Feb 01, 2013
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard checks out flood damaged homes and infrastructure in Bundaberg. Simon Hanna reports. Watch Video Video: Australia PM visits flood ravaged areas
Jan 30, 2013
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is to run for a seat in the Australian Senate during this year's elections. Read Article WikiLeaks' Assange to run for Australian Senate
Jan 30, 2013
Opinion polls suggest the conservative opposition coalition led by Tony Abbott is likely to win convincingly. Read Article Gillard calls Australia elections; vote to be held on September 14
Jan 30, 2013
From bushfires raging in searing tinder-dry conditions to surging floodwaters and destructive tornadoes, Australia has witnessed staggering climate extremes during its summer of 2013. Read Article Australian summer lurches from fire to floods
Jan 27, 2013
Two people were missing and the body of a third person was recovered from raging floodwaters as severe storms pounded northeastern Australia today, forcing more than 1,000 to flee their homes.
Read Article Major floods inundate northern Australia
Jan 26, 2013
With an election looming this year, political pundits predict that gender will be a key battleground, one that could determine if Julia Gillard manages to win a second term. Kathy Marks reports from Sydney Read Article Gillard, Abbott set to square off in Australia's first 'gender election'
Jan 20, 2013
A French lone sailor adrift for days in a life raft on huge Southern Ocean swells after his yacht sank has been recovered today by the crew of an Antarctic cruise ship. Read Article French solo sailor rescued in Southern Ocean
Jan 20, 2013
A tax on carbon emissions does not have to mark the death knell of heavy industry, a top Australian envoy said at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi. Read Article Carbon tax the way forward, says Australian envoy
Jan 14, 2013
Australia's leading research observatory, which houses telescopes used by scientists around the world, was damaged by a large bushfire yesterday as hot weather and storms stoked dozens of new blazes. Read Article Blow for astronomers as blaze damages top research observatory
Jan 14, 2013
As Australia's worst heatwave on record grips large chunks of the country, fuelling bushfires that are still burning across five states and territories, some remain sceptical about global warming. Read Article Blistering summer back o' Bourke leaves locals unflustered by climate change
