massacre of eight tourists in Uganda 20 years ago.
May 16, 2019 Facts and figures in Australian elections on Saturday More than 16 million Australians are eligible to vote at elections on Saturday that are likely to deliver Australia's eighth prime minister in 12 years.
May 16, 2019 414 million pieces of trash found on remote islands near Australia, study finds Even remote, mostly uninhabited islands are still covered in trash, a new study has found.
May 16, 2019 Political hero's death overshadows Australian campaign Australia's opposition leader says he wants to win elections on Saturday for his Australian political hero whose death overshadows the final days of campaigning.
May 16, 2019 Obama deal sent Rwandans accused of butchering Americans to Australia amid refugee swap: report The Obama administration reportedly agreed to offload three Rwandans accused of slaughtering Americans to Australia -- a previously unknown arrangement connected to a broader migrant swap between the two countries that made headlines when President Trump balked at the deal in 2017.
May 16, 2019 Bob Hawke, beloved ex-Australian prime minister, world record-holding drinker, dies age 89 Australia’s longest-serving Labor Party prime minister, Bob Hawke, died on Thursday, aged 89, according to his wife.
May 16, 2019 Ex-Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke dies at age 89 Bob Hawke, one of Australia's longest-serving prime ministers, has died at age 89.