June 15, 2016 Australia releases prisoner convicted in China of fraud An official says Australia has granted early release to an Australian businessman convicted in China of financial crimes and transferred home under a prisoner exchange agreement.
June 15, 2016 Police identify body found off Sydney beach as US student Police have identified a body found of Sydney's Bondi Beach as American student Endicott Ackerman, who became the fourth person killed in recent storms on the Australian east coast.
June 10, 2016 Debris from MH370 may have washed ashore in Madagascar and Australia Debris found washed ashore in Madagascar by a man who previously found a part from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will be examined by investigators to see if it, too, came from the missing plane, officials said Friday.
June 9, 2016 Police wound knife-wielding man, 3 others in mall near Sydney Police officers opened fire on a man armed with a carving knife in a Sydney shopping mall on Thursday, wounding the man and three women aged between 60 and 80, police said.
June 9, 2016 Australian parties remain neck and neck as election looms Midway through a national election campaign in Australia, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's honeymoon with voters continues to wane, raising the prospect of the country having its fifth leader in just over three years.
June 9, 2016 Official says police shoot students in Papua New Guinea Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says police have shot students protesting against Papua New Guinea's prime minister in the South Pacific nation's capital of Port Moresby.
June 8, 2016 Frog run over by lawn mower airlifted to hospital, hopping its way to recovery An unlucky Australian frog that was run over by a lawnmower is hopping its way around the continent to recovery.
June 7, 2016 Israel court frees wanted Australian woman from house arrest An Israeli court has set free from house arrest an Australian woman wanted by her country for multiple sexual abuses.
June 7, 2016 Leaders agree to Australia's first online election debate Australia's prime minister and opposition leader have agreed to hold the country's first-ever online election campaign leaders' debate.
June 6, 2016 British grandmother killed by great white shark while diving near Australia A British grandmother was killed by a great white shark more than 16 feet long while she was diving off Australia’s west coast.