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'Outback Killer' Dies Without Revealing Victim's Whereabouts

Convicted killer never disclosed location of Peter Falconio's remains

(Newser) - The man whose crime partly inspired the horror film Wolf Creek has died in prison, still refusing to reveal the final secret behind one of Australia's most notorious murders. Bradley Murdoch, convicted of killing British backpacker Peter Falconio in 2001, took the location of his victim's remains...

Australian Cliff Jumper Is 'Ready to Rebuild My Body'
Cliff Jump
Goes Wrong,
Painfully
Jul 15, 2025 8:14 PM CDT

Cliff Jump Goes Wrong, Painfully

Australian's chipper reaction isn't received well by everyone

(Newser) - An Australian thrill-seeker's bid for a cliff-diving world record ended in major injuries but an unbroken spirit. Vali Graham, 21, attempted to break the døds—or "death diving"—record by leaping from the 140-foot Minnehaha Falls in the Blue Mountains, ABC Australia reports. There's...

19 Nations Launch Drills, Knowing China Is Watching

Talisman Sabre exercise, the largest ever, kicks off in Australia

(Newser) - Nearly 40,000 troops from 19 nations, including the US, have converged on northern Australia for the largest Talisman Sabre military drills ever, sending a hard-to-miss message about unity in the face of China's growing assertiveness in the Asia-Pacific region. The live-fire drills held over three weeks involve...

Tourist Makes First Remarks After 12 Days Lost in Outback

Germany's Caroline Wilga says she became disoriented after hitting her head in car crash

(Newser) - When Germany's Caroline Wilga was discovered last week "fragile" but otherwise not in terrible shape after 12 days of being lost in the Australian outback, a local police official noted, "I think once we do hear her story, it will be a remarkable" one. The 26-year-old backpacker...

Missing Backpacker Found After 12 Days in Aussie Outback

26-year-old woman's van had apparently become stuck in mud last month

(Newser) - German tourist Carolina Wilga was found alive in Australia's remote Outback on Friday, 12 days after she went missing and a day after her abandoned van was discovered, police said. The last known sighting of the 26-year-old backpacker, and the last day family and friends heard from her, was...

Zoo Lioness Tears Off Woman's Arm: Report

Victim identified as sister to the owner of Australia's Darling Downs Zoo

(Newser) - If we haven't terrified you enough with recent stories of lions on the attack , here's one more set in your average zoo. An Australian woman was watching animal keepers at work at Darling Downs Zoo in Toowoomba, Queensland, on Sunday morning, before the zoo had opened, when she...

Court Releases Images of Deadly Mushroom Meal

Phone records, CCTV footage were also released after Erin Patterson was found guilty of murder

(Newser) - Newly released exhibits from the trial of Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson include photos of the meal that killed her estranged husband's parents and another relative. The Victoria Supreme Court released the exhibits, including phone records, CCTV footage, and medical documents, after Patterson was found guilty on Monday, the...

Mushroom Murderer Found Guilty of Killing In-Laws

Australian woman Erin Patterson convicted in 2023 case

(Newser) - Australian woman Erin Patterson was Monday found guilty of murdering three of her estranged husband's relatives by deliberately serving them poisonous mushrooms for lunch, the AP reports. The jury in the Supreme Court trial in Victoria state returned a verdict after six days of deliberations, following a nine-week trial...

He Died From a Bat Bite. It Wasn't Rabies

Fourth human case of Australian bat lyssavirus proves fatal in New South Wales

(Newser) - An Australian man has died after becoming just the fourth known person to contract an extremely rare, bat-borne virus. Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV)—unique to Australia, where it was first identified in 1996—is closely related to rabies and can cause fatal disease once symptoms appear. Early signs are...

Australia Bars Kanye West
Australia Bars Kanye West
Jul 2, 2025 9:25 AM CDT

Australia Bars Kanye West

Country not interested in importing 'hatred,' says Tony Burke, the nation's minister of home affairs

(Newser) - Kanye West won't be visiting his wife's homeland anytime soon. The rapper, who now "identifies as a Nazi," per the BBC , has been barred from entering Australia, the country's home affairs minister, Tony Burke, revealed Wednesday. Burke said "Ye" had been coming to Australia...

Slippery Stowaway Sets Aussie Flight Back 2 Hours

Tree snake was harmless, but it still caused a bit of commotion on Virgin plane

(Newser) - An Australian domestic flight was delayed for two hours after a stowaway snake was discovered in the plane's cargo hold, officials said on Wednesday. The snake was found on Tuesday as passengers were boarding Virgin Australia Flight VA337 at Melbourne Airport bound for Brisbane, according to snake catcher Mark...

Almost 40% of Island Nation's Residents Want Off

Australia sees flood of visa applications from Tuvalu, vulnerable to climate change

(Newser) - Nearly 40% of people living on Tuvalu, the Pacific island nation predicted to be swallowed by rising seas, have applied to move to Australia. The latter country is offering 280 visas for Tuvalu residents. Winners, to be chosen at random between July and January, will get permanent residency in the...

15-Hour Flight From Perth Touches Down in Perth

Middle East conflict forces flight diversions and overnight delays for travelers

(Newser) - Passengers on a Qantas flight from Perth to Paris found themselves back where they started after 15 hours in the air following sudden airspace closures in the Middle East. Flight QF33 left Australia on Monday night only to return to Perth on Tuesday morning, according to flight tracking data....

Australian PM Condemns LAPD's Injuring of Reporter

It's 'horrific' that Lauren Tomasi was hit by a rubber bullet, says Anthony Albanese

(Newser) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has raised concerns with the Trump administration over the police response to protests in Los Angeles after an Australian reporter was shot with a rubber bullet. Footage shows an officer aiming in the direction of Nine News correspondent Lauren Tomasi and her camera operator, then...

LAPD Hits TV Reporter With Rubber Bullet
LAPD Hits TV Reporter
With Rubber Bullet
video
Jun 9, 2025 7:11 AM CDT

LAPD Hits TV Reporter With Rubber Bullet

Australia's Lauren Tomasi is OK, but sore

(Newser) - An Australian journalist covering the Los Angeles protests got an unexpectedly authentic—and painful—view of things on Sunday. Reporter Lauren Tomasi of 9News was struck in the leg by a rubber bullet while reporting from outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown LA, reports Mediaite . Watch the moment here...

Drinking Fountains Are No Longer Just for Humans
Drinking Fountains
Are No Longer
Just for Humans
NEW STUDY
Jun 5, 2025 9:14 AM CDT

Drinking Fountains Are No Longer Just for Humans

Cockatoos in Australia have fun trying to get them to work, with occasional success: study

(Newser) - Wild cockatoos have learned to adapt to life in this human-dominated world, opening garbage cans to grab a meal and, according to a fascinating new study on the birds in Australia's capital, sipping from public drinking fountains. These are no push-button drinking fountains, but ones that use a twist...

Top 10 Countries for Life Expectancy

Monaco has world's highest life expectancy, at 88.6 years on average, per Visual Capitalist rankings

(Newser) - Life expectancy in the United States is an average of 78.6 years , but that doesn't hold a candle to how long people can expect to live in some other nations. Using data from the UN's World Population Prospects portal, Visual Capitalist looked at life expectancy at birth...

Accused Killer Blasted In-Laws Ahead of Poisoned Lunch

Erin Patterson says she's now 'very ashamed' of what she wrote in Facebook group chat

(Newser) - An Australian woman accused of murdering three of her estranged husband's relatives with poisonous mushrooms resumed the stand in her murder trial on Tuesday, detailing her habit of foraging for fungi, per the AP . Erin Patterson, 50, told the court she began foraging for fungi during the COVID-19 lockdown,...

Accused Mushroom Murderer Takes the Stand
Accused Mushroom
Murderer Testifies
Jun 2, 2025 11:20 AM CDT

Accused Mushroom Murderer Testifies

Erin Patterson testifies estranged husband didn't want her involved 'too much' with his family

(Newser) - The woman accused of killing her in-laws with a lunch featuring death cap mushrooms became the first witness for the defense during her ongoing murder trial on Monday. Erin Patterson was on the stand at Australia's Supreme Court of Victoria for less than an hour before court adjourned but...

It's a Happy Ending for Cow Swept Away in Flood

Animal discovered safe on beach in New South Wales is one of the lucky ones

(Newser) - Flooding has devastated farms across the Australian state of New South Wales, washing away people and cattle, though one cow has since reunited with her owner. The bovine was originally housed at a farm in Taree, a city intersected by the Manning River, which "reached levels not seen in...

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