Hot air ballooning has long been a male-dominated sport, with just five female commercial pilots operating in Australia. But three women have set their sights are determined to the attarct more women into the sport.

Encouraging more women to try hot air ballooning in Australia

Melbourne, Australia's second-biggest city, began its first weekend out of the world's longest string of COVID-19 lockdowns with spontaneous street parties, live music and packed pubs, bars and restaurants.

Australia's Melbourne enjoys weekend of eased Covid curbs after long lockdown

Australia was the worst climate performer among comparable developed countries since nations pledged in the 2015 Paris agreement to take action to limit global warming, a think tank said Thursday ahead of a key climate conference in Scotland later this month.

Australia branded worst climate performer ahead of UN summit

Melbourne residents flocked to the city's pubs, restaurants and hair salons in the early hours of Friday after the world's most locked-down city emerged from its latest spate of restrictions designed to combat the spread of COVID-19.

Melbourne reopens as world's most locked-down city eases pandemic restrictions

Australia is paying its citizens $3,700 to escape abusive relationships. The one-time payment will be given in cash, in form of services and school fees. Should other countries adopt this too? Palki Sharma brings you the details.

Gravitas: Australia pays citizens to leave abusive partners

Australia's east coast has been hit by a severe hailstorm, country's Coffs Harbour has been declared a disaster zone. Hailstorms have damaged houses in the cities and some parts also witnessed flooding.

Hailstorms batter Australia, emergency crews receive hundreds call from residents

Australian batter Steve Smith praised the India cricket team, branding the Virat Kohli's side favourites to win the ICC Men's T20 World Cup after the Men in Blue outclassed Australia in a warmup match on Wednesday (October 20).

Steve Smith names 'serious match-winners' who got 'all bases covered' to win T20 World Cup

Australian airline Qantas Airways Ltd is expecting to get back to flying 100% of its pre-COVID-19 domestic capacity by January as the country set to open its borders for the vaccinated.

Australia set to open borders after pandemic, Qantas expects 100% of domestic capacity

A passanger train derails near Sydney in Australia after being hit by an abandoned van. Train driver along with few passengers suffer minor injuries. The incident happened around 100 kilometer away from Sydney. Driver was rescued by firefighters.

Passenger train derails in Australia. Driver, others suffer minor injuries

A prominent Malaysian transgender entrepreneur accused of insulting Islam in the Muslim majority country said Wednesday she was "safe, happy and free" in Australia.

Malaysian trans woman says 'safe and free' in Australia

The Australian government on Monday began its legal challenge to a Federal Court's landmark decision that it has a duty of care to protect children from future personal injury caused by climate change, according to media reports.

Australian govt takes up legal battle against Indian-origin teen’s climate change court case

About 400 Australian koalas will be vaccinated against chlamydia as part of a trial that it could play a significant role in the longer-term survival of the animals. Chlamydia, a sexually transmitted disease also found in humans, has spread widely among Australian koalas, affecting half the animals in some areas.

Australian koalas line up for chlamydia vaccine in new trial

Earlier this week in Canberra, a team of firefighters responded to reports of a gas leak in a store, just to discover that the smell was caused by the pungent odour of a fruit inside the building.

Durian fruit triggers 'gas leak' alert in Canberra

Two people have survived days without water in Australia's hot and dusty outback, police said Monday, ending a frenzied five-day air and land rescue effort. Twenty-one-year-old Shaun Emitja and 14-year-old Mahesh Patrick were reported missing on Tuesday in the Harts Range area of central Australia.

'Miracle' pair found alive after days in Australian outback

Parts of Australia's island state of Tasmania entered a three-day snap lockdown and the next 48 hours remain critical, Premier Peter Gutwein announced on Saturday.

Australia island state enters snap lockdown

In what can be called the seizure of the largest heroin shipment ever detected in Australia, the country's police said on Saturday that it has arrested a Malaysian national with illicit drug worth an estimated A$140 million ($104 million).

Police seize $104-million record shipment of heroin in Australia

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has confirmed that he will be attending the crucial COP26 summit in the UK, the confirmation comes after world leaders face mounting pressure over increase in Carbon mission.

Australian PM Scott Morrison to attend COP26 Summit

The second phase of the Malabar Exercise has now begun in the Bay of Bengal. This time the maritime exercise features all four of the Quad Countries i.e India, US, Australia, Japan.

Malabar Naval Exercise: U.S navy chief hosts Indian counterpart

There is increasing concern among environmentalists that biodiversity is declining in Australia. Environmentalists have urged the Australian government to do more in order to stem a decline in biodiversity.

Environmentalists tell Australia, it 'needs more efforts to halt biodiversity decline'

Tennis players planning to compete in the Australian Open at Melbourne Park should get vaccinated for COVID-19 to give themselves the best chance of playing the Grand Slam, an Australian government official has said.

Get vaccinated if you want to play Australian Open, minister tells players

Dealing with depression is difficult, often people battling depression refrain from stepping out of their homes. But a gym in Australia has come up with a special programme to deal with mental illness.

Australia: Hobart gym announces free membership to beat depression

A Taiwan official has asked Australia to support its bid to join the CPTPP pan-Pacific trade pact, which China opposes, saying Taiwan can boost high technology trade flows and demand for Australian minerals.

Taiwan asks Australia to support regional trade bid

A tech body backed by the Australian units of Facebook, Google and Twitter said on Monday it has set up a special committee to adjudicate complaints over misinformation, a day after the government threatened tougher laws over false and defamatory online posts.

Facebook-backed group launches misinformation adjudication panel in Australia

A Tasmanian high school is bringing renewable energy technologies to its community and inspiring the next generation of problem solvers. The Zayed Energy Hub at Huonville is connecting energy innovators in the town and giving students the opportunity to combat climate change.

Energy hub is giving students a renewed sense of purpose in Australia

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