The Australian government has stopped the anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd from using unmanned drones over the Antarctic.

Farmers in eastern Australia are battling a plague of locusts, which have infested a 190,000 square mile stretch from central Queensland all the way south to the capital of Melbourne.

According to scientists on Sunday, a drought that has been ongoing in the southwestern region of Australia for more than 30 years has been linked to higher snowfall in East Antarctica, a phenomenon that may be tied to global warming.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Group of 20 nations should set a path for economic growth that balances developed and emerging economies.

A German doctor and his family have been denied permanent residency in Australia because one of his sons has Down syndrome. Dr. Bernhard Moeller told the Australian Broadcasting Corp.