BBC cricket reporter Henry Moeran explores the possible reasons why the gap in quality between Australia and England is so significant in women's cricket.

A measure of Australian business activity rebounded in December as Christmas demand helped the down-beaten retail sector, a survey showed on Tuesday, though confidence remained poor as firms faced rising costs.

Australia’s largest performing arts company has turned to its board for help keeping the lights on, as its CEO leaves in the wake of a disastrous bet on a Broadway musical.

Sydney restaurateur Judith Lewis couldn’t save the mezuzah, a framed parchment inked with Hebrew prayers, that was hanging in her family’s café when arsonists set it alight in the early hours one Sunday in late October.

The vandalism unfolded in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Australia Day is a divisive holiday that critics see as a symbol of racism and oppression.

Tokyo is stepping up its campaign to win a lucrative Australian naval contract by pledging to give "priority" to warship exports over its own navy.

Former Australia international David Nucifora will join the British and Irish Lions as general manager of performance ahead of this year's tour of Australia, the team said on Tuesday.

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Residents in Western Australia's Pilbara and Gascoyne regions are set to bear the brunt of a renewed heatwave with challenging conditions expected until next week.

With more than half of the state's staff specialist psychiatrists set to resign by the end of the week, health workers say the impacts will reverberate throughout the healthcare system, including already-stressed emergency departments.