Three of Australia's major fast food chains have been slapped with fines after their workers were caught illegally dumping waste oil down stormwater drains.
Rachael Gunn, the Australian breakdancer whose appearance at the Paris Olympics attracted much attention, mostly critical, has described the response to her performance as "pretty devastating".
An 11-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a stabbing attack in central London is an Australian, the country's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade says.
Those who knew the New Zealand pilot who died in a Cairns helicopter crash on Monday say he was a "good all-round fella" and "one of the best out there".
A pilot with a New Zealand licence who died in a crash on a Queensland hotel roof "misappropriated" the helicopter after their farewell party at a charter company.
A judge who has jailed a former zoologist for more than 10 years over "deviant" cruelty to dogs said he could not imagine anyone committing more serious torture of animals.
Australian Olympic hockey player Tom Craig is out of police custody and has apologised to his family and teammates after being arrested in Paris for buying cocaine.
E-bikes, e-scooters, hoverboards and e-skateboards will have to meet new product standards in New South Wales to halt a rising number of dangerous blazes.