Bernard Lagan

19-year-old drug user who stabbed to death a British mother outside her home near Brisbane has been jailed for 14 years

Arj Barker’s ultimatum prompted some women to walk out in solidarity — and some men to shout at the mother

Vote counting has been delayed and officials warn there may not be a result until next week

The government is toughening up English language lessons for incoming migrants amid fears that high immigration levels are driving up house prices

Native leaders in the Pacific want to protect the species’ free movement and ‘cultural expression’

Tariffs exceeding 200% have led to vineyards being ripped up and sellers are desperate to shift more than 2 billion litres of stock

Liam Trimmer, a police officer, bled to death after an accident at home

An alleged leak of intimate messages threatens to bring down the largely Christian island’s government

Thousands gathered in New Zealand in the North Island town of Ngaruawahia to show defiance in the face of the National Party’s policies to cut native influence

Heavily armed soldiers were patrolling burning and looted parts of the Papua New Guinea capital Port Moresby after police and military personnel rioted, leaving at least 16 people dead.The city awoke

New Zealand aims to rid itself of rodents to save its rare birds

The nation Barry Humphries made a career out of mocking has paid a last tribute to one of its best known expatriates.The 89-year-old, who died in a Sydney hospital on April 22 after complications from

Cardinal George Pell obituary: Imposing Australian Catholic prelate whose reform of the Vatican’s finances derailed after he was accused of historical sex offences

Two Australian police officers and a bystander were shot dead in an ambush on remote farmland on Monday, sparking a huge manhunt across Australia’s north. At least two heavily-armed men wearing camouflage opened fire on the unsuspecting police as they walked onto the bush-clad farm on Monday afternoon

For a year Jacinda Ardern has been trying to find time to get married — an event she now accepts is unlikely before the election due next year. “We had loose

They broke into his cafe in Alice Springs 40 times in 18 months. Then, within a week, Darren Clark’s two cars were stolen and his home was ransacked.“I don’t hate these kids,” Clark said of the young Aboriginals who have laid siege to the dust-dry outpost immortalised by Nevil Shute’s 1950 novel A T

Speeding drivers have killed almost 160 endangered Tasmanian devils in the past 18 months on a 15-mile stretch of road.On average, 32 animals die every hour on

A 40-year murder mystery was solved in Australia today when a former teacher obsessed with a 15-year-old pupil was found guilty of murdering his wife after t

Sydney Opera House’s main concert hall will reopen next week after two and a half years of renovations in a bid to remedy the woeful acoustics that have fru

More than 50,000 people were forced to flee their homes around Sydney or were warned to prepare to leave as torrential rains continued to lash Australia’s east coast today.Huge waves and strong winds