Australia

A week after same-sex marriage was made legal in Canberra, around 30 gay couples will now have their marriages annulled after Australia’s high court overturns the ruling.

An Australian family reclaims the world record for having the most Christmas lights on their home, after covering it in 502,165 bulbs.

At midnight cricket’s oldest and most intense rivalry, between England and Australia, resumed. Kunal Dutta explains what to watch out for as the series unfolds.

England bowler Stuart Broad laughed off the cacophony of boos from Australian fans, taking five wickets in the first day’s play of the first Test.

So here we go again. The sun has hardly set on England’s home Ashes victory before a new series gets underway in Brisbane. Malcolm Boughen asks if you can have too much of a good thing.

England face Argentina on Saturday in the second of their autumn internationals, but will need to gel quickly to stand a chance against their next opponents: New Zealand.

With just over two weeks before the Australia v England Ashes battle resumes, the sledging – courtesy of spin bowling maestro Shane Warne – is already underway.

Saturday marks the start of the autumn internationals, with four Lions representing England in the match against Australia. At club level, meanwhile, rugby union is going through a period of upheaval.

The highest court in Australia refuses compensation to a government employee who was injured by a falling light fixture while having sex during a business trip.

The aggressive tactics of the New South Wales fire department seemed to have contained the blazes in the Blue Mountains.

Firefighters tackling the worst bushfires for a decade in southern Australia fear that fires could merge to create an even bigger blaze.

A state of emergency is declared as bushfires ravage parts of New South Wales, with hundreds of Australians left homeless by the blaze. Video footage shows firefighters trying to contain the blaze.

One man dies, scores of homes are destroyed and hundreds of people are forced to evacuate as almost 100 wildfires burn across New South Wales, Australia.

Around 100 wildfires are raging across New South Wales on Thursday, destroying homes and creating smoke that blocked out the sun in nearby Sydney. 1,400 fire fighters are battling the flames.