# Australia

Last week

17th September 2023 - 23rd September 2023

# Historic

Fiji end 69-year wait for Australia win to keep World Cup quarter-final hopes alive

The Fijians bounced back from their defeat to Wales with a 22-15 win over the Wallabies.

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Sep 17th 2023, 7:29 PM

# Historic

Fiji end 69-year wait for Australia win to keep World Cup quarter-final hopes alive

The Fijians bounced back from their defeat to Wales with a 22-15 win over the Wallabies.

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Sep 17th 2023, 7:00 PM

This month

September 2023

# Brisbane

Three men jailed for balcony death of Irish teenager in Australia during an armed robbery

The three men fled the scene within minutes and without attempting to help after Cian English fatally fell from the fourth-floor balcony.

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Sep 8th 2023, 12:31 PM

# Brisbane

Trio plead guilty to manslaughter of Irish teenager who died in Australia after falling from balcony

Cian English fell from a fourth floor balcony during an armed robbery.

47.0k

Sep 7th 2023, 4:21 PM

# Rescue

Sailors rescued in Coral Sea after sharks attacked boat heading to Australia

Aerial photos showed major damage to the catamaran, with the front section of one hull completely missing.

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Sep 6th 2023, 8:26 AM

# Alan Joyce

Irish-born boss of Qantas airlines 'brings forward retirement' after ticket-selling scandal

Alan Joyce will step down two months earlier than planned.

34.3k

Sep 5th 2023, 8:42 AM

# Antarctica

Australia sends icebreaker to rescue sick Antarctic researcher

The ship has a top speed of around 16 knots, meaning the rescue could take several days.

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Sep 3rd 2023, 12:02 PM

Last month

August 2023

# One-sided

France breeze past Australia in World Cup warm-up

Damian Penaud scores two tries in 41-17 win.

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Aug 27th 2023, 7:09 PM

# Fatal

Three US Marines dead and 20 injured in air crash during Australian training drills

The Osprey military aircraft was taking part in exercises involving thousands of soldiers from the US, Australia, Indonesia and the Philippines.

18.4k

Aug 27th 2023, 8:37 AM

# United Ireland

Australia's ruling Labor party passes motion supporting Irish reunification

Australia’s Labor prime minister Anthony Albanese is the son of an Italian father and an Australian-Irish mother.

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Aug 21st 2023, 3:56 PM

# Women's World Cup

Australia reach first-ever World Cup semi-final after penalty shootout thriller with France

Australia will face either England or Colombia in the last four.

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Updated

Aug 12th 2023, 12:28 PM

# allez les blues

Australia reach first-ever World Cup semi-final after penalty shootout thriller with France

Australia will face either England or Colombia in the last four.

4.2k

Aug 12th 2023, 11:10 AM

# Perth

Irish man in intensive care following alleged one punch attack in Australia

Frank Staples, from Co Wexford, was allegedly assaulted outside a McDonalds fast food restaurant on Beaufort St in Perth two weeks ago.

63.3k

Aug 9th 2023, 8:24 PM

# Bullish

Jones says Australia can 'one hundred percent' win World Cup after slender defeat to All Blacks

The Wallabies lost a 14-point advantage at the break to lose by three points in Dunedin.

6.8k

Aug 5th 2023, 10:16 AM

# WWC23

What are the five big questions facing Ireland after World Cup exit?

A look at what comes next after Vera Pauw’s side exit at the group stage.

2.9k

Aug 1st 2023, 7:40 PM

July

July 2023

# Australia

‘No chance of survivors’ after Australian army helicopter crashes off coast

Defence minister Richard Marles said the search and rescue effort changed on Monday to a victim recovery operation.

16.7k

Jul 31st 2023, 8:40 AM

# Ireland v Nigeria

A World Cup win will increase the power of the legacy Ireland's women want to leave behind

The women’s national team have had concurrent aims at this year’s Fifa Women’s World Cup – to get out of Group B and to leave a legacy which inspires more girls to play football at all levels.

14.0k

Jul 31st 2023, 6:30 AM

# Queensland

Four missing after Australian military helicopter crashes during joint exercises with US

Officials said a search was under way to find the crew and their families had been notified.

12.2k

Jul 29th 2023, 8:13 AM

# rugby championship

Jones says struggling Wallabies can 'shock' All Blacks

Australia haven’t got their hands on the Bledisloe silverware since 2002.

3.1k

Jul 28th 2023, 8:15 AM

# Upset

Nigeria stun Australia 3-2 and put co-hosts in danger of early exit

Ireland face Nigeria in final group game.

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Updated

Jul 27th 2023, 1:29 PM

# Pilot Whales

45 whales beached in Australia euthanised after efforts to save them failed

The pod of long-finned pilot whales stranded themselves on Tuesday on Cheynes Beach.

13.5k

Jul 27th 2023, 8:34 AM

# Rescue Effort

More than 50 pilot whales die as nearly 100 are beached in western Australia

The whales were first spotted swimming near the city of Albany in Western Australia yesterday morning.

11.8k

Jul 26th 2023, 7:57 AM

# Football

Ireland at the World Cup: 'I want to be able to say in 10, 20, 30 years that I was there'

‘There will be a lot of hibernating Irish coming out to support the girls in green,’ one Irish man tells The Journal.

3.1k

Jul 26th 2023, 7:44 AM

# Football

Ireland at the World Cup: 'I want to be able to say in 10, 20, 30 years that I was there'

‘There will be a lot of hibernating Irish coming out to support the girls in green,’ one Irish man tells The Journal.

17.0k

Jul 26th 2023, 7:21 AM

# Group B Watch

Australia left with one striker after another World Cup injury blow

Ireland face Canada today and the Matildas play Nigeria tomorrow in two huge Group B games.

2.5k

Jul 26th 2023, 6:53 AM

# history lesson

Irish in Australia remember Orphan Girls as they mark National Famine Commemoration Day

The teenagers and young women travelled to Australia from the workhouses under the Earl Grey Scheme.

11.3k

Jul 21st 2023, 6:43 AM

# Cricket

Crawley's stunning century puts England ahead in fourth Ashes Test

Earlier, Chris Woakes took his first five-wicket haul against Australia.

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Jul 20th 2023, 8:01 PM

# Analysis

Ireland show enough in Australia defeat to suggest they can still get out of this group

A narrow 1-0 loss to the co-hosts showed Ireland can compete with Canada and Nigeria for the knockout rounds.

3.4k

Jul 20th 2023, 1:49 PM

# Report

Disappointment for Ireland as Pauw's debutants fall to narrow defeat in World Cup opener

75,784 watched on as Australia won 1-0 in Sydney.

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Jul 20th 2023, 1:08 PM

# Report

Disappointment for Ireland as Pauw's debutants fall to narrow defeat in World Cup opener

75,784 watched on as Australia won 1-0 in Sydney.

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Jul 20th 2023, 1:07 PM

# Australia

Family sues New South Wales government after 95-year-old woman dies after tasering

Clare Nowland, who suffered from dementia, died a week after a state police officer shot her with an electronic stun gun at her nursing home.

20.0k

Jul 11th 2023, 7:51 AM

# Hope

Stokes and Moeen revive England's Ashes bid

Australia were 116-4 in their second innings at stumps on the second day.

1.8k

Jul 7th 2023, 8:27 PM

# getting better

Mark Wood bamboozles Australia with express pace to give England Ashes hope

A one-man show from comeback kid Mitch Marsh also had an impact.

1.8k

Jul 6th 2023, 7:47 PM

# Women's World Cup

Sam Kerr spearheads experienced Australia squad, Ireland's other group rivals in chaos

Australia, Canada and Nigeria join Vera Pauw’s Ireland in Group B.

5.1k

Jul 3rd 2023, 10:16 AM

June

June 2023

# Australia

Australia authorises MDMA and magic mushrooms for medical treatment

Authorised psychiatrists will be able to prescribe the drugs for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and some types of depression.

10.2k

Jun 30th 2023, 4:38 PM

# Ready to go

Kerr spearheads Australia's provisional squad as Ireland's World Cup rivals show hands

The Matildas, Canada and Nigeria join Ireland in Group B.

2.5k

Jun 19th 2023, 8:41 AM

# as it stands

Australia strike between the showers in first Ashes Test

England were 28-2, a lead of just 35 runs, when a huge downpour sent the players hurrying off the field.

2.2k

Jun 18th 2023, 4:35 PM

# embassy row

Russia accuses Australia of ‘Russophobic hysteria’ for blocking new embassy on security grounds

The lease has been cancelled on the land where Moscow wanted to build its new embassy.

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Jun 16th 2023, 8:49 AM

# New South Wales

Driver released on bail after being charged over fatal bus crash killing 10 people in Australia

Brett Button had been in police custody but was released on bail when he appeared in the Cessnock Local Court today.

6.6k

Jun 13th 2023, 6:56 AM

# Cessnock

Driver charged as 10 people killed after bus carrying wedding guests crashes in Australia

Police said they had charged a 58-year-old man with 10 offences relating to dangerous or negligent driving “occasioning death”.

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Updated

Jun 12th 2023, 8:53 AM