The Latest Breaking News from Australia

January 6 marks one month to go to the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina, with recent performances by Australians raising hopes of a record medal haul.

Joe Root may have reprised his shrugging celebration when raising his bat for a century at the SCG but his efforts this summer are not be taken lightly.

Head steers hosts to within 218 runs of England’s first innings total after Root amasses his second century on Australian soil

Doubts over Trump’s claim US will ‘run’ Venezuela; girls aged 14 and 15 confirmed killed in Swiss bar fire

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Australia international Sammy Silvera has scored for Middlesbrough as they moved second in England's Championship with the Premier League in their sights.

In Kosciuszko National Park in Australia’s alpine region, the landscape is slowly changing. Patches of native vegetation cropped bald by horses are regrowing. Some long-eroded creek banks look less compacted along the edges. Visitors come across fewer horses standing on the roads, a real traffic hazard.

Travis Head is in sight of his third century of the Ashes, going to stumps on 91no and with Australia 2-166 in reply to England's first-innings 384.

Queensland leggie Mitchell Swepson wants more balance in pitches around the country after Australia again overlooked a front-line tweaker for the Ashes finale.