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When in Australia, you have to anticipate wildlife interference. The Tour Down Under had a major crash caused by a kangaroo.

SYDNEY (AP) — Cathy Freeman thrilled Australians when she won the women's 400 meters gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, wearing a skin-tight, hooded running suit. She then excited controversy when she took a victory lap carrying the Australian flag and a flag representing Australia's First Nations peoples.

Australia Day commemorates the day Britain established New South Wales as a penal colony, with the arrival in Sydney of ships bringing colonists and convicts.

Officials said the father and son accused of killing 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month would have been barred from gun ownership under the new laws.

SYDNEY, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit Australia in March, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Sunday, as he backed a speech by his Canadian counterpart decrying powerful nations using economic integration as weapons and tariffs as leverage.

Dozens of beaches along Australia's east coast closed on Tuesday, Jan. 20, after four shark attacks in two days.

Australians fell silent and lit candles on a national day of mourning on Thursday for the 15 people killed by gunmen who opened fire on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach. Alleged gunman Sajid Akram, 50,

Australians are deeply divided over whether January 26 is an appropriate day to celebrate Australia Day – and we are no longer debating it as much as doubling down in entrenched camps. Over the past five years,

From champion athletes to those working to help our most vulnerable, the 2026 Australia Day Honours List showcases the very best of the nation.