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There is a push in Australia to re-establish Radio Australia's services to the Asia/Pacific region.

Is Malcolm Turnbull too beholden to Nauru to intervene after the country refuses to grant a visa to Australia's state broadcaster?

The million Chinese in Australia are "terrific citizens" but China wants to use them to assert its power and influence, the former Australian PM says.

Australia will spend $7 billion on six unmanned spy planes that can stay in the air for more than a day and will be used to hunt enemy submarines and carry out surveillance flights.

Darwin's beaches are stunning, and yet usually completely devoid of swimmers. Will it ever be possible to net the beaches like in northern Queensland so that people can swim without fear of deadly jellyfish stings or crocodile attacks?

French company looks to be the first foreign company to be harmed by a deterioration in relations between Australia and China.

Dozens of protesters have rallied in Melbourne in support of Sonia Kruger and incarcerated far-right British activist Tommy Robinson.

Despite a declaration from Peter Dutton earlier this year that persecuted white South African farmers deserved "special attention" from Australia, officials from his department say there has been no direction from the Home Affairs Minister to prio

By landing H-6K heavy bombers on the Paracel islands, China asserted its intention to dominate Australia's chief trade lifeline.

Protesters outside abortion clinics in New South Wales may be forced to abandon their posts, if State Parliament passes a new bill due to be introduced today.

Bodies of 3 adults, 4 kids found; after gunman killed 35 in 1996, Australia enacted strict gun laws that have come to be widely seen as a success

The Age is the fastest growing masthead in Australia, according to new figures.

Report lays bare the entrenched severity of housing costs in the country's two largest cities that not even a short-term improvement can resolve.

Australia's Great Barrier Reef suffered a "catastrophic die-off" of coral during an extended heatwave in 2016, threatening a broader range of reef life than previously feared, a report revealed Thursday.

Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says it's "unquestionable" some white South African farmers are being persecuted and his department is looking into specific cases.

Australian nurses are being subject to a new 'racist' policy which demands they announce their 'white privilege' before treating Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander patients.

The Chinese education ministry says some people are denied visas. Students in China believe those studying science and technology are being targeted.

Australia's conservative government is considering fast-tracking visas for white South African farmers so they can flee their "horrific circumstances" for a "civilised country". Steve Ciobo, agreed the farmers' situation was "cause for concern". "Let's be frank, if we see in this case -- people who

The number of homeless people in Australia jumped by 14 per cent in the five years to 2016, according to census data which also reveals a "significant" increase in older women on the streets and a growing group living in overcrowded accommodation.

Authorities in Australia have traced a listeria outbreak that has killed three people to contaminated melons. People have been warned to throw out any cantaloupes bought before Wednesday.