Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has recorded a rise in voter support just days after tightening rules for foreigners seeking work and citizenship under an “Australia first” policy, a newspaper poll…
SYDNEY – US Vice President Mike Pence has said the United States would honour a controversial refugee deal with Australia, under which the United States would resettle up to 1,250 asylum…
SYDNEY – US Vice President Mike Pence is expected to discuss trade and regional security when he meets Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Saturday, Australian officials said. Pence arrives in…
Australia plans to raise the bar for handing out citizenships by lengthening the waiting period, adding a new “Australian values” test and raising the standard for English language as part…
DARWIN – US Marines deployed to Australia’s northern city of Darwin reflect President Donald Trump’s continued commitment to a security “pivot” to Asia at a time of heightened tensions, the…
SYDNEY – A 17-year-old girl has died after being attacked by a shark as she surfed with her father off the Australian coast. Laeticia Brouwer was on holiday in Esperance,…
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced the government will abolish 457 visas for temporary foreign workers and replace them with two new visa classes. 457 visas, otherwise known as temporary…
DARWIN – US Marines have begun arriving in the country’s tropical north for a six-month deployment during which they will conduct exercises with Australian and visiting Chinese forces. The 25-year…
Violence has flared at an Australian asylum-seeker detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG), and shots were fired when local people tried to break into the centre after an argument…
RIYADH – A Saudi woman claiming she sought asylum in Australia was stopped on a layover in the Philippines and returned to Riyadh on Wednesday. Dina Ali Lasloom said in…