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December 13, 2016

Australia nursing home worker jailed for murdering residents

A staff member at an Australian nursing home was sentenced on Tuesday to 40 years in prison for murdering two elderly residents and attempting to murder a third with insulin injections.

December 12, 2016

Syrian refugee graduates top of class from Australian school

A Syrian refugee has graduated from an Australian high school with top honors just two years after beginning to learn English.

December 9, 2016

Investigative journalist Phillip Knightley dies at 87

Phillip Knightley, an investigative journalist who helped win compensation for victims of thalidomide, has died at the age of 87.

December 9, 2016

Australian-Chinese consortium wins bid for cattle empire

The Australian government on Friday approved the sale of the nation's largest cattle empire to Australia's richest woman and her Chinese business partner, ending a drawn-out battle over foreign ownership of farmland.

December 7, 2016

Chinese ship pulls out of MH370 search, leaving lone ship

Officials say the sea bed search for the missing Malaysian airliner has been left to a single ship, with a Chinese vessel heading home to Shanghai.

December 6, 2016

Ransomed: The freeing of 226 Christians from Islamic State

Over the course of a year, Assyrian Christians raised millions of dollars in ransom money to free more than 200 members of the ancient community who had been taken hostage in Syria by the Islamic State group, those involved in the campaign say.

December 6, 2016

Australian leader rules out generators paying for pollution

Australia's prime minister has ruled out making power companies pay for greenhouse gas pollution they create — a policy option that angered conservative government lawmakers when proposed by a minister this week.

December 5, 2016

Zookeeper's punch scares off kangaroo that held dog in headlock

It’s been dubbed the most Aussie video you’ll ever see — a man dressed in flannel squaring off with a big kangaroo in the rugged Australian bush.

December 5, 2016

Australia considers charging power generators for pollution

A Cabinet minister says the Australian government will consider making electrical power companies pay for greenhouse gas pollution they create, three years after it scrapped a national carbon tax.

December 5, 2016

UN racism expert urges Australia to maintain hate speech law

A United Nations expert on racism has urged Australia not to water down its hate-speech prohibitions, as bigots and extremists become more vocal.