February 22, 2016 Mining giant BHP Billiton posts $5.7 billion half year loss Mining giant BHP Billiton has reported a half year net loss of $5.67 billion and warned that the current period of weak commodity prices will be prolonged.
February 22, 2016 Child sex abuse victims to hear cardinal's testimony in Rome Victims of clergy abuse won permission on Monday to be present next week when Pope Francis's finance minister testifies from Rome to an Australian inquiry into child sex offenses within the Roman Catholic Church.
February 19, 2016 Authorities investigate 2 legs left in Australian trash dump Authorities are investigating how two severed human legs came to be left at an Australian city rubbish dump.
February 19, 2016 New Zealand offers to take Australia's unwanted refugees New Zealand's prime minister said Friday his country was prepared to accept some asylum seekers Australia has sent to detention camps on impoverished Pacific island nations, though there appeared to be little chance Australia would take up the offer.
February 18, 2016 Cardinal says can meet Australian sex abuse victims in Rome Pope Francis' finance minister said Thursday that he is prepared to meet in Rome with Australian victims of clergy sex abuse who are angry the cardinal won't travel to Australia to testify at a government inquiry.
February 17, 2016 Virgin Australia flight to LA diverted over bomb threat hoax A Virgin Australia flight from Sydney to Los Angeles has been diverted after the airline received a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax.
February 17, 2016 Virgin Australia flight to Los Angeles makes emergency landing after bomb threat A Virgin Australia flight from Sydney to Los Angeles was diverted after the airline received a bomb threat that turned out to be a hoax, the airline said on Wednesday.
February 17, 2016 Australia warns against sending refugees to New Zealand Australia's prime minister warned Wednesday that resettling asylum seekers in New Zealand instead of deporting them to the Pacific atoll of Nauru could encourage more asylum seekers to try to reach Australian shores by boat.
February 17, 2016 Australia firm says finds huge 404-carat diamond in Angola An Australian mining company says it has unearthed a massive 404-carat diamond measuring more than 7 centimeters (2.7 inches) in length in the southern African nation of Angola.
February 16, 2016 Chinese ship to leave Australia to search for Flight 370 A search agency says the first Chinese ship to search for the Malaysian airliner that vanished almost two years ago is due to depart Australia soon for the southern Indian Ocean equipped with state-of-the-art sonar.