Australasia

Woman accused of poisoning in-laws denies using different coloured plate to avoid deadly mushrooms
Australian woman accused of poisoning admits it’s ‘possible’ she searched online for death cap mushrooms
LATEST | Australian accused in mushroom murders denies weighing 'fatal dose' on kitchen scales
Woman accused of killing relatives with wild mushrooms tells trial she got rid of food dehydrator

Erin Patterson started foraging for wild mushrooms during Covid lockdown, murder accused tells trial
Plane supply for global air freight stalls due to a ‘stretched market’
King Charles declares his love for Canada during historic visit after Trump’s annexation threats
New Zealand teenager dies imitating viral rugby-style tackle trend on social media
Three Maori MPs suspended from New Zealand parliament over ‘intimidating’ haka protest
Oldest known reptile footprints rewrite history of evolution
Australian cabinet sworn in after landslide election win
Election win gives Anthony Albanese a strong hand to deal with Trump
Australian opposition leader loses election and his own seat in backlash against ‘Trumpism’
Woman accused of feeding poisonous mushrooms to in-laws never checked on their health after fatal lunch, ex-husband says

Australasia

Woman accused of poisoning in-laws denies using different coloured plate to avoid deadly mushrooms

Australian woman accused of poisoning admits it’s ‘possible’ she searched online for death cap mushrooms

LATEST | Australian accused in mushroom murders denies weighing 'fatal dose' on kitchen scales

Woman accused of killing relatives with wild mushrooms tells trial she got rid of food dehydrator

Erin Patterson started foraging for wild mushrooms during Covid lockdown, murder accused tells trial

Plane supply for global air freight stalls due to a ‘stretched market’

King Charles declares his love for Canada during historic visit after Trump’s annexation threats

New Zealand teenager dies imitating viral rugby-style tackle trend on social media

Three Maori MPs suspended from New Zealand parliament over ‘intimidating’ haka protest

Oldest known reptile footprints rewrite history of evolution

Australian cabinet sworn in after landslide election win

Election win gives Anthony Albanese a strong hand to deal with Trump

Australian opposition leader loses election and his own seat in backlash against ‘Trumpism’

Woman accused of feeding poisonous mushrooms to in-laws never checked on their health after fatal lunch, ex-husband says

Fatal mushroom poison case hears of money issues after ex-husband’s tax form change

Australian woman accused of poisoning dinner guests with mushrooms ‘faked cancer diagnosis to lure them to meal’

Woman accused of killing ex-husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms goes on trial for murder

Over 84pc of world’s coral reefs suffering from mass bleaching as ocean temperatures soar

Australian police issue arrest warrant for Irishman accused of alleged passport offences

Latest | Man jailed for 31 years for gun murder of Irish man Damien Conlon in Australia

Virginia Giuffre’s representative says Jeffrey Epstein victim remains in serious condition – as reports tie her car to ‘minor’ crash

Ex-police officer avoids prison in Australia after killing woman (95) with Taser

Strange foam and dead fish wash ashore at two Australian beaches

Outrage in Australia after US influencer takes a baby wombat from its mother

Outrage in Australia as US influencer is filmed taking a baby wombat from its mother

Surfer feared dead in shark attack after board with bite marks retrieved

Sharks seen swimming in Australia’s flooded canals in wake of Cyclone Alfred

LATEST | Floodwaters still threaten parts of Australia’s east coast after tropical storm

LATEST | One person killed as Australian coast hit by strong winds and flooding

One dead as tropical low tracks west across Australian east coast

‘This isn’t a time for sightseeing,’ prime minister warns as thousands evacuate east Australia ahead of Cyclone Alfred

Australian homes lose power and people told to evacuate as cyclone approaches

LATEST | Schools closed as rare cyclone ‘Alfred’ approaches Australia’s eastern coast

Dolphin decks fishing boat crew in sea drama

Cyclone Alfred: Rare Category 2 storm nears Australian coast as millions face ‘worst-case scenario’

‘Man with a golden arm’ – Australian whose rare blood helped save millions of babies dies at 88

Rower ‘fatigued’ as he is rescued off Australian coast after 12,000-km journey from California

Australians pay tribute to ‘humanitarian’ blood donor whose plasma helped save millions of babies

Australian Navy rescues rower as Pacific crossing hit by cyclone

LATEST | Australia warns international airlines to beware of Chinese warships’ live-fire exercise

Australia and New Zealand monitoring Chinese warships in ‘unusual’ location

Australian politician changes name to 'Aussie Trump'

Floods kill two people in Australia’s Queensland after monsoon rains

Mountain becomes latest natural feature to be granted personhood by law

Three people hospitalised in Sydney with suspected botulism following anti-wrinkle injections

Thousands queue for hours to visit plant that stinks of death in Sydney

Australian influencer charged with filming baby ‘in distress’ and posting on social media

‘It’s a great way to save’ – Grainne Gallanagh swaps modelling for mining with new job in Australia

Tent wars: Why Australians are split about their beach cabanas

Lost hiker found in ‘remarkable condition’ two weeks after going missing on remote Australian mountain range

Tourists among three killed in Australian seaplane crash

Two sailors die in Sydney to Hobart yacht race amid wild weather conditions, organisers say

New Zealand plans to ban greyhound racing from 2026

The story behind Australia’s social media ban for kids – and how it started with a politician's wife

Human error caused New Zealand navy ship to sink off Samoan coast, inquiry finds

‘I am bursting with pride at this decision’ – mixed reaction as Australia passes world’s first social media ban for under-16s

BREAKING | Australian politicians pass bill that would ban young children from social media

Australian reptile park wants public’s help to ‘milk’ deadly funnel-web spiders whose venom can kill a person in 15 minutes

‘I’ll do it again,’ says Australian politician Lidia Thorpe after being censured for shouting ‘f*** the colony’ at King Charles

Former Australia rugby coach and broadcaster Alan Jones arrested over alleged sexual abuse of eight young males

It took Bondi attacker just three minutes to stab 16 people, inquest hears

Chef Jamie Oliver apologises over ‘damaging’ children’s book about Indigenous Australians

Scientists solve mystery origin of thousands of ‘disgusting’ balls that shut beaches in Sydney

Alas, poor monkeys will never be able to replicate works of Shakespeare, new maths study shows

Australian police recover 40,000 stolen ‘Bluey’ coins

Woman stuck upside down in crevice for 7 hours after trying to retrieve phone

Cockatoo ‘living on brioche’ in Sydney supermarket rescued after four weeks

New Zealand airport introduces time limit on hugs

King lambasted by Australian senator for ‘genocide’ against indigenous people

King Charles lambasted by Australian senator for ‘genocide’ against Indigenous people

King Charles visits Australia with monarchy’s future in question

Britain’s King Charles and Camilla to start historic tour of Australia

Scientists say ‘pickled’ fossil could help bring Tasmanian tiger back from extinction

Ex-Leinster star Rocky Elsom says five-year French jail term ‘clear perversion of justice’

Outcry as Australian zoo euthanises healthy lioness because her male partner died

Public outcry as zoo euthanises healthy lioness after male lion’s death

Pilot of helicopter ‘affected by alcohol’ before crash on Australian hotel roof

Tourist feared dead after body parts found inside shark during ‘dream diving holiday’ to Indonesia

Fugitive father and children spotted in remote New Zealand wilderness three years after vanishing