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Pop star Katy Perry has lost her trademark battle against an Australian fashion designer named Katie Perry in a unique lawsuit that has been dubbed a “David and Goliath case.”

American citizen arrested at Sydney airport over a gold-plated handgun in her case, she now potentially faces a lengthy custodial sentence. 

Australia and New Zealand will pause Tuesday to mark ANZAC Day, a time to remember all those who made the supreme sacrifice in time of war while saluting the veterans of today.

An explicit billboard advertising a local OnlyFans model dominating a suburbian Main Street has pushed local mothers into action.

Explorers announced they found a WWII ship that was sunk in 1942, resulting in Australia’s largest maritime wartime loss of 1,080 lives.

An application to become a player submitted by a man claiming to be a transgender female has been rejected by an Australian basketball league

Australians have been warned they will soon be driving electric vehicles (EV) whether they like it or not. The vast land Down Under has one of the lowest EV uptake rates in the world and the national left-wing Labor government has had enough of buyer resistance.

The rollout of an innovative precision strike munition has seen a troubled start in Ukraine, with Russian interference blamed for dud drops.

Ukraine has called up the music of legendary Australian rock band AC/DC as it pushes Canberra to donate even more fighting vehicles to assist in its war against Russia.

The mayor of Hepburn Shire Council in Australia, Brian Hood, has threatened to sue OpenAI  over ChatGPT. The AI accused Hood of being guilty of bribery and corruption in relation to a case where he was actually a whistleblower.

Germany’s legacy media are in shock after it was found that an award-winning progressive blogger they heaped repeated praise on never actually existed.

The Japanese financial newspaper Nikkei Asia reported on Thursday that the government of China is considering banning the export of technology used to create rare-earth fueled high-performance magnets, often used in electric vehicles and other advanced technology.

Snakes on a plane are so passé. Why not look Down Under for something different. A platypus being held by two commuters as they boarded a train in the Australian state of Queensland sparked a police hunt Thursday over concerns for the wellbeing of the rare monotreme.

Australia said it will ban TikTok on govt devices, joining a growing list of Western nations cracking down on the Chinese-owned app.

Scientists from Australia and Japan have broken the record for spotting the deepest fish ever seen, as well as for catching the deepest fish ever caught.

Multiple ministers in the government of Australia expressed this week an interest in expanding exports of lithium to India, in response to concerns that America has become too lucrative a market for exports and may corner lithium supplies.

Posie Parker, a women’s rights campaigner branded a ‘TERF’ by transgender activists and their allies, said police told her she was “lucky to be alive” after being attacked at a rally in New Zealand.

MIT climate scientist Dr. Richard Lindzen said this week that humanity should do “nothing” about global warming and should focus instead on “resilience.”

Australian leftist Senator Lidia Thorpe was filmed being tacked by police in Canberra after she tried to disrupt a pro-women demonstration.

Communist China is now actively challenging the international world order, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has said.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry aggressively condemned Australia on Tuesday for announcing an agreement, alongside America and the United Kingdom, to upgrade its submarine fleet with major purchases of American nuclear-powered submarines, beginning in the early 2030s.

Australian officials said AUKUS will cost up to $245 billion and create 20,000 jobs. It comes as China rapidly builds up its own military.

PM Anthony Albanese will join Biden and Sunak in San Diego to bring Australia into the fold of navies possessing nuclear-powered submarines.

Australia’s ABC News on Wednesday published a disturbing report that found “online sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the Philippines” more than doubled during the coronavirus lockdowns — and “many of the predators are Australians.”

The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) on Thursday launched a project called the Critical Technology Tracker, which collects and visualizes data representing worldwide progress on “crucial technology fields spanning defense, space, robotics, energy, the environment, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, advanced materials and key quantum technology areas.”

CCTV cameras with the ability to measure a crowd’s “mood” were deployed at the Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras Parade in Sydney.

Now you see them, now you don’t. Australian officials have begun stripping Chinese-made surveillance cameras from politicians’ offices just days after it was revealed some government buildings are having the same treatment to ensure they are “completely secure.”

Health authorities in Australia denied a mother her needed heart transplant after she received a medical exemption from the vaccine. 

PERTH, Australia (AP) – Islam Makhachev defied a rowdy crowd and a sustained challenge from Alexander Volkanovski on Sunday to cement his supremacy in the UFC lightweight division in a gruelling fight in Perth, Western Australia.

Australia’s left-wing Labor government has announced the appointment of a new international Ambassador for Gender Equality.

Two fortunate pilots “miraculously” survived a plane crash in Western Australia on Monday after their Boeing 737 went down in a remote corner of the Outback.

A 16-year-old girl was killed in a suspected shark attack after she reportedly attempted to swim with dolphins in a river on the Western coast of Australia, according to reports. 

Australia’s left-wing Labor government has approved a new design to replace the portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on its A$5 bank note, thus defeating any chance King Charles III would automatically take her place. The late Queen was initially featured

A frantic six-day search across the desolate wastes of the Australian Outback finally found a lost pea-sized radioactive device Wednesday after it had fallen off the back of a truck somewhere along a deserted 870-mile stretch of highway.

The Ukrainian ambassador to Australia lodged a stern complaint on Friday against Srdjan Djokovic, father of Serbian tennis champion Novak Djokovic, stating it would be “a very good idea” for the Australian Open to ban him from attending the tournament.

An Australian basketball team opted out of wearing a gay pride jersey after its coach claimed members were “targeted” and harassed.