Australia

Wallabies fullback Israel Folau will face a disciplinary hearing and risks being suspended during the NSW Waratahs' run to the Super Rugby finals.

Croatia eased into the World Cup knockout stage after handing woeful Argentina a 3-0 drubbing in their Group D match.

A Nauru judge has ruled that the state must assist the defence with its costs in the case of the so-called 'Nauru 19'.

A crestfallen Tim Paine admitted Australia's record 242-run defeat to England at Trent Bridge was the toughest day of his cricketing career.

England stormed to a one-day international world record of 481 for six as they thrashed Australia by 242 runs at Trent Bridge to take an unassailable 3-0 lead in the five-match series.

It is hoped the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders meeting on Nauru will draw attention to the plight of refugees Australia detains there, an advocate says.

There are fears jobs will be lost and businesses will suffer on Norfolk Island when the Australian national pay award system is applied there.

The Nauru government is not following good governance and New Zealand and the Pacific Islands Forum should speak out, an academic says.

Twenty one more refugees have left Nauru for the United States.

A New Zealand teenager has been locked up in a Melbourne immigration detention centre - 12 to 13 hours drive from where his family live.

First-five Johnny Sexton and a fired-up pack sparked Ireland to a clinical 26-21 victory over Australia in their second rugby test in Melbourne and kept alive their chances of winning the three-test…

Australian soldiers have been photographed flying a Nazi swastika flag from their vehicle while on operations in Afghanistan.