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 (...)
A US spacecraft launched last week to try to land on the Moon has ended its mission in flames over the Pacific.
Peregrine One suffered a propulsion fault that scuppered any prospect of a lunar touch-down and it was commanded to destroy itself (...)
The Australian government has indicated that it has put on hold a proposal to hold a vote on removing King Charles III as its head of state.
It is a longstanding policy of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to hold a referendum on becoming a (...)
Australia and Papua New Guinea have signed a major security agreement that will place Australian police in the Pacific nation.
Speaking to reporters alongside Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape in Canberra on Thursday, Australian Prime (...)
France and Australia are to reset their bilateral relationship after a two-year 'cold war' following a 'back-stabbing' defence deal that saw Canberra renege on a huge military contract to buy submarines from Paris.
This week, foreign ministers (...)
Australia has accused China's navy of using sonar pulses in an incident in international waters that resulted in Australian divers suffering injuries.
The Australian defense minister said a Chinese warship had resorted to "unsafe and unprofessional" (...)
On Thursday, as Australia woke to the news a body had been found inside the bathroom of an elite Sydney private school, horror rippled around the country.
Police had turned up at St Andrew's Cathedral School just before midnight, after a chilling (...)
Australia has returned to Beijing three historical artifacts thought to have been illegally exported out of China.
A dinosaur fossil that is more than 100 million years old and two Tang Dynasty figurines were handed to Chinese officials in (...)
Australia called for "humanitarian pauses on hostilities" in Gaza to allow supplies to get in and for civilians to get to safety, a statement from the country's Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Wednesday.
"We call for humanitarian pauses on (...)
Australia has launched an urgent operation to rescue a researcher with a "developing medical condition" from the remote Casey outpost in Antarctica.
The icebreaker RSV Nuyina left from Tasmania last week, the Australian Antarctic Program (AAP) said. (...)
In a world first, scientists say that an 8cm (3in) worm has been found alive in the brain of an Australian woman.
The "string-like structure" was pulled from the patient's damaged frontal lobe during surgery in Canberra last year.
The woman suffered (...)
There's no longer any hope of locating survivors from a military helicopter crash, Australia's defense minister says.
A significant amount of wreckage was recovered, pointing to a "catastrophic incident", Richard Marles told reporters on Monday.
The (...)
Four Australia military personnel are missing off the country's northeastern coast after an army helicopter crashed into the ocean, Canberra announced Saturday.
"Defence (Ministry) can confirm an Australian Army MRH-90 Taipan helicopter has impacted (...)
The United Ara Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Saturday received Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is on an official visit to the UAE.
Upon arrival at Qasr Al Watan in Abu Dhabi, the Indian prime minister's (...)
Australia's top court has rejected Russia's bid to hold on to a plot of land in its capital, where Moscow had planned to build a new embassy.
The government in mid-June canceled Russia's lease on national security grounds, prompting a court (...)