CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Two men trapped in vehicles hundreds of kilometers (miles) apart have become the first fatalities of record flooding on Australia's east coast...
Many great sportspeople retire and later have statues erected in their honor. National Rugby League star Cameron Smith turned the tables on that scenario on Wednesday when he officially ended a record-filled 19-season playing career while a statue of himself was unveiled...
DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar was still committed Friday to bidding for the 2032 Olympics despite the IOC heading into exclusive talks with top choice Brisbane...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — There was no fanfare. No iconic announcement.
An Australian push to host the 2032 Olympics was elevated overnight to the status of preferred bid, and the people of Brisbane and southeast Queensland state woke up to the news on Thursday morning...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Matthew Wade has been cut from Australia’s test squad for the scheduled tour to South Africa...
SYDNEY (AP) — The Sydney Cricket Ground capacity for the third test between Australia and India has been slashed to 25% because of a COVID-19 outbreak in New South Wales state...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australian detectives suspect the deaths of an elderly couple in their Brisbane home is a “terrorism incident” perpetrated by a knife-wielding man who was shot dead by police, officials said on Friday...
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Consecutive double centuries have earned Will Pucovski a spot in an expanded Australian squad that also includes struggling incumbent opener Joe Burns for the four-test series against India...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Queensland Reds will host New South Wales in a traditional derby to kick off a 2021 Super Rugby AU competition that will likely set the stage for a crossover series against clubs from New Zealand...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Firm but fair, old-school yet ahead of his time, Don Talbot leaves a lasting legacy as one of Australia's greatest coaches...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The incumbent premier of Queensland won a third consecutive term in Australian state elections in which voters strongly endorsed her government’s tough policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including closing state borders...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The response to the coronavirus pandemic is a central theme as Australia’s tourist-popular Queensland state votes for a new government Saturday in an expected close race between the incumbent premier and an opposition challenger...
Flyhalf Noah Lolesio and center Irae Simone will make surprise test debuts for an injury-hit Australia team in Saturday’s third Bledisloe Cup rugby test against New Zealand...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Women’s National Basketball League is moving to northern Queensland state for a shortened season starting next month...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The Australian PGA tournament has been postponed to February because of uncertainties over coronavirus-enforced restrictions...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian health official revealed Monday that she has been under police guard because of death threats and growing public anger over pandemic border restrictions...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government has ramped up pressure on a state government to relax pandemic border restrictions after a woman was refused permission to attend her father’s funeral on Thursday and a dying dad was told he was only allowed to be visited by one of his four children...
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia announced on Monday it had struck supply and production agreements with pharmaceutical companies worth 1...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The Australian Football League’s championship match is heading north, ending a 123-year history of playing the top-flight Aussie rules grand final in Victoria state...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A National Rugby League player has been fined 30,000 Australian dollars ($21,350) and told to leave his team's bio-security bubble after visiting a barber shop in contravention of the isolation rules imposed during the coronavirus pandemic...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian Outback pub has banned emus for “bad behavior,” and erected barriers to prevent the large, flightless birds from creating havoc inside...
SYDNEY (AP) — A 20-year-old scuba diver died Saturday after being attacked by a shark off the coast of Australia’s Queensland state, authorities said...
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — An aerial survey of the Great Barrier Reef shows coral bleaching is sweeping across the area off the east of Australia for the third time in five years...
SYDNEY (AP) — Tom Hanks and his wife Rita Wilson are isolated in stable condition in an Australian hospital Thursday after contracting the new coronavirus, the actor and Australian officials said...