Australia

A safety engineer discovered seven major faults on the Dreamworld Thunder River Rapids ride that claimed the lives of four people, an inquest has heard.

Australia will expand its Pacific Labour Scheme to all Pacific Island countries, starting with Tonga.

An academic says Australia's new diplomatic missions in some Pacific nations may not be very effective because of their close ties to other countries.

A farm supervisor who allegedly put needles in strawberries did so out of spite, a Brisbane court has heard.

Sharp objects were found in strawberries in the Adelaide suburb of Salisbury and in South Australia's Clare Valley yesterday.

The terrorist who carried out yesterday's fatal stabbing in Bourke Street, had his passport cancelled due to fears he planned to travel to Syria in 2015, the Australian Federal Police say.

Australia's assistant minister for international development and the Pacific says she is adamant her country will meet its climate change commitments.

The number of Pacific people employed in Australia's temporary work schemes will nearly double over the next year, the Australian government says.

A 33-year-old man has died after being attacked by a shark off the north Queensland coast, in the same area where two other people were attacked in September.

Dale Steyn claimed two early wickets as South Africa's pace attack combined superbly to heap more misery on Australia with a six-wicket thrashing in Perth to take a 1-0 lead in their three-match…

The Pacific Games Council expects the involvement of Australian and New Zealand athletes will continue to grow in the coming years but said any further expansion will be on their terms.