Nine Australians, including a government adviser, have been arrested in Malaysia for stripping down to their briefs and drinking beer from shoes after their countryman Daniel Ricciardo won the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix.

AUSTRALIA’S prime minister set a November deadline for Japan to stop its research whaling programme that kills hundreds of whales a year in Antarctic waters, or face legal action.

Australia’s prime minister has set a November deadline for Japan to stop its research whaling programme that kills hundreds of the creatures every year in Antarctic waters, or face legal action.