Researchers have dated vertebrae from a massive prehistoric shark thought to have ruled the waves off northern Australia back to further in the Cretaceous period than was previously known

A woman has died, and a man was seriously injured after a shark attack off Australia’s east coast, police said Friday.

The Australian Bitcoin Industry Body (ABIB) filed a complaint with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation against ABC News, Australia’s government-funded public broadcaster, over several factual errors and one-sided framing in a recent crypto coverage.

The 59-year-old man was struck by a falling tree Sunday night while fighting a wildfire near the New South Wales town of Bulahdelah that had razed 3,500 hectares (8,650 acres) of woodlands and destroyed four homes over the weekend, Rural Fire Service Commissioner Trent Curtin said.

MELBOURNE, Australia -- Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese married his partner Jodie Haydon in a secretive and intimate ceremony on Saturday at his official residence in the national capital, Canberra. Albanese is the first prime minister to marry while in office in the 124-year history of the Australian federal government.

ABC 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson and Liberal senator Sarah Henderson recently squared off over a Four Corners program on Donald Trump and the January 6 insurrection.

Denmark is planning to follow Australia in introducing stricter restrictions for younger teens to access social media

The ABIB claims that ABC "misrepresented Bitcoin's purpose" and conflated it with criminal activity in its coverage.

ABC Radio listeners in Perth can look forward to significantly improved audio quality when ABC Radio Perth, ABC NewsRadio and Radio National make the switch from AM transmission to FM in early 2026.