December 8, 2015 Stomach bug triggers mass vomiting on Qantas flight Dozens of people were rushed off a Qantas flight for medical treatment in Sydney on Thursday after a stomach bug struck mid-journey, triggering a mass vomiting episode.
December 8, 2015 Sydney siege victims honored at memorial services Two victims of a deadly siege in Sydney were remembered Tuesday at private memorial services, one week after a gunman took them hostage inside a downtown cafe.
December 8, 2015 Australia takes heart despite Ashes misery Australia might have lost the Ashes to England but the nation's media saw enough at Old Trafford to believe the tables can be turned when the rivalry heads Down Under later this year.
December 8, 2015 London mayor Johnson meets royal croc George London mayor Boris Johnson came face-to-face Tuesday with George the crocodile, an Australian gift to Prince William and his wife Kate, and joked that they should meet him before he becomes a handbag.
December 7, 2015 Aussie press laud 'pure theatre' Pietersen Australia's cricket writers on Sunday hailed old nemesis Kevin Pietersen's fighting century in the third Test, saying the knock had tempered the tourist's hopes of a dramatic Ashes comeback.
December 7, 2015 New Australian PM awaits final vote count Australia's next prime minister Tony Abbott celebrated winning the job he has prepared all his life for with an early morning bike ride Sunday awaiting the final tally on his decisive election victory.
December 7, 2015 Rape, torture claims at Australian asylum-seeker camp Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke Wednesday described as "horrific" explosive claims that asylum-seekers at one of its processing camps in Papua New Guinea are being raped and tortured.
December 7, 2015 Australia downplays Indonesia opposition to refugee plans Australia's new Prime Minister Tony Abbott played down Indonesian opposition to his controversial refugee boat plans Thursday, and pledged to never "do or propose" anything that would impinge its sovereignty.
December 7, 2015 Malaysia plane searchers doubt that some once-promising signals came from missing jet Searchers preparing to resume the underwater hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 increasingly suspect that some of the electronic signals detected last month didn't come from the jetliner's black-box flight recorders, a senior Australian naval officer said.
December 7, 2015 Climate 'catastrophe' looms in Pacific: Marshall Islands The Marshall Islands has warned of a Pacific "climate catastrophe" that will wipe it off the map without decisive action on global warming, saying the next 12 months are critical.