March 17, 2017 New Zealand police fatally shoot airport security dog New Zealand police shot and killed a young security dog at the Auckland Airport after it escaped its handler and ran loose for more than three hours on the tarmac, disrupting at least 16 flights.
March 17, 2017 Airport security dog shot, killed after running loose on tarmac A young security dog at the Auckland Airport in New Zealand was shot and killed after it escaped its handler and ran loose for more than three hours on the tarmac, disrupting at least 16 flights.
March 17, 2017 Study: Stopping global warming only way to save coral reefs Reducing pollution and curbing overfishing won't prevent the severe bleaching that is killing coral at catastrophic rates, according to a study of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
March 17, 2017 Australia calls for binding conduct code in South China Sea Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is urging Southeast Asia's regional bloc and China to conclude a legally binding code of conduct in the South China Sea, voicing Australia's opposition to the scale of reclamation and construction by China in the disputed territory.
March 17, 2017 Australian court fines gambling company Tabcorp $35 million An Australian court has fined gambling company Tabcorp a record 45 million Australian dollars ($35 million) for failing to comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing obligations.
March 17, 2017 Australia to expand hydropower project to address shortages The Australian government has announced a 2 billion Australian dollar ($1.5 billion) expansion of a hydroelectric project in its latest measure to avoid looming gas and electricity shortages across the nation's densely populated southeast.
March 17, 2017 Australian bishop who testified about child sex abuse quits An Anglican bishop who says he was warned by churchgoers that he was not safe in his own Australian diocese over his work to address decades of child sexual abuse has announced his resignation.
March 17, 2017 Heather Mack, American convicted in Bali suitcase murder, gives up baby An American woman convicted in her mother's "suitcase murder" in Indonesia gave custody of her young daughter on Friday to an Australian woman until her release from prison.
March 17, 2017 Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world's coral reefs There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves.
March 17, 2017 Elon Musk promises Australian power woes fix in 100 days Tesla chief Elon Musk is promising to solve an energy crisis in Australia or his company's services are free.