Oceania

Australian police have warned users not to use Apple Maps because the program has led people to “potentially life threatening” situations.

Australian authorities Thursday said seven people were arrested in Romania in connection with the largest credit card scam in Australian history.

An elderly Australian man fought off two men who broke into his house and demanded he give them money.

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key apologized to millionaire Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom after the country’s spy agency unlawfully monitored him, leading to his arrest.

Muslim protesters gathered Saturday in Sydney to express anger over the amateur film that mocks the Prophet Muhammad and has incited violent protests in the Muslim world.

A surfer was attacked by a shark off the Western Australia coast and survived, local media reported.

An Australian court upheld a law that would make cigarette packages a drab olive green color and not feature any colorful logos or other branding.

A New Zealand volcano that was dormant for the past century erupted, sending an ash cloud high into the sky on Tuesday.

Australian authorities assisted another distressed boat of asylum seekers on July 11.

The Australian government has expressed serious concerns about moves by the world’s richest woman to buy into Fairfax Media.

Australia has announced plans to create the world’s largest protected marine network covering an area the size of India.

The Australian government listed the koala as a threatened species in parts of the country as the marsupial’s population has diminished in recent years.

Australian Speaker of the House Peter Slipper temporarily stepped down from his position on Sunday.

Eight Falun Gong practitioners and two other Chinese asylum-seekers had a closed-door meeting in Darwin with immigration officials today, as they tossed up whether to continue on a dangerous voyage to New Zealand or stay in Australia.

Tonga is suffering a severe downturn in its economy with the National Reserve Bank of Tonga calling on the islanders to pull together and support local industries.

More than 250,000 bats have invaded the northern Australian town of Katherine.