If there’s one bird you don’t want to get into a fight with, it’s an emu. In 1932, the Australian army launched a full-scale ...

The Emu War of 1932 began after thousands of emus damaged crops in Western Australia, prompting the government to deploy soldiers armed with machine guns. The operation failed as the birds scattered ...

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Three Australian and Palestinian legal groups have formally called on the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to investigate Israeli President Isaac Herzog for his role in alleged war crimes amid reports ...

The United States and Australia were allied during the Second World War, fighting against the Japanese Empire and against Nazi Germany on the European Continent. Yet two incidents on the Australian ...

Australian politicians and war veterans have condemned US President Donald Trump’s denigration of the role played by foreign troops in Afghanistan as “utterly shameful” and “a profound insult”, ...

Hedged showed he has Group 1 talent with a commanding win in a dramatic Group 2 Australia Stakes which saw $1.30 favourite War Machine fail to fire and another runner break down. The right Hedged ...

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After powering into the Australian Open semi-finals for the first time in her career, Svitolina used her moment on court to send a global message. The 31-year-old, who will face Belarusian world No. 1 ...

But the race was dampened by a fatal injury to rank outsider Cannonball. Hedged bounced back from his last-start flop in the Group 3 Standish Handicap with a commanding display to record his second ...