In Melbourne, two monuments dedicated to figures considered linked to the country's colonial past were vandalised, a statue of Queen Victoria and one of Captain James Cook, who led several voyages of exploration in the Pacific Ocean in the 18th century

Australian airline Qantas will pay AUS$120 million ($79 million) to a consumer group after being accused of selling over 8.000 tickets for flights that had already been cancelled by its operating systems

Women are calling on the government to intervene on the epidemic of violence against women in the country, which has now become an emergency spread throughout the country

Over 25.000 images taken by divers, tour operators and pleasure boats during the annual Great Barrier Reef Census in Australia, now in its fourth year, are being analysed