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Australian authorities say international drug smuggling gangs are increasingly turning to hiding cocaine in refrigerated containers used by legitimate businesses to import goods into Sydney.

A 59-year-old woman is reportedly in a serious but stable condition after she was attacked by a shark at Gunyah Beach near the Sydney, Australia suburb of Port Hacking on Friday, March 7 ...

SYDNEY (Kyodo) -- A Maritime Self-Defense Force frigate has made a port call in Western Australia as Japan bids for a contract to build Australia's new fleet of general-purpose frigates.

SYDNEY--Australia is closely monitoring a Chinese navy task group in the country's exclusive economic zone off its east coast but the ships did not pose any threats as they had not breached any ...

Thanks to Australia's location in the Southern Hemisphere, Sydney's warmest weather and peak tourist season falls between December and February (winter in the Northern Hemisphere). Consequently ...