SYDNEY – Australia‘s conservative government has failed to win any of the five by-elections held this weekend, defeats widely seen as an indication Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull faces an uphill…
SYDNEY – Thousands of aborigines are estimated to have been murdered in 500 massacres across Australia from European settlement in 1788 until the mid-20th century, researchers say, as the country…
SYDNEY – Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is vying to secure a 100-year first this weekend by winning a seat from the opposition at a by-election and with it a…
WELLINGTON/SYDNEY – New Zealand’s Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters has called on Australia to change its flag, accusing its neighbour of copying New Zealand’s own design – a jab at…
STANFORD – US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said after meetings with his Australian counterpart that he was confident South Pacific nations would choose the United States as an ally…
SYDNEY – Australia has given state honours to nine people who helped rescue most of a Thai boys’ soccer team trapped in a flooded cave, with Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull…
SYDNEY – A Turkish court has rejected an Australian request to extradite a citizen it believes is a top recruiter for the Islamic State group, Australia‘s foreign minister says, in a setback…
MANILA – The Philippines blacklisted and ordered the deportation on Thursday of an elderly Australian nun at odds with President Rodrigo Duterte, calling her an “undesirable alien” who broke terms of…
SYDNEY – Australia’s leading goal scorer Tim Cahill has retired from international soccer after a frustrating fourth World Cup tournament in Russia. The 38-year-old Cahill, who has scored 50 international…
SYDNEY – The number of permanent migrants to Australia has hit a 10-year low, thanks to tougher scrutiny of claims, home minister Peter Dutton says, as the government tries to…