Australian 'toad-busters' fear losing weapon of choice in a long-running war on toxic toads When the enemy reached Australia's largest state last year, ...
Shocked residents returned to survey the wreckage on Thursday after Western Australia's worst wildfire in 50 years engulfed 38 homes in an isolated ...
Australian officials urged residents to evacuate a wheat farming district in the west of the country Tuesday as towering wildfires with flames higher than rooftops threatened homes. People in the Dandaragan area north of Perth were told to flee immediately as the ...
Tropical Cyclone Laurence tore into Western Australia overnight, with winds of up to 215 kilometres (133 miles) an hour damaging some buildings but causing no injuries, officials said Tuesday. The storm had been at the highest rating of Category 5 when it ...
Australian energy giant Woodside Petroleum on Monday announced a 2.5 billion dollar (2.3 billion US) share offer to boost its ambitious push into the booming liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector. Woodside, which aims to be among the world's top LNG producers by ...
Australian energy giant Woodside Petroleum on Monday said it would raise 2.5 billion dollars (2.3 billion US) by selling new shares to pay for a push into the growing liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector. Woodside said top shareholder Shell would take up ...
Australia has welcomed a 90 billion dollar (82 billion US) deal to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a Japanese power company in what is believed to be the country's biggest export sales contract. Western Australia state Premier Colin Barnett said the ...
Australia has welcomed a 90 billion dollar (82 billion US) deal to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a Japanese power company in what is believed to be the country's biggest export sales contract. Western Australia state Premier Colin Barnett said the ...
A 12-year-old Aboriginal boy appeared in a Western Australian court on Monday charged with receiving a stolen chocolate frog worth about 70 cents (65 US cents), reports said. The boy, who cannot be identified, briefly faced Northam Children's Court on charges of ...
Monitoring the clean-up of a huge oil spill in pristine Australian waters could take as long as seven years, an official said Wednesday as environmentalists urged a wide-ranging inquiry into the disaster. As many as 28,000 barrels of oil have gushed into ...
Fifteen people have been rescued after a boat carrying about 40 people sank off Western Australia, an official told AFP on Monday, adding there were "grave concerns" for the others. A merchant ship and Taiwanese fishing vessel are searching for more survivors ...
The world's biggest mining company BHP Billiton Wednesday announced record iron ore production for the quarter, but said a clear picture on demand from major market China had yet to emerge. The Anglo-Australian group said output of the key steel-making ingredient rose ...
