An Australian newspaper’s report that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation had sabotaged competitors in the 1990s was dismissed by the company’s Australian media wing as “laughable.”

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Murdoch’s News Ltd. Rejects TV Piracy Claim in Australia

Bottlenose dolphins in Australia organise their complex society into gang-like groups of males, according to scientists.

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Dolphin society is run by ‘gangs’

The United States and Australia are planning a major expansion of military ties, including possible drone flights from a coral atoll in the Indian Ocean and increased U.S. naval access to Australian ports, as the Pentagon looks to shift its forces closer to Southeast Asia, officials from both countries said. Read full article > >

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U.S., Australia to broaden military ties amid Pentagon pivot to SE Asia

Wales coach Warren Gatland is offered the job to coach the British and Irish Lions on their 2013 tour to Australia, BBC Sport understands.

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Gatland offered Lions coach role

Human hunters were responsible for the extinction of Australia’s giant vertebrates about 40,000 years ago, scientists conclude.

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Australia extinction ‘due to man’

Sallie James was born in Australia on July 4, 1976, which suggests that Providence planned what happened 30 years later: She moved to Washington. She studies trade policy at the libertarian Cato Institute, and her report “ Time to X Out the Ex-Im Bank ” illustrates how corporate welfare metastasizes as government tries to rectify the inevitable inequities of its constantly multiplying favoritisms. And while picking American winners, the Export-Import Bank creates American losers. Read full article > >

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Export-Import Bank’s damage to American firms

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard defeats rival Kevin Rudd in the Labor Party leadership ballot by 71 votes to 31, officials confirm.

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Australia’s Gillard wins ballot

Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he was “sick and tired” of being blamed for the failures of Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s government.

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In Australia, Ex-Premier Rudd to Challenge Gillard in Vote on Monday

A court hearing into the 1980 disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain, whose parents claim she was killed by a dingo, is to re-open in Australia.

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Dingo baby case in Darwin again

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard calls a ballot for the leadership of the Labor Party on Monday to end a tussle with Kevin Rudd.

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Gillard calls leadership ballot

A 12.76-carat pink diamond, reportedly Australia’s largest, is being cut and polished after it was unearthed in Western Australia.

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Pink diamond found in Australia

Ricky Ponting to make an announcement on his international future after being dropped from Australia’s one-day side.

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Dropped Ponting considers future

MELBOURNE, Australia — Novak Djokovic wore down Rafael Nadal in the longest Grand Slam singles final ever, winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 after 5 hours, 53 minutes to claim his third Australian Open title. Read full article > >

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Australian Open: Djokovic outlasts Nadal in longest Grand Slam singles final ever

A fatigued Novak Djokovic stared down a ferocious challenge from Rafael Nadal to defend his Australian Open in the longest grand slam final ever played.

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Straight Sets: Djokovic Tops Nadal in Five Sets to Win Title

Novak Djokovic levels the Australian Open men’s final against Rafael Nadal at one set all.

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Live – Djokovic v Nadal