August 27, 2015 Australian survivor of World War II's 'Great Escape' dies at 101 Paul Royle, an Australian pilot who took part in a mass breakout from a German prisoner of war camp during World War II that is remembered as The Great Escape, has died in his hometown of Perth, his son said Friday. He was 101.
May 21, 2015 Australian police say they disrupted Melbourne bomb plot The teen was arrested on Friday afternoon in a joint federal-state police counterterrorism operation at his home in Greenvale where the devices were found, Australian Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Mike Phelan said.
May 21, 2015 Second shark attack in as many days kills surfer off Australia beach A Japanese national was killed Monday after a shark tore off his legs while he was surfing off Australia's east coast, not far from the area where another surfer was mauled by a shark a day earlier, officials said.
May 21, 2015 Ill worker begins two-week voyage from Antarctica to Australian hospital A seriously ill man has begun a two-week ocean voyage on an icebreaker from an Australian Antarctic base to a hospital in Australia, officials said Monday.
May 21, 2015 Former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser dies at 84 Malcolm Fraser, the former Australian prime minister who was notoriously catapulted to power by a constitutional crisis that left the nation bitterly divided, died on Friday his office said. He was 84.
May 21, 2015 American charged with bribery in Australia over bank contract A U.S. citizen who was recently a senior executive at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia pleaded not guilty in a Sydney court Wednesday to charges that he accepted bribes to award a contract to a U.S. information technology firm.
January 13, 2015 Marine dies in skydiving accident during trip wife won on Ellen DeGeneres' show A Marine vacationing with his wife in Australia died Saturday during a skydiving trip, an employee of the skydiving company said.
January 13, 2015 Shark kills 19-year-old body boarder off Australian coast A shark killed a teenager off Australia's east coast Saturday in the nation's second deadly attack this month, police said.
January 13, 2015 Crocodile fatally attacks partygoer in Australia A 26-year-old birthday party goer has been snatched by a 5-meter 16-foot crocodile while swimming in a notorious habitat of the dangerous reptiles, police said on Sunday.
January 13, 2015 Arthur rues 'deliberate campaign' against him Axed Australian cricket coach Mickey Arthur on Sunday said there had been a "deliberate campaign" against him in past days and his reputation had suffered greatly from his sacking.