Australia's parliament passed breakthrough climate laws targeting the nation's worst polluters on Thursday, forcing coal mines and oil refineries to curb emissions by about five percent each year. The ...

An Australian senator yelled “This is not your land, you are not my king, you are not our king” at King Charles III during a royal visit Monday. Lidia Thorpe, an independent Aboriginal senator, ...

Australia’s Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a motion calling for the release of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is an Australian citizen. The vote came ahead of a critical ...

The Australian Senate passed a law to ban children under 16 from having social media accounts and social media platforms, ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s Parliament resumed Tuesday for the first time since the center-left Labor Party won one of the nation’s largest-ever majorities in the May elections. The day was ...

SYDNEY — As Australia waits for the final results of a tightly-contested general election, five Jewish members have been assured a seat in the next parliament. Incumbent Jewish members Michael Danby ...

An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber. Pauline Hanson, the 71-year ...