Australians will go to the polls for a federal election on May 21 following a six-week campaign, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says.

Toyota could be forced to pay out thousands of Australian customers who were sold cars with faulty engine filters to the tune of $2 billion after the auto giant lost a class action lawsuit.

A Beijing court is holding a closed-door trial for Australian journalist and former TV anchor Cheng Lei, in a high-profile diplomatic case.

The NSW State Emergency Service’s assistant commissioner, Nicole Hogan, has fronted ABC News Breakfast.

The national cabinet in Australia is moving to scrap quarantine requirements for all close contacts of Covid-19 cases as soon as possible as well as to transition away from PCR testing.

Western Australia has reopened its borders nearly two years after first sealing them to international visitors and other Australians because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Flooding in Maryborough, about 150 miles north of Brisbane on Australia’s east coast, on Feb. 28. [Source: AP)

Intense rain and record-breaking floods have hit eastern Australia, killing eight people.

Australian police have arrested one of the country’s most wanted fugitives following a 12-year manhunt.

Australia has reopened its international border for the first time in nearly two years, bringing joyful family reunions and a boost to tourism.

Australian authorities are searching for the white shark that killed a man in Sydney’s first fatal attack in 59 years.

Australia will reopen international borders and welcome back all remaining visa holders and tourists from February 21.