Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart has eclipsed Wal-Mart heiress Christy Walton to become the world's wealthiest woman, according to an annual index by Business Review Weekly.

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Australia's uranium supply to India will be demand based once the approvals for the yellow cake exports to New Delhi are finalised, Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has said.

"It (uranium supply) wil

The rich in Australia may soon be forced to pay ‘millionaires' tax’ with the country's powerful trade union calling the government to slap such a tax, similar to US President Barack Obama's so-called

A 24-year-old Indian, who cut his wife's throat eight times with a box cutter and left her bleeding to death, has been found guilty of manslaughter by an Australian court which acquitted him of the mu

A new and unusual land speed world record has been set in Australia - for the fastest motorised toilet, BBC reported.

Canadian stuntwoman Jolene Van Vugt recorded a speed of 75 km per hour at the Syd

Embattled carrier Qantas said on Friday it will delay the delivery of two A380 superjumbos as part of a further Aus$400 million (US$410 million) in spending cuts as it works to turn its business aroun

A 97-year-old retired Australian dentist was to receive his masters degree in clinical science on Friday in what Southern Cross University said could make him the world's oldest new graduate.

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A 97-year-old retired Australian dentist was to receive his masters degree in clinical science on Friday in what Southern Cross University said could make him the world's oldest new graduate.

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A 4.4-metre (14.5-feet) crocodile that had eaten up to nine pet dogs has been hauled out of a river in Australia's north, a report said on Friday.

The rogue croc was trapped at Daly River community,

Secret diaries of an Australian woman who was one of young Barack Obama's girlfriends, show the warmth and trust of the future president in love, but also hint at his reserve and 'coolness'.

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