Australia’s High Court has ruled that a national postal vote on same-sex marriage will go ahead, after a challenge by marriage equality advocates failed. Same-sex marriage...
An Australian politician has said he was targeted by a blackmail scam after booking a massage to a New York hotel. Gareth Ward, a New South...
Australia has sent five Chinese men home after an alleged people-smuggling boat was intercepted in a strait bordering Papua New Guinea (PNG). Two others on board,...
Four people have been injured by a student wielding a baseball bat in a classroom at an Australian university, according to police. The suspect, an 18-year-old...
A two-time Olympic medal-winning cyclist, Jack Bobridge, has been accused of dealing drugs in his native Australia. Mr Bobridge, 28, was arrested in Perth on Wednesday...
The boss of Australia’s foreign intelligence agency has been criticised for clenching his fist in a photo with Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte. Mr Duterte used the...
The leader of Australia’s far-right One Nation party has worn a burka on the floor of the nation’s Senate. Pauline Hanson’s entrance drew audible shock from...
Catholic clerics should face criminal charges if they do not report sexual abuse disclosed to them during confession, an Australian inquiry has recommended. It is among...
New Zealand’s government has confirmed that Australia’s deputy prime minister, Barnaby Joyce, is a dual citizen. Dual citizens are not allowed to run for public office...
A Colombian judge has rejected an Australian woman’s plea bargain over cocaine-smuggling charges. Cassie Sainsbury, 22, was stopped at an airport in Bogotá on 12 April...
The U.S. Marine Corps on Sunday said it suspended the search and rescue operation for the three U.S. Marines who went missing off the east coast...