An outback dust storm has swept across eastern Australia, shrouding Sydney in a dramatic red glow. It's also been wreaking havoc, disrupting transport and placing health authorities on alert for widespread respiratory illness. International flights

AUSTRALIA. Tasmanian wallabies are forcing their way into poppy paddocks and getting "high as a kite".

Wallabies have been creating crop circles in Australia after getting as "high as a kite" from eating legally grown opium poppy fields.

SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian entrepreneur has brought a whole new meaning to the phrase "waste paper" with an ingenious green scheme to make luxury stationery from wombat dung.

MELBOURNE, Australia - Four baby Stimson's Pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane in Australia, leading to a search that forced the cancellation of two flights, the airline said Thursday.

Wombat droppings are helping an industrial city in Australia fight the effects of the global financial crisis.

"What we do in the next two to three years will determine our future. This is the defining moment."

Can cracking your knuckles cause arthritis? Does reading in low light hurt your eyes? When you drop food on the floor, can you eat it if you follow the "5-second rule?" We asked the experts to give us the facts behind the most popular (and persistent) he

ADELAIDE has found itself in the international spotlight this week - not for our fine wine or weird murders, but for a filthy McDonald's on the city's nightclub strip. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide have now reeled at a video taken at the McDon

There are a variety of ways to use Facebook for both learning productivity, and a number of apps that can help you do so. Read on, and you'll find some wonderful Facebook apps for productivity and learning.