Australia violated rights of asylum seekers on Nauru, UN watchdog rules | Australian immigration and asylum
Australia has violated the rights of asylum seekers arbitrarily detained on the island of Nauru, the United Nations watchdog has ruled, issuing a warning to other countries looking to outsource asylum procedures. The United Nations Human Rights Committee has announced judgments in two cases involving 25 refugees and asylum seekers who endured years of arbitrary […]
Hiker missing in Australia’s Kosciuszko national park since Boxing Day found alive | Australia news
A 23-year-old hiker missing since Boxing Day has been found alive in the remote Kosciuszko National Park. Police confirmed Wednesday that Hadi Nazari was found alive. Hikers found Nazari outside the Circuit Walk near Blue Lake around 3:15 p.m. Wednesday, police said in a statement. Nazari was pulled out and examined by paramedics. Nazari was […]
Australia v India: fifth men’s cricket Test, day three – live | Australia cricket team
main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 36 overs: India 150-7 (Washington 7, Siraj 3) Statistically speaking, Scott Borland takes most of his wickets in his first 12 balls. So it's a small miracle that Siraj steered two runs between slip and gully, tilting the ball on the […]
Surfer missing off South Australia’s west coast believed to be victim of shark attack | South Australia
Emergency services are searching for the body of a man believed to be the victim of a shark attack in South Australia. A 28-year-old Port Lincoln man was attacked by a shark while surfing near Granites Beach, south of Streaky Bay on the Eyre Peninsula, just after 7pm on Thursday, witnesses said. Police quickly responded […]
Australia v India: fourth men’s cricket Test, day five – live | Australia cricket team
main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 83rd over: Australia 233-9 (Lyon 41, Boland 14) India still has an almost new ball. Nathan Ryan has never played a Test half-century, but he might get a chance today. India starts with Siraj, breaks through the fourth cordon and gets […]
Australia v India: fourth men’s cricket Test, day four – live | Australia cricket team
major events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 3rd over: Australia 8-0 (Constace 3, Khawaja 3) It was Bumrah's turn to beat Khawaja outside the off-stump, but again there was no edge. Indian bowlers need to bowl early. If Australia crosses 200 runs in this innings, the match will […]
Man dies after shark bite while fishing with family off Queensland coast | Australia news
A man was bitten by a shark and died while fishing with his family. Emergency services were called to reports of a man being attacked on Humpy Island in the Keppel Bay Islands National Park, about 18 kilometers off the central Queensland coast, on Saturday. A Queensland Police spokesperson said the 40-year-old man was bitten […]
Australia v India: fourth men’s cricket Test, day three – live | Australia cricket team
main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature As always, feel free to drop us an email. Let us know where you are and what you are doing during the quiet week of Christmas. share For me yesterday's story was the delivery from Cummins to the best Indian bat […]
Australia v India: fourth men’s cricket Test, day two – live | Australia cricket team
main events Show only major events Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature 88th: Australia 320-6 (Smith 70, Cummins 15) Akash Deep will probably bowl the second over to allow Bumrah to charge from his preferred end. Deep started the day with a maiden as he went to Stamps with 1-59 from 19 wickets. […]
Daniel Duggan to be extradited from Australia to US over alleged training of Chinese fighter pilots | Extradition
An Australian pilot is expected to be extradited to the United States as early as next week after the federal government approved the extradition of a former US Marine pilot suspected of training Chinese fighter pilots. Daniel Duggan, who has been in a high-security prison in Australia for more than two years as he seeks […]