The Australian government announced Sunday that it is abandoning proposed legislation aimed at forcing social media companies to regulate misinformation and disinformation on their platforms.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland stated that the (...)
Australian lawmakers have voted to censure an Aboriginal senator who heckled King Charles during his visit to Canberra last month, to express their "profound disapproval" of her protest.
Lidia Thorpe shouted "you are not my King" and "this is not (...)
An Australian soldier has been posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross — the Commonwealth's highest military honour — for bravery during the Vietnam War.
The then 19-year-old Private Richard Norden ran into enemy fire to reach a wounded comrade and (...)
King Charles has arrived in Samoa for a four-day state visit where he will preside for the first time over a gathering of Commonwealth presidents and prime ministers.
Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa greeted the King and Queen Camilla at Faleolo (...)
An Aboriginal protester has been arrested at the Sydney Opera House as crowds await a glimpse of King Charles and the Queen on the final day of their tour in Australia.
Throngs of people have packed the harbourside forecourt, where the royal couple (...)
Some Indigenous leaders have criticized an Australian senator's heckling of King Charles, as she faces a backlash over a violent image of the monarch briefly posted to her social media account.
Lidia Thorpe, an Aboriginal woman, made global (...)
Australia is conducting a review of all 66 military export permits for Israel that were approved prior to the invasion of Gaza last year, as reported by the Guardian on Saturday, citing Defense Ministry sources.
The Department of Defense is (...)
King Charles and Queen Camilla have received an official welcome at Sydney Airport, at the start of their six-day visit to Australia.
They stepped on to the runway carrying umbrellas as thundery showers faced the royal visitors on their evening (...)
With a night of bottomless drinks, a three-course dinner and an auction packed with royal memorabilia, the University of Queensland Monarchist League's annual ball is a sell-out.
Billed as a celebration of the Crown, a rendition of God Save The King (...)
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong on Sunday strongly criticized the opposition for refusing to support growing calls for a cease-fire in Gaza and Lebanon.
Wong labeled opposition leader Peter Dutton as "extreme" for not aligning with (...)
The Australian government announced a compensation plan on Saturday to pay those who were "killed or abused" by its special forces in Afghanistan.
ABC News reported that the plan stems from the recommendations of the 2020 "Brereton Report," which (...)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese strongly criticized social media giant Meta on Saturday, accusing the company of being "arrogant and out of touch."
His comments were prompted by remarks from Meta's head of global safety, Antigone Davis, (...)
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walked free for the first time in 12 years after a US judge signed off on his unexpected plea deal on Wednesday morning.
Assange walked out of the courtroom as a free man into the bright Saipan sunshine, raising one (...)
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) will allow recruits from foreign countries, including the UK, to help grow its ranks.
Australia has been struggling with enlistment shortfalls, as it seeks to beef up its armed forces in the face of what it says (...)
On a stark yellow wall inside a Canberra art gallery, hang 21 colorful paintings – a satirical series depicting some of the most influential people who have shaped Australia.
There's a wonky-looking King Charles, a canvas capturing Cathy Freeman's (...)
Pro-Palestinian protesters occupying a building at the University of Melbourne have been told to leave by university officials, who say they've "crossed a line" by entering the building and disrupting class for thousands of students.
"Students have (...)
Australia has accused a Chinese fighter jet of firing flares into the path of a naval helicopter last weekend over international waters of the Yellow Sea, an action that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese blasted as "completely unacceptable."
The (...)
The Australian government has talked up its close ties with Delhi despite reports that two Indian spies were expelled from the country in 2020.
In 2021, Australia's intelligence chief said that foreign agents had been operating locally in the (...)
Rallies have taken place across Australia in response to a wave of recent violence against women.
Demonstrators want gender-based violence to be declared a national emergency and stricter laws put in place to stop it.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (...)
An accused rapist who had sought to clear his name by suing one of Australia's largest television networks for defamation has lost his case, with a judge finding that, on the balance of probabilities, he committed the crime.
The verdict brings an (...)
Australia's foreign minister has suggested the country could recognize Palestinian statehood, to increase momentum toward peace.
However Hamas could have no role in its governance, Penny Wong said.
Both Australia's opposition and the Zionist (...)
A former Australian politician "sold out" the country to a foreign spy network, the nation's intelligence chief has alleged in a speech.
Outlining the activities of the group dubbed the "A-Team", Mike Burgess claimed the MP had offered it access to (...)
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced his engagement to his partner of four years, Jodie Haydon.
He proposed at the Lodge — the prime minister's official Canberra residence — on Valentine's Day, with a ring he specially (...)
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has hailed ties with "big brother" Australia in a historic and closely watched speech in Canberra.
James Marape's address to Australia's parliament — the first by a Pacific Island leader — comes as Australia and (...)
Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court, five years after he was arrested and accused of spying.
The sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment after two years, according to Australian (...)
