CANBERRA, Australia-- Malaysian authorities who have detained nine Australian men for three nights would regard their actions in stripping down to their briefs and drinking beer from shoes as ...

Budgies are such a quintessential Australian pet, it’s easy to forget they’re one of our most fascinating endemic birds. Found across the Australian mainland, particularly throughout Australia’s dry ...

Their defense lawyer said the court accepted his argument that the men were ignorant of the local culture and remorseful (KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia) — Nine Australians charged after stripping down to ...

Dudes getting half-naked at sporting events is arguably an Australian "thing," but that doesn't make it a good thing -- especially in other countries. Nine men are in jail after they stripped down to ...

So too does Australia have a history of its travelling countrymen and women landing in trouble in overseas destinations — the Budgie Nine adding their names to that ignominious list this week. But ...

THEY were facing up to two years in jail for indecent exposure. But after just four nights in a Malaysian jail, eight of the disgraced “Budgie Nine” are home. Branden Stobbs, Edward Leaney, Nicolas ...

Bruce Schuster pampers his budgerigars with shampoo spritzes and a daily superfood medley. "My wife thinks they're better fed than she is," the 77-year-old says. "It's got all the nice vitamins in ...