Australia is considering bringing court action against Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube after alleging they are not doing enough to keep Australian children younger than 16 off their platforms.

Australian police have shot dead a man seven months after he was suspected of killing two police officers and seriously wounding a third in a remote forest region.

The European Union and Australia have agreed on the final text of a free trade agreement some two years after negotiations broke down over Australian demands for more red meat market access and complaints about Australian products labeled with traditionally European names such as prosecco.

On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out because its brown eyes were moving.

Two Iranian women soccer players have been seen training with the Brisbane Roar after Australia granted them asylum, and they stayed behind as teammates headed home.

Iran’s women’s soccer team has left Malaysia for Oman after five of the seven squad members who sparked a diplomatic furor by seeking asylum in Australia reversed their decisions and rejoined the team in Kuala Lumpur.

Australia's government says another three members of Iran's women’s soccer team who accepted refugee visas to stay in Australia have decided to return to their homeland.

Two more members of the Iranian women’s soccer team were granted asylum in Australia before their teammates departed, but one later changed her mind and will return to Iran.

Iran’s national soccer team has finished the Women's Asian Cup group stage in Australia and now faces a return home to a country embroiled in war.

Australia has opened the World Baseball Classic in Tokyo by beating Taiwan 3-0 on Robbie Perkins' two-run homer in the fifth inning and Travis Bazzana’s homer in the seventh at the Tokyo Dome.

Iran has opened its Women’s Asian Cup soccer tournament under the shadow of war.

A federal inquiry has begun into a rise in antisemitism across Australia before two gunmen allegedly killed 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has ended a four-day visit to Australia that brought comfort to Sydney’s Jewish community following a recent antisemitic mass shooting.

Carlos Alcaraz thinks he might get a small kangaroo tattooed on one leg.

Now that he's the youngest man to win all four major singles titles, Carlos Alcaraz is fielding questions about his chances for a calendar-year Grand Slam.

Australia has a "home away from home" for the Milan Cortina Olympics at the European Training Centre in Gavirate, Italy.

Stan Wawrinka bids farewell to the Australian Open after losing to Taylor Fritz.

Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from the Australian Open before her third-round match against Maddison Inglis.

Jannik Sinner made a dramatic comeback at the Australian Open, overcoming cramps and getting benefit from the tournament's extreme heat policy to beat Eliot Spizzirri.

Novak Djokovic has advanced to the third round of the Australian Open after beating Francesco Maestrelli for his 399th Grand Slam singles win.

Naomi Osaka has made a fashion statement and quite an entrance to the Australian Open.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed Parliament's passing anti-hate speech and gun laws following a deadly shooting at a Jewish festival on Sydney's Bondi Beach last month.

Corentin Moutet uses an underarm serve on match point to secure his first-round victory at the Australian Open.

Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz fulfilled expectations on Day 1 of the Australian Open that attracted a record 100,000-plus fans to Melbourne Park.

The 1 Point Slam isn’t likely to be a one-hit wonder.

Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia.

Coco Gauff and Venus Williams could meet in the second round of the Australian Open.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a royal commission into antisemitism, weeks after a deadly attack at a Jewish holiday event in Bondi Beach.

The Australian state of New South Wales is proposing a ban on public displays of Islamic State group flags and extremist symbols.

Thousands of people have returned to Australia's Bondi Beach in the first full day of opening since a mass shooting killed 15 people.

Nathan Lyon took two wickets to move past Glenn McGrath for second place on Australia’s all-time bowling list, and returning skipper Pat Cummins took his first wickets of the series as a relentless bowling attack had England in trouble on the third test.

An accused gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre has been charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder as hundreds of mourners gathered in Sydney to begin funerals for the victims.

Alex Carey has posted a hometown hundred and Usman Khawaja has scored 82 after a last-minute recall to help Australia reach 326 for eight at stumps on the first day of the third Ashes test.

Australia is preparing for the funerals of some of the victims of an antisemitic mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

Officials suspect a father and son of killing 15 people on a popular Australian beach, shocking a country where gun violence is rare.

Australian leaders have promised to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.

A child is one of at least 15 people killed in an attack in Australia at one of the world’s most famous beaches.

Global online forum Reddit has filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social media platforms.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has welcomed a groundbreaking social media ban for children under 16 as families taking back power from tech giants.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are meeting their Australian counterparts for annual talks expected to focus on Indo-Pacific security and countering China’s increasing assertiveness in the region.

A firefighter has died while battling wildfires that have destroyed around 40 homes in two Australian states.

Here’s a look at some key moments which helped to decide an incident-packed championship fight after McLaren driver Lando Norris clinched his first Formula 1 title at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.

Japan says Chinese military aircraft locked radar on its fighter jets even though there was a safe distance between them, denying Beijing’s accusation of interference and renewing its protest over the incident.

Mitchell Starc has been dominating England in the Ashes series with the ball and now he's added another dimension.

Host Australia and three-time champion New Zealand have been drawn into the same group at the expanded Rugby World Cup in 2027, with the winner likely to face defending champion South Africa in the quarterfinals.

Australia is set to enforce its age limit for social media accounts starting next week, and the platforms must provide monthly reports on how many children's accounts they have closed or face fines.

The Australian government says children under 16 will be banned from social media next month as scheduled despite a legal challenge.

Malaysia plans to ban social media accounts for people under 16 starting in 2026.

An ensemble of 374 bagpipers has claimed a new world record by playing AC/DC’s “It’s a Long Way to the Top.”.

Carlos Alcaraz has started his quest for a first ATP Finals crown with a straight-set victory over Alex de Minaur.

Helen Garner, an acclaimed Australian writer, has won the prestigious Baillie Gifford Prize for nonfiction.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says he has discussed Australia’s critical-minerals deal with the United States during a “positive” meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang.

President Donald Trump and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese have signed a critical-minerals deal at the White House.

Deloitte Australia will partially refund the Australian government for a report filled with apparent AI-generated errors.

Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a major defense treaty, which Beijing claims unfairly targets China.

Australian scientists have tested bite-resistant wetsuits by letting sharks bite them at sea.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been unable to clinch a defense treaty with Papua New Guinea a week after he failed to land a security pact with another South Pacific island neighbor, Vanuatu.

Australia has offered to gift Papua New Guinea an extension to its Parliament House as the South Pacific island nation celebrates its 50th independence anniversary.

One of Australia's largest banks has agreed to pay a record $160 million in penalties for corporate misconduct.

Australia has approved a world-first vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia.

A 17-year-old high school sprinter will have most of Australia's attention during the track and field world championships in Japan.

Oscar Piastri has won the Dutch Grand Prix after teammate Lando Norris’ Formula 1 title chances took a heavy blow when his McLaren broke down.

Oscar Piastri has beaten his teammate Lando Norris by just over one-hundredth of a second to take pole position for the Dutch Grand Prix in qualifying.

Japan says it plans to deploy its domestically developed long-range missiles earlier than scheduled.

Iran's ambassador to Australia has been seen preparing to leave the country as a result of a diplomatic rift between the two countries.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is accusing Iran of directing at least two antisemitic attacks in Australia and says the country is cutting off diplomatic relations in response.

The U.S. Open is starting a day earlier than usual.

A trainee surgeon in Australia has been released on bail after being charged with secretly recording hundreds of medical colleagues in hospital restrooms.

Australia’s defense minister and his Philippine counterpart are meeting in Manila for talks spotlighting their concern over Beijing’s actions in the South China Sea.

Little League runs World Series tournaments for baseball and softball, and girls are attracting more attention at both this year.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed accusations from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who called the Australian leader a "weak politician" for recognizing a Palestinian state.

A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a former lawmaker have been granted asylum in Great Britain and Australia.

Australia has launched its largest military exercises with Philippine forces, involving over 3,600 personnel in live-fire drills and a beach assault near the South China Sea.

Epic Games has won a partial victory in an Australian court against Google and Apple.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced that Australia will recognize a Palestinian state.

Japanese warships on Friday docked in New Zealand’s capital for a rare visit.

Australian authorities say the Great Barrier Reef has experienced its greatest annual loss of live coral in four decades.

Hong Kong authorities have strengthened a crackdown on 16 overseas-based activists who were previously targeted by bounties on suspicion of endangering national security.

An Australian appeals court has ruled against X Corp. in a legal battle with an online safety watchdog.

The Australian government has announced YouTube will be required to ensure account holders are at least 16 years old starting in December.

The first Australian-made rocket to attempt to reach orbit from the country's soil has crashed after 14 seconds of flight.

Australia’s Parliament has resumed for the first time since the Labor Party's historic majority win in May.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet with China's leader Xi Jinping on a trip he says will focus on closer business ties.

Novak Djokovic has overcame an uncharacteristically unsteady start to avoid what would have been his earliest exit at Wimbledon since 2016.

A man has been charged over an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue in an apparent escalation in antisemitic violence in Australia’s second-most populous city.

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Lando Norris has held off a race-long challenge from his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri to win the Austrian Grand Prix and lift his Formula 1 title hopes.

Minjee Lee closed with a 2-over 74 but never gave up the lead Sunday in the final round of the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship to win her third major title.

A new study finds an Australian moth follows the stars during its yearly migration, using the night sky as a guiding compass.

Australia’s defense minister has dismissed concerns that a deal between the U.S., Australia and Britain to provide his country with nuclear-powered submarines could be in jeopardy, following a report that the Pentagon had ordered a review.

Indonesian authorities on the tourist island of Bali have announced the arrests of several foreign nationals, including an Australian, an Indian, and an American, on suspicion of possessing narcotics, charges that could carry the death penalty.

Australian comedian and actor Magda Szubanski has announced that she has been diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer.

Indonesian police said on Monday they arrested an Australian man for allegedly smuggling cocaine on the tourist island of Bali, a charge that could carry the death penalty.

The Enhanced Games is a sports festival that bills itself as better than the Olympics because it allows athletes to benefit from using performance-enhancing drugs.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has told his government colleagues that reducing student debt will be the first legislative priority for his administration that was returned to power in the nation’s first election in which the Baby Boomer generation was outnumbered by younger voters.

Australia’s re-elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday was greeted by well-wishers at a Sydney café and said the country had voted for unity over division.

Anthony Albanese has claimed victory as the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive term in 21 years.

Min Woo Lee was penalized one stroke after his third round in the Masters after tournament officials determined he caused his ball to move on the 13th fairway.

Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton has confirmed that his family home was the target of an alleged bomb plot but says concerns for his personal safety did not restrict his election campaigning.