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Danielle Collins soaked up the boos and blew back kisses after beating Australian qualifier Destanee Aiava to reach the third round of the Australian Open. Collins, the 10th seed, survived a brief ...

Other fast-food chains have struggled and taken time to get their foot into the Australian market, with Taco Bell having three attempts to succeed, one in 1981, 1997, and finally getting the ball ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australian journalist and TV presenter Simon Townsend, best known for Simon Townsend’s Wonder World!, has died. He was 79 and had ...

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will take the “strongest action possible” if Russia has harmed an Australian who was taken prisoner while fighting for Ukraine ...