Law & Order
Grandmother fights off shark while snorkelling near Great Barrier Reef
A grandmother told yesterday how she fought off a shark that bit chunks from her legs and buttocks as she was snorkelling near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
Australian court sentences 5 men in terror plot
SYDNEY — An Australian court Monday sentenced five Muslim men to prison terms of 23 to 28 years after convicting them of preparing for terror attacks on unspecified targets by stockpiling explosive chemicals and firearms.
Indian set on fire in latest Australia attack
SYDNEY — A man of Indian descent s recovering in hospital on Saturday after a group of men set him on fire in the Australian city of Melbourne, police said, the latest in a string of similar attacks.
Indian man's burnt remains found on rural Australian road
The partially burnt remains of an Indian national have been discovered on a rural road in Australia, escalating a row between Delhi and Canberra over the treatment of Indian students in the country.
No evidence Indian's death racially motivated: Australia
SYDNEY — Australia on Tuesday said there was no evidence the murder of an Indian man in Melbourne was racially motivated, as it downplayed the impact of the killing on ties between the nations.
Outrage as Indian student killed in Australia
The governments of India and Australia have condemned the murder of an Indian student in the city of Melbourne over the weekend.
Australian town declared natural disaster after being ravaged by fires
Wildfires raging out of control in Western Australia have destroyed up to 40 homes in an outback town, weeks before the country's bushfire season begins.
'Incompetent' Aussie woman caused two fatal crashes at same spot
A FEMALE driver who killed two motorists at the same intersection seven years apart has been criticised as incompetent by a coroner.
'Australian Fritzl' raped daughter for 30 years, fathered 4 with her
An Australian man has been charged with incest after he allegedly raped his daughter almost daily and fathered her four children over a 30-year period.
Australian Water Minister Rescued After 2 Days Missing
Tim Holding, the Australian lawmaker missing for two days in alpine territory in the country’s southeast, was found by police this morning and winched by a helicopter to safety.
Australian tycoon's family 'perplexed' by McCann investigation
Rhonda Wyllie and Melissa Karlson, the widow and daughter of an Australian property tycoon, have said that they are "perplexed" by reports linking their luxury yacht to the Madeleine McCann investigation.
Tongan ferry dead may not be recovered: divers
NUKU'ALOFA — The bodies of nearly 100 people believed trapped inside a sunken ferry in Tonga may never be recovered, specialist navy divers warned on Monday after failing to locate the vessel in an initial search.
Australia charges four more over alleged terror plot
MELBOURNE — Australia on Wednesday charged four more men with planning a suicide assault on a Sydney army barracks, prompting an angry outburst from one of them, as details emerged of the alleged plot.
Australian police detains 4 for plotting suicide attack at army base
Australian police arrested four men linked to a hardline Somali group on Tuesday, charging them with planning a commando-style suicide attack on a military base and underlining that the country remains a target for Islamists.
Thai red tape delays moves to bring Luke Mitchell's killers to justice
IT could be a year before the fugitive suspects in the shocking good Samaritan murder are brought back to Melbourne to face justice. The wanted men have been at large in Thailand for two months since flying out within hours of the death of Luke Mi...
Tasered man 'burst into flames'
A man in Western Australia was engulfed in flames when police officers fired a Taser stun gun at him. The police say they used the Taser on Ronald Mitchell, 36, when he ran at them carrying a container of petrol and a cigarette lighter.
British backpacker rescued in Australia after 12 days
A British backpacker has been rescued after spending nearly two weeks missing in the mountains of eastern Australia, authorities said Wednesday.
Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called for calm and Indian students led "vigilante" patrols on Wednesday after a second night of protests in the wake of attacks on foreign students in Sydney and Melbourne.
Indian students strike back in Australia
Hundreds of Indian students protested and launched violent reprisals overnight in Australia's biggest city, in the latest flare-up in racial tensions in recent weeks, police said.
An Australian court has sentenced an American man to four-and-a-half years in prison over the death of his bride on their scuba-diving honeymoon on Great Barrier Reef.