May 30, 2016 Woman fails to save friend in attack by crocodile on Australian beach A woman struggled in vain to drag her friend from a crocodile's jaws off a northeast Australian beach, police said on Monday.
May 27, 2016 Australian party leader says some Trump views 'barking mad' Australia's opposition leader has described some of the presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's views as "barking mad," breaking a longstanding Australian convention of avoiding taking sides in U.S. political contests.
May 26, 2016 Debris in Mozambique, Mauritius to be analyzed by MH370 team Australian officials say three pieces of debris found washed ashore in Mozambique and the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius will be examined by investigators to see if they came from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
May 26, 2016 Australian lawmaker links trade dispute with asylum seekers Australia's deputy prime minister has come under fire for suggesting that a temporary ban on cattle exports to Indonesia five years ago hindered ties with Jakarta that contributed to an influx of asylum seekers arriving on Australian shores by boats from Indonesia.
May 25, 2016 Angry driver hurls golf balls at car after woman rejects his advances These golf ball shots were definitely heading out of bounds.
May 24, 2016 Experts say divisive politician could win Australian seat Right-wing firebrand politician Pauline Hanson, who opposes Muslim immigration, has a realistic chance of returning to Australia's Parliament in July elections, experts said Tuesday.
May 23, 2016 Police: Hostages in deadly Sydney siege appeared 'jovial' A senior police official has told an inquest that a fellow officer described a group of people being held hostage by a gunman inside a Sydney cafe as "jovial." The characterization was at stark odds with the grim description the hostages have given of the hours they were held at gunpoint inside the Lindt Cafe in December 2014.
May 23, 2016 Opinion polls suggests Australia's July 2 election is close A poll in Australia showed a narrowing preference for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to be the country's leader two weeks into the campaign for July 2 elections.
May 22, 2016 Dutch climber dies on way back from Everest summit An expedition organizer says a 35-year-old Dutch man suffering from high-altitude sickness died on his way back from Mount Everest's summit.
May 20, 2016 Australian man loses wife, newborn after common pregnancy complication goes undetected For the past two years, John Shaw and his wife, Natasha, had been planning their first visit to the United States, with Las Vegas as their last stop.