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Australian police were looking for the owner of a suitcase "full of money" that was left at a restaurant on Tuesday. Ten Network television reported the luggage found at Cafe Marco in the Burwood district of Sydney contained about 1 million Australian dollars ($1 million) in $50 notes.

Singer Jimmy Buffett fell off a stage at the end of a concert in Sydney and was rushed to the hospital.

Australian movie star Hugh Jackman was slightly injured on Tuesday while performing a stunt during the taping of an Oprah Winfrey show at the Sydney Opera House.

With 77.7% of the vote, the ruling Labor Party gains 70 seats, losing its majority, and the Liberal-National Party coalition gains 72. A party needs 76 seats to take power, and it could be days before a result is known. Australia is almost certainly headed for a hung parliament after the closest election in decades saw no result returned by midnight Saturday Sydney time.

About 5,200 naked people have embraced each other on the steps of Sydney's iconic Opera House for a photo shoot by Spencer Tunick....

When Google Wave was unveiled at Google I/O back in May, we noted that it was one of the most ambitious projects we've ever seen. Started as a side project in Google's Sydney, Australia offices, it had the potential to significantly alter the way online communication was carried out. And Google was betting big on it.