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Daniel Duggan can be extradited to US, Australian judge says

A former US marine wanted by Washington can be handed over by Australia, a magistrate in Sydney has ruled. Daniel Duggan, 55, who is a naturalised Australian ci

Australian beef genetics set to Take on world I Australian Rural & Regional News

US and Canadian genetics dominate world markets, but Genetics Australia’s (GA) beef manager, Damien Thomson, says the time is right for Aussie products t

Australian in intensive care with severe spinal injury after ‘horrifying’ Singapore flight, husband says

An Australian woman suffered a spinal injury and has no sensation from her waist down after her flight to Singapore hit extreme turbulence earlier this week, as

Australian natural gas industry seeks policy repairs to boost investment

Australian injured in Singapore Airlines flight speaks from hospital

Davis’ wife fell into the aisle and didn’t move.“I realised I was pouring blood all over her and I thought ‘wow, we are in a lot of serious trouble here

US military commander has ‘no idea’ how Australia’s Aukus submarines would be used in any Taiwan Strait dispute

A US military commander says he has “no idea” how Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines will be used in the Taiwan Strait, despite a top state department

Australian woman faces first hearing ahead of mushroom deaths trial

SYDNEY — An Australian woman, accused of murdering three elderly people after they allegedly consumed poisonous mushrooms at a lunch hosted by her, faced her

Australia reports human case of H5N1 bird flu

A child in Australia tested positive for H5N1 bird flu after flying back from India, according to local health officials, making this the first

Paralympian Milne wins a World Cup bronze with Australia in Yecheon

The Turkish women threatened the world record (238) in their first match.Two dropped arrows in the fourth end saw them miss it by a point – but beat a less-th

JUST IN: Here’s how Australia ranked on Oxford Economics’ inaugural Global Cities Index

Australia’s cities have proven their mettle on the global scale, time and time again. Just this month, Melbourne was hailed as the most desirable travel locat

Australia among top countries for classroom bullying

Australian school students are suffering levels of bullying at higher levels than other comparable English-speaking nations, a report has found.Education exp

‘We’re really torn’: New Caledonia turmoil forces French nationals to sail to safety in Australia

New Caledonia was only ever supposed to be a stopover, a pause on a family sailing trip around the world. “But we discovered,” a French national, Xavier Dec