SYDNEY (AFP) - - Tests have proved that Australia's greatest racehorse Phar Lap was poisoned by arsenic in the United States in 1932, scientists said Thursday. More »
SYDNEY (AFP) - - An unnamed buyer has paid 6.9 million dollars (6.5 million US dollars) for a Picasso at an Australian auction, making it the most expensive painting ever sold in the country. More »
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australians were warned on Wednesday to recover a lost sense of care and community after the apparent death from starvation of two 18-month-old twins that has shocked the nation. More »
SYDNEY (AFP) - - The mother of twin toddlers found dead in their bedroom told police they may have starved to death, an Australian court heard Tuesday. More »
SYDNEY (AFP) - - A Chinese dissident who was forcibly deported from Australia despite voicing fears of persecution if he was returned to his native country has killed himself, a refugee advocate claimed Monday. More »
SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia on Sunday called for greater engagement with Pakistan on fighting insurgents along the Afghan border, saying unrest there could spread elsewhere in the world. More »

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