Australia News
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Australian PM honors Queen Elizabeth with wreath-laying ceremony
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese paid tribute to Britain's Queen Elizabeth after a wreath-laying ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra...
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Podcast leads to Australian's conviction in wife's murder
An Australian man was convicted on Tuesday of murdering his wife 40 years ago after a renewed police investigation that...
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Australian police seize record 2 tons of methamphetamine
Authorities have found 1.8 metric tons (2 U.S. tons) of methamphetamine hidden in marble tiles shipped from the Middle East...
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Australia PM could launch inquiry into secret ministries saga
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday said his government could consider an inquiry into former Prime Minister Scott Morrison...
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Australia commits to Pacific islands defense training as China seeks rival meeting
Australia will establish a defense school to train Pacific island militaries, Canberra's new Pacific minister said, amid intensifying competition for...
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Australian leader to visit France to fix damaged relations
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday he will meet President Emmanuel Macron in France next week to reset a...
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Australia tells Solomons security needs should be met by Pacific region, not China
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong visited a riot-hit community in the Solomon Islands on Friday to highlight the capabilities of...
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'I'm no hero,' says dancing keeper as Australia qualify for World Cup
Substitute goalkeeper Andrew Redmayne's dancing antics helped Australia claim a shootout win over Peru in an inter-continental playoff on Monday...
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Australia offers Samoa new coast guard vessel as part of charm offensive
Australia will provide Samoa with a new coast guard patrol boat, Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced on a visit to...
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Australia's Labor Party wins enough seats to govern alone
Australia's center-left Labor Party secured enough seats Tuesday to hold an outright majority in the House as vote counting from...
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Pacific nations 'very positive' on Australian re-engagement: PM
Australia's newly elected prime minister has said Pacific leaders have been "very positive" about his government's renewed engagement, even as...
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China congratulates Australia's Albanese in hint at thawing ties
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has sent a congratulatory note to newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Beijing's state media...
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Australia commemorates war dead with few COVID restrictions
Large crowds gathered in Australia on Monday to pay tribute to their war dead on Anzac Day largely free of...
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Australia closing in on big win after Pakistan collapse in second Test
Pakistan collapsed to 148 all out as Australia built up a huge 489-run lead after Day 3 of the second...
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Australia flood death toll rises to 20 as thousands evacuate Sydney
The death toll from week-long floods battering Australia's east coast rose to 20 on Tuesday, after the bodies of a...
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Australia to boost its presence and surveillance operations on Antarctica
Australia on Tuesday announced plans to boost its presence and surveillance operations on Antarctica, unveiling a U.S.$575 million package designed...