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Victoria has become Australia's first state to mandate indoor housing for poultry with over 50 birds as H5N1 avian influenza detections climb to 175 nationwide. The measure aims to prevent contact with infected wildlife.
A Queensland police constable was shot in the leg responding to a domestic violence incident in Yengarie on Friday night. The alleged shooter, a 45-year-old man, was found dead hours later during a property search.
Australia's largest electricity and gas retailer Origin Energy is urgently investigating a potential security incident involving unauthorised access to customer information, though payment details appear unaffected.
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested in Western Australia after his mother, 35, was fatally stabbed and his 12-year-old sister critically wounded in a suspected domestic violence incident in Perth on Tuesday morning.
Australia is establishing a dedicated Office of AI within the Prime Minister's department to coordinate regulation across government, aiming to attract investment while managing risks from job displacement and environmental concerns.
New South Wales police arrested 356 people during a three-day enforcement blitz on public transport, bringing total arrests under Operation Waratah to over 1,800 since the initiative began in 2024.
Australia has confirmed its first case of H5N1 bird flu in a native non-migratory seabird, marking a significant shift in the virus's spread. The discovery brings fresh scrutiny to regional disease pathways.
Australian rail services resumed Thursday after a Telstra network outage disrupted passenger and freight trains. The outage, caused by a software glitch affecting system timing nodes, also created secondary problems with emergency Triple Zero calls.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has criticized the opposition Liberal Party and Greens for referring amendments to toughen enforcement of the nation's under-16 social media ban to an eight-week Senate inquiry, fearing the delay will let platforms escape scrutiny.
KPMG Australia has appointed Michael Ebeid, former chief of broadcaster SBS, as its inaugural independent chairman in response to whistleblower revelations regarding staff accessing confidential client data.
Australia's competition regulator has filed court action against Amazon, claiming the company unilaterally inserted advertising into Prime Video subscriptions between late 2023 and mid-2025, forcing over 1 million annual subscribers to pay extra for ad-free viewing.