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A magazine publisher has successfully appealed against the size of a record defamation payout awarded to actress Rebel Wilson in Australia. Last year, Wilson won a case against publisher Bauer Media over… Continue reading Rebel Wilson: Court slashes actress’s record defamation payout
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Wednesday he will deliver a national apology to victims of institutional child sexual abuse and their families on October 22. The upcoming apology… Continue reading Australia to offer national apology for institutional child sex abuse
Barnaby Joyce has ramped up his calls for more stringent privacy laws after arguing with a photographer on the street, a week after giving a $150,000 television interview. The former… Continue reading Barnaby Joyce regrets paid television interview
A light aircraft crash in a tree-lined suburban street near Melbourne, Australia has left its pilot dead. The plane crashed in the suburb of Mordialloc, about 25km from the centre… Continue reading Pilot dies after plane crash-lands in Melbourne
Australian states have taken steps towards the nation’s first treaties with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Australia is the only Commonwealth country that does not have a treaty with… Continue reading Aboriginal treaties: Australian states at ‘beginning of journey’
A Sri Lankan man who threatened to detonate a bomb on a Malaysia Airlines plane has been jailed in Australia. Manodh Marks, 26, forced Kuala Lumpur-bound jet MH128 to turn… Continue reading Australia jails man over Malaysia Airlines plane bomb threat
Photographer Spencer Tunick has started a petition against a decision by an Australian supermarket chain to halt plans for his latest mass nudes shoot. More than 10,000 people had volunteered… Continue reading Spencer Tunick: Supermarket chain halts artist’s nude shoot
Australia’s Commonwealth Bank has said it will pay a $700m (£400m; $530m) fine for breaching anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing laws. The scandal relates to 53,000 suspect transactions that the… Continue reading Commonwealth Bank offers to pay record fine in laundering case
Winter is just one day away and the temperatures have already started to plummet as the first cold front of the season stretches across Australia’s south-east. While areas in Queensland’s… Continue reading Australia set for chilly start to winter as eastern states shiver
An earthquake has struck on the coast of South Australia, measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale. The quake struck the Mount Compass area, about 70km south of Adelaide, at 12:13pm… Continue reading Earthquake strikes near Adelaide
Australian cricket chiefs are not aware of “any credible evidence” linking their players to alleged corruption. Fresh claims are set to be made in a documentary by broadcaster Al Jazeera,… Continue reading Cricket corruption: Australia ‘not aware of credible evidence’ for new claims
Daniel Ricciardo drove a masterful race to fend off Sebastian Vettel’s Ferrari and win the Monaco Grand Prix in a stricken Red Bull. The Australian dominated the weekend and led from pole… Continue reading Monaco Grand Prix: Daniel Ricciardo fends off Sebastian Vettel for victory
