CANBERRA, Australia, July 24 (UPI) -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard allegedly admits he once addressed Parliament drunk, one of the titillating details in a new unauthorized biography.

SYDNEY, July 9 (UPI) -- Australia's Defense Force saved the honor of "Sea Patrol" star Lisa McCune after a viewer complained of McCune wearing active service ribbons in a photograph.

BRISBANE, Australia, April 20 (UPI) -- Three Australian sailors have been reported missing after their catamaran was found drifting in the Coral Sea with no sign of its crew.

MELBOURNE, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- An aboriginal comedy has taken top place at the 48th annual Australian Film Institute Awards in Melbourne.

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- The 8-year-old daughter of "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin may be among those to speak this week at the TV star's memorial service in Australia.

CANBERRA, Australia, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- Historians working on a new curriculum for Australian high schools plan to weave the study of religion's influence into it.

SYDNEY, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- Hip-Hop's Hilltop Hoods and singer Bernard Fanning are the top nominees for the 2006 Australian Recording Industry Association, or ARIA, Music Awards.

BRISBANE, Australia, May 11 (UPI) -- An Australian high school teacher was ordered held without bail Thursday on terrorism charges.

SYDNEY, March 31 (UPI) -- Police in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia, Friday arrested three men on terror-related charges.