Australia

The conservation group Sea Shepherd has released pictures showing a dead protected minke whale on board a Japanese whaling ship, allegedly inside Australia's whale sanctuary.

Australia and Japan have committed to push ahead with the threatened Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and strengthen defence ties.

The EAP women's team has been crowned the Australian Country Cricket Champions for the second year in a row after an eight wicket victory over Victoria Country.

Australian Health Minister Sussan Ley has resigned from Cabinet, despite claiming she has not broken any rules.

Human Rights Watch says the Australian government's policy of detaining asylum seekers and refugees in Pacific countries has caused lasting damage to the country's reputation abroad.

The private investigator hired to find missing six-year-old Que Langdon says her sailor father should face charges for leaving New Zealand and entering Australia illegally.

About 20 people who were trapped on a roller coaster at Movie World on the Gold Coast have been safely evacuated.

A father and daughter reported missing in New Zealand arrived in New South Wales on a catamaran, Australian authorities say.

New Zealand actor Sam Neill is saddened by the death of the man he once portrayed, he says. Audio

Health authorities have issued a warning for people with respiratory conditions as excess ozone lingers in Sydney.

Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has reportedly warned his military chief about his behaviour after he suspended military ties with Australia over material involving West Papua province.

Michael Chamberlain, whose nine-week-old daughter Azaria was snatched by a dingo in Uluru in 1980, has died aged 72.

A hardline congressman says United States president-elect Donald Trump will do everything in his power to halt a refugee deal with Australia.

Australia's foreign aid programmes are facing fresh scrutiny after an independent audit revealed transparency reporting has dropped significantly under the Coalition Government.

Australian Health Minister Sussan Ley took several taxpayer-funded flights to the Gold Coast, where she and her partner own property.

Indonesia's foreign minister has urged Australian authorities to act against a protestor who scaled the roof of the country's consulate in Melbourne and displayed a West Papua flag.

A father and son have staged the father's kidnapping in Sydney's inner west so they could keep a ransom, according to police.

Ardent Leisure has reported a 63 percent slump in revenue at its Dreamworld and Whitewater World theme parks since they reopened after a fatal accident.