December 8, 2015 Australian navy rescues two French yachtsmen Two French yachtsmen were rescued by Australia's navy after their vessel sank south of Sydney, officials said Monday, with the pair suffering mild hypothermia.
December 8, 2015 Boot camps boom in Australian outdoors The sun is rising over Sydney's Bondi Beach and in the pre-dawn cool, about 30 people are making their way through a set of arduous exercises -- tossing weights onto the sand, doing chin-ups and flexing an enormous rope up and down.
December 8, 2015 Australian woman charged with murder of 8 children An Australian woman was charged with murder on Sunday in the deaths of seven of her children and her niece, whose bodies were found inside her home, police said.
December 8, 2015 Global organised crime as big as a G20 nation: Australia Organised crime is so big globally that were it a country, it would be part of the G20 group of major economies, the Australian government said Tuesday.
December 8, 2015 Jolie to direct film in Australia Hollywood A-lister Angelina Jolie will direct her new film "Unbroken" in Australia, using Sydney and rural parts of New South Wales state as locations, it was announced Tuesday.
December 8, 2015 Khawaja's Cricket Australia contract upgraded Batsman Usman Khawaja, who faces a battle to keep his place in the Australia team for this week's final Ashes Test, has had his central playing contract upgraded, Cricket Australia said Monday.
December 8, 2015 Australian PM vows referendum to recognise Aboriginals Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday used the 50th anniversary of the indigenous land rights movement to pledge a referendum on recognising the country's Aborigines in the constitution if Labor is re-elected.
December 8, 2015 Intruder poses security scare for new Australian PM An intruder who climbed on stage with Australia's next prime minister Tony Abbott and his family on victory night is an anti-coal activist who calls himself Twiggy Palmcock, reports said Sunday.
December 8, 2015 Ousted Australian PM opens up on sexism Australia's first female premier Julia Gillard has opened up for the first time on the sexism that plagued her leadership and her famous misogyny speech, in her final interview before being ousted.
December 8, 2015 Qantas planes in near miss collision over South Australia Australian authorities were Saturday investigating how two Qantas passenger planes got so close that it triggered a collision warning alert, forcing them to take evasive action.