The Australian government welcomed a defence cooperation agreement between its closest neighbour Papua New Guinea (PNG) and the U.S.

A rare hybrid solar eclipse over a remote town on Australia’s west coast drew thousands on Thursday to witness the event.

The Australian government on Thursday took the first formal step towards holding a referendum to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution and set up an Indigenous “Voice to Parliament” to advise lawmakers on matters that impact their lives.

Australia’s iron ore giants BHP Group, Rio Tinto and Fortescue are set to report a steep drop in their earnings, which is set to compress their payouts to shareholders after China’s COVID lockdown drove down iron ore prices.

An outback Australian town has re-imposed a controversial policy directed at Aboriginal communities that restricts the sale of alcohol.

Scott Morrison will forever be known as “the bulldozer”, and he lived up to his self-description at the Robodebt royal commission this week.

For 28 minutes in April, Deanna “Violet” Coco blocked a single lane of rush hour traffic on the Sydney Harbour Bridge, calling for greater action on climate change.

A cruise ship with hundreds of COVID-positive passengers docked in Sydney, Australia, after being hit by a wave of infections.

A long, beautiful stretch of sand in Australia’s tropical far north, Wangetti Beach, was Toyah Cordingley’s favourite beach.

An Australian man has died after being attacked by a kangaroo he had been keeping as a pet, police say.

Australia is raising its cap on permanent migration for the first time in a decade to help fill massive workforce shortages.

Three men are accused of being part of a criminal syndicate that imported almost 750 kilograms of methamphetamine in shipping containers into Sydney.