Australian police seized the country’s largest haul of cocaine aboard a fishing boat that had broken down near the coast of Queensland, arresting 13 people alleged to be part of a drug-smuggling syndicate.

Australian police seized a record 2.3 tons of cocaine from a fishing boat and arrested 13 people in raids. The drugs had a sale value of $494 million and investigators told reporters in Brisbane that the drugs were transported from an unidentified South American country.

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian retail sales firmed for a third straight month in October as tax cuts flowed through to wage packets and consumers became more confident that interest rates would not increase again,

Retail sales in Australia increased by 0.6% M/M in October 2024, surpassing market expectations of a 0.3% gain and accelerating from a modest 0.1% rise in September, which supported views that rate cuts in Australia are still some months away.

Police say the woman was "rattled" and "in a state of shock" when she looked down to find the deadly snake by her feet.

Police in Australia said a woman was forced to fend off a deadly tiger snake in her vehicle while driving 50 miles per hour on a freeway outside Melbourne.

Tim Nanninga of Melbourne Snake Control captures a deadly tiger snake for release on the side of the freeway near Melbourne A woman in Australia is recovering from the shock of finding a deadly snake in her car while driving on the freeway.

Ireland coach Andy Farrell will head into his secondment with the British and Irish Lions on the back of a narrow win over Australia, the team he intends to bring down on next year’s tour.

Ireland boss Andy Farrell signed off before his British and Irish Lions sabbatical in victorious fashion thanks to a nervy 22-19 comeback win over Joe Schmidt’s Australia in Dublin. Gus McCarthy’s late try helped the hosts narrowly come out on top against former head coach Schmidt in an engrossing encounter marking the 150th anniversary of Irish rugby.