Australia

Thousands of Australians stripped off at Bondi Beach in Sydney for a cancer awareness photo shoot by artist Spencer Tunick.

An Ōtepoti museum has returned cultural artefacts first taken from Indigenous Australians more than a century ago.

Four taonga taken from an Indigenous Australian group more than a century ago have been returned by Auckland Museum this week.

Scores of people have been rescued and searches are under way for two feared missing in floodwaters, while volunteers from countries including New Zealand are arriving to help.

Emergency services have carried out more than 100 rooftop rescues in the flood-hit New South Wales town of Eugowra, after flash flooding swept across parts of the state and Victoria.

Covid-19 case numbers are on the rise again in both Australia and New Zealand, with health officials signalling the arrival of new Omicron subvariants and new waves of the virus.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says as a Medibank customer he is among those concerned their data may become public.

Cyber attacks against Australia from criminals and state-sponsored groups jumped last financial year, with a government report released on Friday equating the assault to one attack every seven…

The United States is preparing to deploy up to six nuclear-capable B-52 bombers to northern Australia, a provocative move experts say is aimed squarely at China.

Australian officials have been accused of obstructing an official visit by a United Nations body that works to prevent torture.