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December 15, 2016

Japanese leader accuses Australian church of discrimination

A Japanese-Australian community leader says he has filed a racial discrimination complaint against a Sydney church that he alleges has intimidated Japanese nationals by erecting a memorial to women forced to work as sex slaves by Japan's World War II army.

December 14, 2016

Australian company to give up Thai gold mines, move to Chile

An Australian mining company says it will shut down its gold mines in Thailand, lay off more than 1,000 workers and move to Chile unless it gets an "ironclad guarantee" from the government that it will be allowed to operate without interruptions.

December 14, 2016

'Democracy sausage' snags Australia's official word of 2016

A humble barbequed sausage on a slice of bread sold at polling booths around Australia was picked Wednesday as the country's official word of the year — "democracy sausage." Despite being two words, democracy sausage qualified as the Australian National Dictionary Center's word for 2016 because it was essentially a compound word, the center's director Amanda Laugesen said.

December 14, 2016

Sydney swelters through hottest December night in 148 years

Sydney residents sweltered through the city's second hottest night on record and its hottest December night in 148 years, with many cooling off at beaches long after dark.

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.