Australia

A WA teacher accused of sexually assaulting her former male student has given birth to a baby allegedly fathered by her young victim.

A controversial pan-Islamist group in the crosshairs of new hate speech laws have undergone a huge change only hours after new hate speech laws were passed.

Former Carlton Football Club president Luke Sayers is facing legal action over the nude photo scandal that saw him step down. 

As more details come to light, the father of a backpacker found surrounded by dingoes on a Queensland tourist island says his family’s ‘hearts are shattered’ after losing his ‘precious little baby girl’.

Laws that prevented punters from getting a drink after 3.30am have been scrapped, in what advocates say should breathe more life into a $110 billion sector.

Swimmers are being warned to be shark smart and wait for water conditions to clear before they return to the ocean after four shark attacks in two days.

Australia is expressing hope of a ‘negotiated settlement’ between the US and Denmark, with the Assistant Defence Minister revealing a Netflix drama has helped him understand Trump’s threats against Greenland.

A homicide investigation is underway.

The 12-year-old boy attacked by a shark after jumping off rocks into Sydney Harbour has been identified as a keen young soccer player.

Respected Australian musician Rob Hirst, co-founder of Midnight Oil, has died aged 70. 

She had been on the island only a short time working at a local backpackers. 

NSW protest bans have been lifted in some areas of Sydney ahead of planned rallies against Australia Day on January 26. Ideologically opposed Invasion Day and March for Australia rallies have been organised.

The victim of one of four shark attacks in NSW has been identified as a local musician and avid surfer.

An Aussie mum has been forced to respond after she was met with a wave of criticism over a video showing her leaving her baby on a beach.

Australian consumers are at their gloomiest in 18 months while the IMF is warning that Australia was “projected to see some drawn-out persistence in above-target inflation”.