Mike Burgess did not identify any countries behind the network, but said the undercover operatives appeared to be "highly trained". The group would study and "potentially seduce" targets including judges, journalists and veterans, he claimed. It shows the threat posed by foreign spies is at an all-time high, he added.

Australian authorities on Wednesday found a radioactive capsule that was lost in the vast Outback after nearly a week-long search along a 1,400 km (870-mile) stretch of highway, an emergency services official said.

Australian rangers have killed an invasive "monster" cane toad discovered in the wilds of a coastal park—a warty brown specimen as long as a human arm and weighing 2.7 kilograms (6 pounds). The toad was spotted after a snake slithering across a track forced wildlife workers to stop as they were driving in Queensland's Conway National Park, the state government said.

The Statue of Liberty offers a haven to the tired, poor and huddled masses yearning to be free. What greater dream could there be? Yet liberty is in the eye of the beholder, it depends on who we are, writes Stan Grant.

Colloquialisms such as barbie and smoko are like accents – part of the glue that sticks Australian English speakers together.

Indigenous engineering and care for Country points to a better way to manage the Baaka.

Authorities have urged anyone suffering from a range of severe symptoms after eating it to go to hospital.

Scott Kemp first saw glow-in-the-dark millipedes in the Illawarra 18 years ago, but he had no idea he was making a significant scientific discovery.

Experts describe it as a ‘beautiful endemic rainforest species’, one of several that have not been seen for decades

Australia's Federal Court has fined Uber AU$21 million ($14 million) for engaging in misleading and deceptive conduct. Uber did so in two ways – one of which involved the offer it made in some parts of Australia to arrange rides in ye olde licensed taxis from within its app.

The Australian government expressed its opposition Tuesday to a recommendation by a United Nations-backed mission that the Great Barrier Reef be added to a list of "in danger" World Heritage sites, warning of the significant impact climate change is having on the world's largest coral reef ecosystem.

Soaring corporate profits are being blamed for fuelling inflation, as figures show companies in Australia are enjoying sky-rocketing profits despite the pandemic.

Cyber-extortionist posts medical information purporting to show details of abortions and treatments for addiction, HIV.

By some estimations, Australia hosts around a third of the world’s self-declared mini-kingdoms. There are three good reasons for that

Process involves using electrostatic separation on PV panels to collect valuable materials, reducing them to 2-3% of original weight

The Australian War Memorial’s pledge to recognise the frontier wars is an end to ‘black armband’ rhetoric. It should now investigate the Aboriginal resistance, and see it as a military operation.

Much of Australia will face unusually heavy rains in coming months, the country's weather forecaster said on Tuesday, after confirming that a La Nina weather event is under way for the third year in a row and would likely last into next year.