Thousands of camels face slaughter by helicopter marksmen after they overran an Australian town in search of water.

AUSTRALIA will ban alcohol and pornography in Aboriginal communities across the country’s vast Northern Territory to combat widespread child sexual abuse, Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday.

The brother of baby Azaria Chamberlain, whose disappearance in the Outback 24 years ago became one of Australia’s most enduring mysteries, revealed today he had been vilified as a suspected killer.

INTERNATIONAL experts have backed a controversial Australian proposal to allow the safari hunting of saltwater crocodiles.