The asbestos story involving Chinese-made play sand has been billed in more hysterical quarters as a terrifying child ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A new polyphagous shot-hole borer quarantine zone reveals the proliferation of the destructive beetle in Perth’s hills as the state ...

Boasting more than 40 historic vineyards, heritage buildings, excellent farm-to-table restaurants and a charming, country-town vibe, Mudgee has been named Australia’s top getaway spot for the year.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

An “influencer family” is leaving Australia to save their daughter’s career as a content creator as the country prepares to enforce a ban on social media for under-16s. The Perth-based family, which ...

Border Security: Australia's Front Line is an Australian television program that airs on the Seven Network. The show follows the work of officers of Australian Customs and Border Protection, the ...

Australian researchers have discovered that sleepy lizards (Tiliqua rugosus) can recognize the smell of smoke as a sign of approaching fire and attempt to escape, but they do not respond to the sound ...

An Australia-based fisherman has captured extraordinary footage showing a large ray trying to outrun a hammerhead shark in the shallows. “Just another day in Cape York,” Brody Sutton stated via ...

July 9 (UPI) --An Australian man fishing off the coast of Queensland captured video of a ray leaping out of the water and appearing to briefly take flight to escape a hammerhead shark. Brody Sutton, ...

Tuvalu, a small island nation located in the west-central Pacific, could be the first to disappear as a result of climate change. Reading time 3 minutes As rising sea levels gradually swallow the ...