The Latest Breaking News from Australia

Australia's government introduces comprehensive environmental reform legislation promising A$6.9 billion annual economic benefits through faster project approvals while establishing a new National Environmental Protection Agency. The landmark bill faces political challenges requiring crossbench support.

Haunting voices, finally heard.

Former treasury secretary says developers will take advantage of law as it is currently drafted; and is it possible interest rates could rise before they fall again?

England’s rugby players are seeking to emulate the Bazball ethos of their cricketing counterparts in the run up to the forthcoming autumn series

Social cohesion is in decline. This has become a common refrain, along with despair about a crisis in our democracy. Yet amid the platitudes and wishful thinking about reversing that trend, there is a glaring absence of strategy or urgency.

In Son of a Donkey, the Saidden brothers Theodore and Nathan reunite viewers with the characters from Superwog, their shorts on YouTube since 2008, and later adapted into an ABC series, from 2018–20.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has unveiled more changes to the nation's foreign investment review scheme as he struck down a proposed pharmaceutical takeover.

An 80-year-old Australian woman was found dead on Lizard Island after a cruise ship left without her, sparking investigations into safety protocols.

Australia will be without the ODI and T20 World Cup trophies for the first time since 2018, after a scrappy semi-final loss to India in the 50-over tournament.