December 5, 2015 Sydney bids farewell to 'white elephant' monorail Sydney will Sunday bid farewell to what has been termed a transport "white elephant" -- a monorail which has looped the centre of the Australian city for almost a quarter of a century.
December 5, 2015 Teen Agar holds Australia's Test hopes: press Australia's newspapers are hoping debutant Ashton Agar can replicate his record-breaking first Test innings and guide his team to victory in the fluctuating first Ashes Test against England.
December 5, 2015 Australia to tighten immigration laws, crack down on radical groups Australia will strengthen immigration laws and crack down on groups that incite hatred under a raft of counterterrorism measures introduced Monday in a bid to combat the threat from home-grown terrorists.
December 5, 2015 Lions captain Warburton out of final Test Injured Lions skipper Sam Warburton has been ruled out of Saturday's deciding Test against the Wallabies in a massive blow for the tourists.
December 5, 2015 Australia PM knits toy kangaroo for royal baby Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has revealed she is knitting a red kangaroo for the first baby of Prince William and his wife Kate.
December 5, 2015 Aussie press joy with England on back foot in Ashes Australia's cricket writers on Saturday finally had something to cheer as Michael Clarke's tourists turned the screws in the third Ashes Test at Old Trafford.
December 5, 2015 Australia lifts ban on face veils in Parliament's public galleries Australia's Parliament House on Monday lifted a short-lived ban on facial coverings including burqas and niqabs after the prime minister intervened.
December 5, 2015 Australia dismisses company's claim that it found possible Malaysia Airlines wreckage The Australian agency heading up the search for the missing Malaysian jet has dismissed a claim by a resource survey company that it found possible plane wreckage in the northern Bay of Bengal.
December 5, 2015 Stosur and long-time coach split Australia's Samantha Stosur has split with her long-time coach David Taylor, the former US Open champion said on Saturday.
December 5, 2015 Australia to send boatpeople to developing nations Australia plans to resettle asylum-seekers in developing countries as part of a radical overhaul of its border protection policy to help stem the flood of boatpeople arriving on its shores, reports said Friday.