As is increasingly the case with every “natural” disaster, last month’s floods again exposed the unpreparedness and neglect ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Global miner Rio Tinto is in talks with Australian federal and state governments about a ...

Organizers had no idea how much, or how far anti-Elon Musk sentiment has spread beyond the epicenter of his influence in the ...

The minimum wage will increase by just 85 cents per hour to $24.95, but the news has been received with whoops and cheers ...

Economists say President Donald Trump's flip-flopping on import duties has hampered businesses' ability to plan ahead.

A sweeping new travel ban on citizens from a dozen nations was announced by the White House on Wednesday, reviving a defining ...

Soar over Lake Hillier, the striking pink lake nestled on Middle Island off Western Australia's southern coast. This breathtaking drone footage captures the lake's vivid hue, a result of ...

Meanwhile, dumped cabinet minister Ed Husic has said Australia should summon the Israeli ambassador and consider drawing up targeted sanctions in response to the nation's aid blockade in Gaza.

(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) Follow live updates on President Donald Trump and his administration WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that U.S. officials must retain custody and control of ...

or the federal equivalent of either the Nationals or Liberal Party." With a clear Labor majority in the lower house, this split is unlikely to change things dramatically for the government in the ...

Australia is the region's largest aid donor and "a partner the Pacific can count on", Wong said in Suva on Tuesday, her first international speech since the centre-left Labor government was re ...

Deanna D'Alessandro receives funding from the Australian Research Council ... As part of this, the federal government has tasked the Productivity Commission with a new strategy to enhance ...