The body of an Australian woman, who died trying to conquer Mount Qomolangma, may not be returned home for some time.
Australia's consumer watchdog on Monday filed an appeal against a 1.7 million Australian dollar fine levelled on a multi-national pharmaceutical company, claiming it could be viewed as "a cost of doing business."
China could import up to one-quarter of the nectarines produced in Australia next year, as local growers plan to expand into the Chinese market with the lowering of trade tariffs.
Australian authorities are expected to seek the extradition of five men charged with terrorism offences for allegedly planning to travel to Syria via Indonesia and the Philippines in a fishing boat from northern Australia after being arrested last week.
Australian archaeologists believe they have found the oldest man-made ground-edge axe in history, providing proof that humankind developed this kind of tool up to 10,000 years before first thought.
Australia's "most dangerous" terrorist Neil Prakash has been confirmed dead on Thursday, after a coalition-led airstrike struck the Islamic State (IS) stronghold of Mosul, Iraq last week.
A U.S. clothing company HanesBrands Inc has finally purchased Australian icon Pacific Brands Ltd in an all-cash offer worth 1.1 billion Australian dollars.
Rising rates of youth homelessness costs the Australian health and justice system almost half a billion U.S. dollars each year, a comprehensive study has found.
Australia's leadership challenge last year, in which Tony Abbott was dethroned by Malcolm Turnbull as Prime Minister, not only cost Abbott his job, but seemingly Japan a submarine contract worth 40 billion U.S. dollars.
Trash-talking Philippine presidential favourite Rodrigo Duterte has warned he is prepared to cut diplomatic ties with the United States and Australia after their ambassadors criticised his joke about the jailhouse rape of a missionary.
The jailing of a people smuggler should come as a clear warning to those attempting to set up smuggling ventures into Australia, the Australian government warned on Thursday.
An Australian television crew has been released from a Lebanese prison, following a botched abduction and recovery effort of an Australian mother's children.
The presence of a Japanese submarine in annual military exercises is not a sales pitch as Australia enters the final stretch on its highly publicized, and politicized, procurement process for the nation's next submarine fleet, a senior Japanese commander said.
Australian wine exports to China have lifted 64 percent in the past 12 months, according to a report released on Monday.
The Australian government is expanding access to an early-learning language app that's teaching preschoolers a foreign language, including Chinese, to boost the nation's future capability to take advantage of the growing economic opportunities in Asia.
An television crew will fight charges of kidnapping over their involvement in the allegedly botched abduction and recovery of an Australian mother's children, local media reported Wednesday, in a case that's brought journalism ethics into question.
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