Vast swaths of southeastern Australia are sweltering in a heat wave that’s pushed temperatures to close to 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) and forced some residents to protect their properties as wildfires race through parts of rural Victoria.

Australia's Origin Energy beat first-half profit estimates on Thursday, lifted by higher earnings at its Energy Markets division on the back of increased electricity gross profit and lower costs.

Australia’s trade minister is set to travel to Brussels for talks with European Union officials to try and secure a free trade accord, which if signed would be the bloc’s third major agreement this year and bolster its efforts to stave off pressure from the Trump administration.

The waves are massive, and I have no life jacket on. I just kept thinking, ‘Just keep swimming, just keep swimming,’” said Austin Appelbee.

Australia is demanding criminal charges over a 2024 Israeli airstrike on an aid convoy in Gaza that killed seven people, including an Australian aid worker, the country's prime minister said

Australia's ASX Ltd warned of sharply higher 2026 costs on Thursday, extending a sell-off sparked by CEO Helen Lofthouse's planned exit and overshadowing a rise in first-half underlying profit.

Australia’s biggest medal hope sensationally missed out on the medals in her defence of the Olympic moguls title