Australia’s victory in Sydney was fired by a spectacular maiden one-day international century from Glenn Maxwell, who helped Australia to 376-9.
A recent report painted a worst-case scenario of a rise of up to 5.1°C by 2090 if there are no actions taken to cut greenhouse emissions.
The issue dominates debates, but for different reasons, from the far right making political capital to border guards pushing migrant boats back.
Muslims who fear public retribution after an extremist attack in Sydney are being supported by ordinary people in solidarity against Islamophobia.
Five people fled a central Sydney cafe where a gunman is holding terrified hostages after displaying an Islamic flag at the window.
Australian cricketer Phillip Hughes is to be laid to rest on Wednesday and his one-day international number retired, as raw emotion grips the team.
Expect fireworks and sledging in the ODI series between two of the top cricket teams in the world.
Every opportunity to play at the iconic Australian stadiums should be consumed voraciously, even if in lesser formats and with far less at stake.
Pat McCabe and Nathan Charles being injured has left the Australian rugby team with few lineup choices.
Five-times Olympic champion Ian Thorpe has revealed he is gay in a tell-all TV interview.
The gold producer says it will probably appeal a court decision which found it had no right to mine parts of its New South Wales site.
Airlines in northern Australia and southeast Asia have grounded their aircraft as Indonesia’s Sangeang Api volcano erupts, throwing up an ash cloud.
South African orphans will now be able to be adopted by Australian parents should a family in their home country not be found.
The unmanned Bluefin21 submarine will search a patch of the Indian Ocean seabed for another week, before the search area for MH370 is expanded.
The pre-tournament favourites have put on a dismal display in Bangladesh in their fifth unsuccessful World Twenty20 campaign.
Australian opener David Warner helped the national team’s triumph over SA when he clubbed two sixes and five fours in his aggressive knock.
Australia’s Ryan Harris took the last two wickets as South Africa came within five overs of saving the third Test – skipper Graeme Smith’s final game.
Hashim Amla and AB de Villiers helped the Proteas to 71 for four, at stumps on day four of the third Test against Australia.
South Africa has been bowled out for 287 in their first innings against Australia on day three of the third Test.
After claims that the Proteas tampered with the ball in the second Test, Australia’s David Warner has gone to lunch with an unbeatn half-century.
The Proteas’ manager says David Warner’s accusations that SA tampered with the ball in their last Test win are "disappointing and discouraging".
Graeme Smith had an ominous warning for the Australians after the Proteas crushed the visitors by 231 runs in Port Elizabeth on Sunday.
When Australia’s Mitchell Johnson is flustered, he bowls "a pile of junk". It’s too bad that bowling out SA calms him down, writes Neil Manthorp.
Following Australia’s win over the Proteas at the weekend, Graeme Smith has downplayed SA’s under-performance, saying the wicket aided Aussie’s win.
The subtle influence of genial coach Darren Lehmann has seen old-fashioned values unite the Australian cricket team and charm the selectors.
The three-Test series between Australia and the Proteas – by a distance, the two best teams in the world – will be decided by their pace attacks.
The Ngadju people say Gold Fields did not comply with the Native Title Act 1993 when it acquired the mining tenements south of Kalgoorlie.
Comrade Cyril Ramaphosa has been deployed to the land of wallabies and heat strokes. But the welcome he received was, shall we say, less than warm.
In an upcoming tour of SA, batsman David Warner says Australia aim to use the same intimidatory approach on the Proteas that unravelled England.
A rampant Australia sealed a 5-0 Ashes series sweep by skittling England out for 166 to claim a 281-run victory on Sunday.
Towns and iron ore operations have been forced into lockdown as Cyclone Christine is set to make landfall in parts of Western Australia on Monday.
Australia has claimed an eight-wicket victory over England during their fourth test match at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.