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Australasia

Outrage in Australia after US influencer takes a baby wombat from its mother

Outrage in Australia as US influencer is filmed taking a baby wombat from its mother

Surfer feared dead in shark attack after board with bite marks retrieved

Sharks seen swimming in Australia’s flooded canals in wake of Cyclone Alfred

LATEST | Floodwaters still threaten parts of Australia’s east coast after tropical storm

LATEST | One person killed as Australian coast hit by strong winds and flooding

One dead as tropical low tracks west across Australian east coast

‘This isn’t a time for sightseeing,’ prime minister warns as thousands evacuate east Australia ahead of Cyclone Alfred

Australian homes lose power and people told to evacuate as cyclone approaches

LATEST | Schools closed as rare cyclone ‘Alfred’ approaches Australia’s eastern coast

Dolphin decks fishing boat crew in sea drama

Cyclone Alfred: Rare Category 2 storm nears Australian coast as millions face ‘worst-case scenario’

‘Man with a golden arm’ – Australian whose rare blood helped save millions of babies dies at 88

Rower ‘fatigued’ as he is rescued off Australian coast after 12,000-km journey from California

Australians pay tribute to ‘humanitarian’ blood donor whose plasma helped save millions of babies

Australian Navy rescues rower as Pacific crossing hit by cyclone

LATEST | Australia warns international airlines to beware of Chinese warships’ live-fire exercise

Australia and New Zealand monitoring Chinese warships in ‘unusual’ location

Australian politician changes name to 'Aussie Trump'

Floods kill two people in Australia’s Queensland after monsoon rains

Mountain becomes latest natural feature to be granted personhood by law

Three people hospitalised in Sydney with suspected botulism following anti-wrinkle injections

Thousands queue for hours to visit plant that stinks of death in Sydney

Australian influencer charged with filming baby ‘in distress’ and posting on social media

‘It’s a great way to save’ – Grainne Gallanagh swaps modelling for mining with new job in Australia

Tent wars: Why Australians are split about their beach cabanas

Lost hiker found in ‘remarkable condition’ two weeks after going missing on remote Australian mountain range

Tourists among three killed in Australian seaplane crash

Two sailors die in Sydney to Hobart yacht race amid wild weather conditions, organisers say

New Zealand plans to ban greyhound racing from 2026

The story behind Australia’s social media ban for kids – and how it started with a politician's wife

Human error caused New Zealand navy ship to sink off Samoan coast, inquiry finds

‘I am bursting with pride at this decision’ – mixed reaction as Australia passes world’s first social media ban for under-16s

BREAKING | Australian politicians pass bill that would ban young children from social media

Australian reptile park wants public’s help to ‘milk’ deadly funnel-web spiders whose venom can kill a person in 15 minutes

‘I’ll do it again,’ says Australian politician Lidia Thorpe after being censured for shouting ‘f*** the colony’ at King Charles

Former Australia rugby coach and broadcaster Alan Jones arrested over alleged sexual abuse of eight young males

It took Bondi attacker just three minutes to stab 16 people, inquest hears

Chef Jamie Oliver apologises over ‘damaging’ children’s book about Indigenous Australians

Scientists solve mystery origin of thousands of ‘disgusting’ balls that shut beaches in Sydney

Alas, poor monkeys will never be able to replicate works of Shakespeare, new maths study shows

Australian police recover 40,000 stolen ‘Bluey’ coins

Woman stuck upside down in crevice for 7 hours after trying to retrieve phone

Cockatoo ‘living on brioche’ in Sydney supermarket rescued after four weeks

New Zealand airport introduces time limit on hugs

King lambasted by Australian senator for ‘genocide’ against indigenous people

King Charles lambasted by Australian senator for ‘genocide’ against Indigenous people

King Charles visits Australia with monarchy’s future in question

Britain’s King Charles and Camilla to start historic tour of Australia

Scientists say ‘pickled’ fossil could help bring Tasmanian tiger back from extinction

Ex-Leinster star Rocky Elsom says five-year French jail term ‘clear perversion of justice’

Outcry as Australian zoo euthanises healthy lioness because her male partner died

Public outcry as zoo euthanises healthy lioness after male lion’s death

Pilot of helicopter ‘affected by alcohol’ before crash on Australian hotel roof

Tourist feared dead after body parts found inside shark during ‘dream diving holiday’ to Indonesia

Fugitive father and children spotted in remote New Zealand wilderness three years after vanishing

Giant baby penguin Pesto is not obese, he just has good genes, experts say

Kiwi pilot freed after 19 months in rebel captivity in Indonesia’s Papua region: ‘Today I finally got out’

Earth may once have had Saturn-like ring, scientists say

Australian police charge man allegedly behind global crime app Ghost

Australia strips medals from commanders over war crime allegations during Afghanistan war

Australia proposes legal minimum age for children accessing social media

Hunt for man who poured coffee over baby before fleeing Australia

New Maori Queen anointed as King Tuheitia is buried

Woman dead and 120,000 without power as high winds and heavy rain hit parts of Australia

Tiger bites handler at Australian amusement park

Transgender woman wins landmark case against social media app

‘I worked my butt off’ – Aussie breakdancer Raygun reveals impact of criticism for her Paris Olympics display

Mystery after families – including children – unknowingly consume drugs handed out in New Zealand food parcels

Australian police claim man stole ‘Bluey’ coins worth 360,000ドル

Severed leg of surfer washes up on Australian shore after great white shark attack

World’s rarest whale may have washed up on New Zealand beach, possibly shedding clues on species

Australian soldier and husband charged with spying for Russia

Australia police charge father with murder after Sydney house fire kills three children

Missing girl in Australia has been ‘killed by a crocodile’, police fear

Australia becomes first country to ban sale of vapes without a prescription

Australian police arrest boy (14) dressed in military clothing after stabbing at University of Sydney

Julian Assange ‘so grateful’ for support as lawyers now call for WikiLeaks founder to be pardoned

‘This is horrific’ – Great Barrier Reef footage shows 97pc of coral is dead