First it was toilet paper, now it's Christmas trees as Australians stock up on the ultimate festive decoration in record numbers to celebrate the end of a year most people would rather forget. Nearly three weeks from Christmas Day on Dec. 25, owners of Christmas tree farms said they were already having to close due to elevated demand for home-grown pine trees, with some already taking tree orders for Christmas 2021.

Australians panic-buying Christmas trees? In 2020, drone footage shows anything is possible

Residents of a coastal township on Australia’s World Heritage-listed Fraser Island were told to evacuate on Sunday as a bushfire approached. Since it was sparked by an illegal campfire seven weeks ago, the blaze has blackened half the island off Australia’s north eastern coast.

Australia bushfire threatens World Heritage-listed Fraser island

The flight from Colombo becomes the first from any international country to touch down at Melbourne airport in five months on Monday. The Colombo flight is amongst one of the five flights that will land on Monday in Melbourne, reports ABC News.

First international flight lands in Melbourne in five months

One would think that koalas are easy to find and count. They’re large. They’re fluffy. They’re mostly immobile since they tend to sleep for about 20 hours a day.

Australia gears up for the great Koala count, using drones, droppings and dogs

There have been several incidents in Australia this year where surfers have been attacked by sharks. One more surfer was attacked recently by a white shark and managed to escape.

'Felt like being hit by a bus': Australian surfer attacked by white whale

Australia has decided to bring in Nathan Lyon while they continue to worry about their in-form batsman and skipper Aaron Finch in the two remaining T20Is against India.

Australia worried about Aaron Finch's injury as Lyon joins T20I squad

Team India defeated Australia by 11 runs in the first T20 of the three-match series at the Manuka Oval in Canberra. Virat and Co. came back to win this match after Australia was off to a very good start because of Aaron Finch and D’Arcy Short's explosive start.

'It was a right decision': Virender Sehwag on controversy around Chahal's substitution

The health of Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in a critical state and deteriorating as climate change warms up the waters in which it lies. The World Heritage-listed site off Australia's northeastern coast has lost more than half its coral in the past three decades.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef status lowered to critical and deteriorating

Australian Great Barrier Reef experts agreed on Friday (December 4) that the government needs to step up in protecting the world's most extensive and spectacular coral reef ecosystem, as an international conservation group also said it was in a critical state as a result of climate change.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef outlook worsens, environmentalists blame government

Second Chinese diplomat Wang Xining in Australia blamed on Friday Prime Minister Scott Morrison for "overreacting" on a tweet by a Beijing official. Earlier, Morrison described a tweet by Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian as "repugnant", "outrageous" and "appalling" which showed a digitally altered image of an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan child.

Senior Chinese diplomat blames Australian PM Morrison for 'overreacting' on Afghan tweet

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has backed Australia & slammed China for posting a 'factually incorrect' image of an Australian Troop. Molly Gambhir gets you a report.

Gravitas: New Zealand backs Australia amid China dispute

Australia has approved a law which gives federal government power to veto any agreement stuck between Australian state and foreign nations.

Australia approves new veto power for stuck pacts with foreign nations

Australia's explosive all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has defended the 'switch hit' which met with Ian Chappell’s criticism, who expressed his reservation about the shot and called it 'unfair' while speaking to Wide World of Sports.

Glenn Maxwell defends his signature 'switch shot' after Ian Chappell's criticism

Economists said the rebound in activity reflected Australian authorities’ successful suppression of Covid-19.

Australia bounces out of recession as economy grows

Taiwan & U.S. have extended their support to Australia as the country stares at potential losses due to China's hefty tariffs on Australian wine. Parliamentarians globally are encouraging people to buy Australian wine. Molly Gambhir gets you a report.

Gravitas: The Australia-China War

Australia's economy rebounded sharply in the third quarter from a coronavirus-induced recession as consumer spending surged, though the country's top central banker signalled monetary policy will stay accommodative for a while.

World Business Watch: Australia's economy rebounds sharply in Q3, growth beats forecast

Australian fire crews were battling massive bushfires on Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island, on Wednesday (December 2), which have been burning for six weeks, forcing tourists to flee the island off the northeast coast.

Bushfires threaten tourist areas on Australia's Fraser Island 

The experts at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency, have created a new atlas of the universe.

Australian scientists create 'a new atlas' by mapping millions of galaxies

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday Canberra is seeking an apology from Beijing about a Tweet containing a false image of an Australian soldier holding the knife to the throat of an Afghan child.

Australia demands apology from China for ‘repugnant’ Afghan tweet

Fire fighters continue their struggle to put out a massive bushfire that has been raging on over 6 weeks now in Australia. The fires have already destroyed the 40% of the UNESCO world heritage listed Fraser island.

Your Story: Temperature soars, worsens conditions to fight Australian bushfires

Twitter on Tuesday rebuffed Australian calls to remove a Beijing official's incendiary tweet targeting Australian troops, as China doubled down on criticism in the face of mounting international condemnation.

Twitter rejects call to remove Chinese official's fake Australian troops tweet

Australia's Prime Minister has demanded an apology from China, After an fake image of an Australian soldier was posted on Chinese official twitter account. Scott Morrison had said image is truly repugnant and to be taken down immediately.

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison lashes out at China

Bushfires continuous burn through the Fraser Island as growing heat wave. A number of blazes broke out on Sunday, including one in Sydney's outskirts. New south wales fire and rescue services has said that the fire has damaged a lot of property.

Bushfires burn through Australia's Fraser Island

After scoring back-to-back centuries against India, Australia batsman Steve Smith said a changed batting approach has been yielding better results for him in the ongoing series.

Ind vs Aus: Batting with more finesse now and it's working, says Smith

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