A memorial to Melbourne’s controversial founder John Batman has been severed in half on the eve of January 26.

A statue honouring the founder of modern-day Melbourne has been cut in half ahead of Australia Day.Police believe the John Batman Memorial, located on Queen Street opposite the Queen Victoria Market,

A Maine coon cat named Mittens became an accidental jetsetter this month when her cage was overlooked in a plane cargo hold and she made three trips in 24 hours between New Zealand and Australia.

The dialling back of Indigenous rights will be high on the agenda for Invasion Day rallies this year, according to protest organisers who say it’s a global “phenomenon” also happening to overseas colonised nations.

Most of the country is expected to feel at least low intensity heatwaves this long Australia Day weekend, but most major cities will be spared.

After being accidentally missed by baggage handlers and left on a plane, a cat mistakenly made three trips between New Zealand and Australia in 24 hours

The police said they were investigating whether “overseas actors” were involved in the vandalizing of synagogues and a day care center.

Novak Djokovic pledged to continue his hunt for a record 25th Grand Slam title as he processed the disappointment of retiring from Friday's Australian Open semi-final due to a muscle injury.

Archaeologists and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people are shedding new light on a series of enigmatic earth rings located in southeastern Australia.

Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country.

Four vehicles and the former home of a Jewish community leader were defaced in Sydney early Friday, with two cars set alight, in the latest antisemitic attack condemned by Australian authorities, who vowed to “hunt down” the perpetrators.

Lucky loser Eva Lys felt like she had been hit by a train after a heavy defeat by world number two Iga Swiatek in the Australian Open fourth round on Monday but the German said she had enjoyed the journey in the best week of her life.