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Glenn McGrath won three World Cup titles with Australia.

Sri Lanka host Australia in the second ODI on 24 August. The visitors lead the series 1-0.

Even when dormant, the small marsupials can sense a fire is coming their way.

Three injured female crocodiles were forced into a Northern Territory school on 21 August.

Sri Lanka host Australia in the first ODI on 21 August.

High-tech bug was hidden in a chair in a room New Zealand used for team meetings.

Quincy Symonds, described as having 'no fear', wants to compete internationally when she's older.

The men repeatedly stomped on the kangaroo until they decapitated it.

EIU that surveyed 140 major cities around the world has put Port Moresby at the bottom of the list.

Vietnamese government allows access to the war site but commemoration ceremony remains cancelled.

In April, the highest court of PNG declared the detention of refugees in the country as illegal.

Pakistan won the fourth Test against England and levelled the series 2-2.

Protestors from the Party for Freedom are supporters of anti-immigration leader Senator Pauline Hanson.

Netherlands face Australia in third quarter-final of the Men's hockey tournament on 14 August.

Taxi cost alleged 'ice' dealer Ho Ming Sze $4,500, police say.

Sri Lanka face Australia in the third test on 13 August as the hosts lead the three-match series 2-0.

The multi-venue performing arts centre has been recognised as one of the most distinctive buildings of the 20th century.

Kyle Chalmers becomes first Australian in 48 years to win gold in men's 100m freestyle swimming event.

Adam Gilmour sees hybrid rocket engines powered by plastic and wax as the future of space travel.

World number 1 team Australia open their campaign against Trans-Tasman rivals New Zealand on 6 August.

The Natavo Zero is claimed to neutralise enzyme that causes browning in the staple fruit.

Ray and Lynn McKay woke to find an eight-metre sinkhole filling with water in their back garden.

Sri Lanka face Australia in the second Test on 3 August. The hosts lead the series 1-0.

Sevdet Ramadan Besim, 19, has pleaded guilty to planning to behead a police officer on 25 April, 2015.

The attacker is now believed to be between 45 and 64 years of age and about 160-180cm in height.

People demand change after footage showed children being tear-gassed and abused in prison.

The 2016 Rio Olympic Games is scheduled to start on 5 August.

Critics say that indigenous Australians have been complaining of rights abuses for decades

Rudd's campaign for United Nations' secretary-general is effectively over.

Report claims Pell had appeared naked in front of three boys in a changing room on a beach in 1986-87.