SYDNEY – A series of 11 country towns across the Australian state of Victoria has launched what it says is a “revolutionary” bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2030.…
NEW DELHI – India and Australia have agreed to revive stalled talks on a bilateral trade deal but, on a visit to New Delhi, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull conceded that chances of…
SYDNEY – A cyclone that left a trail of destruction in northeast Australia and New Zealand has also damaged one of the few healthy sections of the Great Barrier Reef…
SYDNEY – Nick Kyrgios has overcome a shaky start to down Sam Querrey 7-6(4) 6-3 6-4 and send Australia into the Davis Cup semi-finals with a 3-1 victory over the United…
SYDNEY – China has called off a visit by two Australian politicians after it took offence to a letter that called on it to address allegations of human right abuses,…
SYDNEY – The Federal Government says it has received information that terrorists may be planning to attack a World War One commemoration service at Gallipoli in Turkey later in the month. Foreign…
The future of Australia’s controversial asylum-seeker detention centre in Papua New Guinea will be discussed during a two-day visit by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to the Pacific island nation starting…
SYDNEY – Federal Treasurer Scott Morrison says Australia expects to claw back $2.9 billion from multinational companies under tax avoidance legislation. Morrison did not disclose the names of the companies…
WELLINGTON/SYDNEY – Thousands of people at the top of New Zealand’s North Island have been told to evacuate while an Australian town is forecast to be underwater later in the…
WELLINGTON – Widespread flooding has blocked roads, closed schools and forced hundreds of people to evacuate across New Zealand’s North Island today, as the tail-end of powerful Cyclone Debbie brought…