An eighth suspect wanted in connection with the terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow was arrested in Australia, a television network reported today.

An eighth suspect wanted in connection with the terrorist attacks in London and Glasgow was arrested in Australia, a television network reported today.

Robbie Williams has scoffed at official warnings not to smoke cigarettes on-stage in Australia, but his celebrity status will help him escape paying €90 in fines.

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin always felt he would die early but that it would be a car wreck, not an animal, that killed him, the widow of the daredevil TV star and conservationist said today.

A close friend of “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin said today that he was appalled at reports of people illegally cashing in on the exuberant entertainer’s legacy.

TROOPS began delivering aid yesterday to an estimated 7,000 people who lost their homes to the cyclone that battered Australia's northeastern coast.

Troops began moving aid to the cyclone-shattered town of Innisfail today as residents picked through waterlogged streets littered with rubble and mangled roofs destroyed by one of Australia’s most powerful cyclones in decades.

A massive cyclone tore off roofs and uprooted trees across Australia’s north-eastern coast today, packing winds so powerful that emergency workers were forced to stay indoors, despite pleas from terrified residents.

A POWERFUL tropical cyclone packing winds of up to 290km/h slammed into Australia’s north-eastern coast last night after more than 1,000 tourists and local residents were evacuated to higher ground, the weather bureau said.

POLICE believe a nuclear reactor in southern Sydney was a possible target of a Sydney-based Islamic terror cell, according to details of Australia’s biggest-ever counter-terror investigation released yesterday.

Australian state leaders today held up the introduction of tough new counter-terror laws in parliament, saying they had concerns the legislation threatened civil liberties and could breach the constitution.

NURSES hid critically ill patients from an overzealous surgeon dubbed “Dr Death”, claiming he would stalk the intensive care unit searching for people to operate on, an inquiry in the Australian city of Brisbane was told yesterday.

Nurses hid critically-ill patients from an over-zealous surgeon dubbed “Dr Death”, claiming he would stalk the intensive care unit searching for people to operate on, an inquiry in Brisbane was told today.

Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin could be named Australian of the Year despite being lambasted at home and abroad for hand-feeding a giant reptile while holding his baby son.

Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard today defended the governor general, saying critics of the Queen’s embattled representative were forgetting his work with the country’s poor.

THE family of an Irish girl who perished in a fire in Australia two years ago attended a memorial service at the scene this weekend.

Mourners from six countries gathered today in a small, rural Australian town to dedicate a memorial for 15 backpackers who perished in a hostel fire there two years ago.

PLASTIC bags designed to help terminally ill people commit suicide were launched in Australia by a doctor yesterday.

Plastic bags designed to help terminally ill people commit suicide were launched in Australia by a doctor today.

A 70-year-old Australian grandmother is calling for the law to be changed so she can have a dignified death with her friends and family by her side.

Staff at a five-star Australian hotel hosting the Commonwealth summit have been ordered to stop saying 'G'day'.

Former President Bill Clinton was locked away in a resort in Australia’s tropical northeast today awaiting a chance to return home .

Two British backpackers have been attacked by a wild dingo in Australia.

Game rangers shot more wild dogs today after officials rejected appeals from Aborigines to halt the killings, saying the lives of children were more important than wild animals.

Game rangers hunted down and shot dingoes today at a Australian popular tourist spot after a nine-year-old boy was mauled to death in a vicious attack by the wild dogs.

A nine-year-old boy has been killed after he was chased and savaged by dingoes at a popular tourist spot in eastern Australia.