A five-year-old boy and his seven-year-old brother were recovering in an Australian hospital after surviving with their father for 10 days in the wilderness with little food and in weather conditions that ranged from stormy to scorching.

An Australian magistrate has rejected a plea by lawyers for a woman charged with murdering eight children to hold the next hearing in a mental health court.

A 30-year-old woman missing for more than two weeks in an Australian rainforest has stumbled out alive after surviving on creek water and small fish.

A British tourist has been charged with the theft of a rare pink diamond worth 250,000 Australian dollars.

IS it worth life in a wheelchair to take a funny photo to impress somebody you don’t know on the internet?

A 23-year-old Irish backpacker was killed in a road accident in Australia, it was confirmed today.

Australian international rugby star Quade Cooper has been charged with one count of burglary by Queensland Police, according to reports.

Three men who disappeared from a “Mary Celeste” catamaran found drifting off Australia’s Great Barrier Reef may have fallen overboard in rough seas nearly a week ago, police said today.

A massive air-sea search is under way today after a "Marie Celeste" catamaran was found drifting off Australia's Great Barrier Reef with engines and electronics running, food on the table - but no crew.

THE Department of Foreign Affairs was on standby to provide emergency travel documents last night as efforts continued to reunite a young mother with the baby she abandoned in Australia.

Three men survived for 22 days on a diet of squid and rainwater as their small dinghy drifted in choppy waters off Australia’s north-eastern tip.

Crocodile hunter Steve Irwin may face a police investigation for holding his month-old baby son a few feet away from the mouth of a crocodile at his Queensland zoo.

A young British saxophonist is recovering in hospital after three of his fingers were chopped off in an attack in Australia.

A BRITISH teenager who was lost on an Australian mountain for more than three days escaped her ordeal

A British backpacker has been robbed and murdered in a small Australian town, police said today.