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Rainbow celebrations as Australians vote for same-sex marriage

Australianshavevotedoverwhelminglyforsame-sexmarriage,pavingthewayforlegislationbytheendof2017andsparkingrainbowcelebrationsonWednesday,withpeoplewearingwedding

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Ashes 2017-18: England's Jake Ball injures ankle in warm-up match

PacebowlerJakeBalladdedtoEngland'sinjuryproblemsbeforethefirstAshesTestagainstAustraliawhenhesprainedanankleinawarm-upgame.Bowlinghisfourthoverontheseconddayaga

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Sydney Opera House scaled in Manus refugee protest

ActivistshavescaledtheSydneyOperaHousetoprotestagainstAustralia'streatmentofasylumseekersinPapuaNewGuinea(PNG).AustraliaheldasylumseekersonPNG'sManusIslanduntil

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Criket: England motivated by 'revenge' against AUS in day-night Test

EnglandwillbemotivatedbyrevengeintheinauguralWomen'sAshesday-nightTestagainstAustralia,saysbatterLaurenWinfield.AustraliawillretaintheAshesiftheywinthefour-daym

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Women's Ashes moved to Nine's main channel after strong ratings

ChannelNinehasshiftedSunday’sthirdone-dayinternationalintheWomen’sAshesseriesfromitsoffshoot,9Gem,tothemainchannel,adecisiontheAustraliacaptain,RachaelHaynes,la

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Sydney cultural extravaganza helps showcase growing Australia-China ties

About800studentsfrommorethan30schoolsanduniversitiesacrossAustralia'sNewSouthWalesstateimpresseda2,000-strongaudience,inanightofsonganddanceatthe2017ChineseLang

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Australia beat England in opening ODI as Alex Blackwell stars

AustraliabegantheirWomen'sAshesdefencewithatighttwo-wicketvictoryoverEnglandinthefirstone-dayinternationalinBrisbane.LaurenWinfield(48)top-scoredforEnglandasthe

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Australia's team bus hit by rock in India after T20 win against India

ArockwasthrownatAustralia'steambus,smashingawindow,aftertheireight-wicketT20internationalwinagainstIndiainGuwahati.Playersandstaffweretravellingbacktothehotelfr

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Usman Khawaja on struggles with racial sledging in grade cricket

Australia'sUsmanKhawajasaysbeingraciallyabusedasyoungplayershasstoppedmanyoverseas-borncricketersfromplayingforthecountry.The30-year-old,whowasborninPakistan,sa

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Australia launches new tourism campaign targeting young travelers

InanattempttomakeAustraliaamoreappealingtourismdestinationforyoungtravelers,theAustraliangovernmenthaslaunchedanewcampaigntoconnectwithmillennialsthroughdigital

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Supersonic intercontinental flight only decade away: airline CEO

TheCEOofoneofAustralia'sbiggestairlineshasflaggedthepossibilityofcommercialsupersonicjetsbecomingarealitywithin10years."Itisentirelyreasonabletobelievethatinthe

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Australian shadow treasurer expresses interest in China's Belt and Road

Australia'sshadowtreasurerhastoldaforuminSydneyonFridayafternoonthatheisopentosigninguptoChina'sBeltandRoadinitiative(BRI).DuringhisspeechattheAsiaSocietyevent,

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Australia announces satellite program to assist defence force

Australiahaslauncheda7.81millionU.S.dollarsatelliteprogramthatwillconductaudioandvisualsurveillancefortheAustralianDefenceForce.TheFederalgovernmentannouncedonF

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Australia to establish national space agency

AustraliaonMondaycommittedtocreatinganationalspaceagencyasitlookstocashinonthelucrativeandfast-evolvingastronauticalsector.Theannouncementcameataweek-longAdelai

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Cricket - Spinner Agar out of remainder of India tour with broken finger

AustraliaspinnerAshtonAgarhasbeenruledoutofthelasttwoone-dayinternationalsinIndiaaftersufferingabrokenfinger,CricketAustraliasaidonMonday.Theleft-armerinjuredhi

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Australia to create national space agency

Australiawillestablishanationalspaceagencytogrowitsspaceindustry,thegovernmenthassaid.Thenationisoneoftheonlydevelopedcountriesintheworldnottohaveaspaceagency.A

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Kuldeep Yadav hat-trick inspires India to 50-run win over Australia

Australiahavegone2-0downintheirone-dayinternationalseriesagainstIndiaaftercollapsinginKolkata.Set253forvictory,thevisitorslosttheirlasteightwicketsfor117runswit