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.

About 5,450 Australians are in hospital with COVID-19 amid the spread of highly contagious new Omicron sub-variants.

Australians admitted to hospitals from COVID-19 neared record levels on Wednesday as authorities urged businesses to let staff work from home.

Australia’s environment is in a “shocking” state and faces further decline from amplifying threats, according to an anticipated report.

An unassuming patch of red dirt in remote Australia has made history as the site of Nasa’s first rocket launch from a commercial spaceport outside the US.