The Latest Breaking News from Commonwealth

The Queen's Christmas Day speech formed an intrinsic part of many Australians' festive celebrations. What will The King's Broadcast entail?

It will be a white Christmas for many across the Commonwealth, but it will also be a dangerously cold holiday. Kentuckians are dealing with frigid temperatures and some snowfall entering the Christmas weekend.

Ahead of a key energy meeting between federal, state and territory leaders, NSW Treasurer Matt Kean is calling on the prime minister to provide a detailed plan for a potential cap on coal prices.

The prime minister is confident he and state and territory leaders will be able to find a solution to the nation's energy price hikes at a key meeting.

The National Weather Service in Jackson is calling for a “wet pattern” Over the next several days off and on again rain events could bring two to four inches to some parts of central and eastern Kentucky.

Real and immediate need lingers in areas of eastern Kentucky hit hard by the July flash flood - Breathitt, Knott, Letcher and Perry counties, in particular. What is needed and how to contribute leads this week’s edition | K-12 educators across the Commonwealth are in training to teach about the…

Anthony Albanese says he understands the states' concerns that introducing a price cap on coal may hurt their royalties, but something must be done to lower energy prices.

NSW Treasurer Matt Kean said the state government will support the Commonwealth capping energy prices but implored his federal counterparts to move quickly.

The Commonwealth imposed the veto on the Northern Territory and the ACT in 1997, but the Senate has now voted to remove it.