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A cull won't stop sharks attacking humans – so what can?
Calls to cull sharks have increased since a teenager was killed in an attack in April.
Whopping 40 kilo snake found in Australian suburb was mistaken for a crocodile
The giant snake ate a full-grown wallaby whole.
Drug dealer avoids jail after judge praises him for good business model for selling meth
Brodie Satterley walks free from court for showing business acumen while selling meth.
Drone captures the moment a shark lurks beneath unsuspecting surfers
Photographer David Finlay spotted the shark off Kiama beach in Australia.
12-year-old boy drove for 800 miles across Australia before he was caught
He was only stopped after police noticed damage to the car bumper.
Meth-addicted python in Australia back to normal after 7 months at rehabilitation centre
The python was found during a police raid at a crystal methamphetamine lab in Australia.
Australia's Darwin braces for storm as Queensland recovers from aftermath of Cyclone Debbie
Bureau of Meteorology says the storm is likely to strengthen into category one Cyclone Frances late on 11 April.
John Clarke, Australia's legendary comedian and satirist, dies at 68
The comedian was a household name both in Australia and his home country New Zealand.
World class surfers in Australia forced to evacuate water because of shark fears
No one was hurt during the World Surf League competition.
Watch this man fight off an enormous great white shark with a broom on a fishing boat
They named it 'Black Betty'.
Australian television reporter charged with sending child pornography material
Ben McCormack, a reporter for the local A Current Affair programme, was arrested on 6 April.
These businesses are making millions running Nauru refugee detention centre – they will regret it
No board of directors with an iota of humanity would be complicit in Australia's 'island of despair'.
Video captures the moment a mattress flies off a truck and hits a motorcyclist
Aaron Wood was riding 80 km/h through a tunnel in Brisbane when the mattress came loose.
Australian customs seize mail consignment containing live reptiles and arachnids
The Department of Agriculture said the animals posed a 'high biosecurity risk' to the country.
The ridiculous Cristiano Ronaldo statue has been turned into a mural
Melbourne artist Lushsux has reincarnated the footballer's famous bust.
Sharks are appearing in strange places in Australia because of a tropical cyclone
Australians have been warned to stay out of floodwaters.
Parts of Australia underwater as remnants of Cyclone Debbie sweep through east coast
Floodwaters engulf towns in Queensland and New South Wales, forcing tens of thousands of people to evacuate
Australian border police seize $300 million of crystal meth concealed in Chinese gate
The drugs were concealed in bubble wrap in metal gate being imported from China.
Australia's most wanted fugitives jailed for 40 years for murder
Gino Stocco and his son Mark were charged with more than 30 offences.
How do snakes eat super-sized prey – like antelopes, hyenas or humans?
The body of an Indonesian man was discovered inside a reticulated python.
Huge bull shark washes up on road 13km from coast after tropical cyclone hits Australia
The animal was discovered as floodwaters receded.
Cyclone Debbie declared a 'catastrophe' as eye of storm makes landfall near Airlie Beach
The category 4 storm has already crossed Whitsunday Islands, Proserpine, Bowen, Mackay and Hayman Islands.
Cyclone Debbie hits Queensland with residents warned of 'absolutely destructive' storm
Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology predicts winds potentially reaching 250km.
Where will Cyclone Debbie make landfall? 170mph winds trigger mass evacuations in Queensland
The latest Cyclone Debbie news. When, where and what to do if you are in the path of the category 4 cyclone.
Cyclone Debbie: Images of Queensland bracing for 'monster' storm
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has urged people in the most vulnerable areas to evacuate on Monday (27 March) before conditions deteriorate.
Are Tasmanian tigers really extinct? 'Sightings' in remote Queensland peninsula trigger new search
Scientists plan to do research in the Cape York Peninsula after 'sightings' of the extinct carnivore were reported.
Unprecedented discovery of 21 dinosaur tracks in Australia's Jurassic Park is 'globally unparalleled'
The tracks had been known for decades but no one had ever investigated them in depth.
Australia intervenes after Sydney professor prevented from leaving China twice
Dr Chongyi Feng was stopped from boarding flights in Guangzhou on Friday and Saturday.
Cyclone Debbie approaching Australia claims first life as authorities evacuate thousands to safety
The storm is expected to turn into a category 4 cyclone as it hits Queensland towns on 28 March.
Ex-guard at Australia's juvenile detention centre asked inmates for oral sex, filmed them eating faeces
Conan Zamolo, the guard at the Don Dale Youth Detention centre, claimed that his comments were 'a joke'.