States and territories of Australia
BHP Billiton Gains On Hedge Fund Move
By lunchtime, the FTSE 100 was 7.67 points or 0.1% lower at 7,341.70. (Noon): BHP Billiton was the top gainer on the...
Gene Sleuths Open Line of Attack On Coral-Killing Starfish
The beast goes by the Latin monicker of Acanthaster planci, but it is known to us as the crown-of-thorns -- a venomous...
Family Tragedy Sees Australia Flood Death Toll Rise
The bodies of a "hero" mother and her two young children were pulled from a river in Australia Tuesday as the death...
Shark Takes Bite Out of Terrified Australian’s Kayak
A terrified Australian clung to the remains of his kayak for 40 minutes but survived in one piece after a shark took a...
Big Clean-Up Under Way In Flood-Ravaged Australia
A massive clean-up was in full swing Monday as floodwaters receded across parts of Australia devastated by a cyclone,...
Australia Floods Still Rising With Two Dead, Four Missing
Flooded rivers were still rising Saturday in two Australian states with two women dead and four people missing after...
One Dead As Cyclone Flooding Overwhelms Australian Towns
A woman's body was found Friday and tens of thousands of people were evacuated from towns in two Australian states...
Adani To Begin Work On Australia Mine By August
India's Adani Enterprises says work on a giant coal mine near Australia's Great Barrier Reef will begin in August...
Great Barrier Reef At Risk of WORST-EVER Coral Bleaching This Year
The Great Barrier Reef could be struck by its worst-ever blast of coral bleaching as early as this year, experts have...
Plan To Save Great Barrier Reef Set Back Decades
Australia's plan to rescue the beleaguered Great Barrier Reef has been set back at least two decades after the fragile...
Rolf Harris Faces UK Retrial Over Sex Charges
Veteran Australian entertainer Rolf Harris will be retried over three sex offences after a British court failed to...
Australia Fires Ease As Damage Mounts After Record Heat
Australia was counting the cost to property and livestock Monday after firefighters battled weekend blazes in some of...
Boyz II Men – Snowy Day Lyrics
Posted in Foreign Lyrics Snowy day is the perfect day Out the window snow is all I see Snowy day it feels to me...
UK Man Accused of Photographing 49 Women Changing In Australia
A British man has been accused of secretly photographing 49 women as they changed in fitting rooms in Australia. The...
Australia’s Richest Woman To Buy Kidman Estate
Australia has given approval for the sale of the country's largest private landholding, the Kidman estate. It will go...
Four Killed On Australian Theme Park Ride
Four people have been killed on a ride at a theme park on Australia's east coast, police and park officials say. Two...
Brazil Charges BHP and Vale Staff Over Mine Collapse
Brazilian prosecutors are charging 21 people with qualified homicide, a year after an iron ore mine disaster in the...
Jetstar Plane Fills With Smoke and Diverts
An Australian Jetstar flight from Sydney to Cairns has been forced to divert to Brisbane about 40 minutes into its trip...