December 3, 2015 Australia's PNG asylum-seeker solution takes effect The first asylum-seekers to be sent to Papua New Guinea under Australia's hardline new boatpeople policy arrived Thursday, with the government declaring people-smugglers no longer have a product to sell.
December 3, 2015 Australian killer of Irish woman jailed for life A serial sex offender was on Wednesday sentenced to life for the "savage" rape and murder of an Irish woman in a Melbourne street, a random killing which shocked the nation and led to an outpouring of emotion.
December 3, 2015 Shock as Australian baseballer gunned down by US teens An Australian family was Monday struggling to come to terms with the "senseless" death of their baseballer son in a random drive-by shooting by three teenagers in the United States.
December 3, 2015 Malaysia jet searchers fail to pick up signals heard over the weekend Crews trying to locate the whereabouts of missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 have been unable to relocate signals consistent with those emitted by cockpit voice and flight data recorders that were picked up by Chinese and Australian ships over the weekend, the former Australian official in charge of coordinating the search said Tuesday.
December 3, 2015 All Blacks target Toomua, Folau The All Blacks will target Australia's uncapped fly-half Matt Toomua and explosive winger Israel Folau in Saturday's Bledisloe Cup opener, New Zealand skipper Richie McCaw said.
December 2, 2015 Australian Jehovah's Witness loses bid to refuse blood An Australian teenager Friday lost his court battle to refuse life-saving medical treatment because he is a Jehovah's Witness, with a court upholding an earlier judgement permitting a blood transfusion.
December 2, 2015 Air search for missing Malayasia Air jet ends, as underwater hunt expands The aerial search for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet was called off Monday, and the underwater hunt will be expanded to include a vast swath of ocean floor that may take at least eight months to thoroughly search, Australian officials said.
December 2, 2015 Australian lodges fork in penis for sexual pleasure Shocked doctors had to perform emergency surgery on a man in the Australian capital Canberra after he lodged a 10 centimetre (four-inch) steel fork inside his penis for sexual pleasure.
December 2, 2015 Shark overfishing endangers reefs: Australian study Scientists studying remote reefs off Australia said Thursday sharks played a fundamental role in coral health, with overfishing of the marine predators increasing reef vulnerability to global warming and disasters.
December 2, 2015 NSW Waratahs sign Springbok prop Potgieter The New South Wales Waratahs have pulled off a coup by announcing on Tuesday the signing of South African hard man Jacques Potgieter on a two-year contract.