The Latest Breaking News from Australia

This week, Environment Minister Murray Watt met with groups representing business, the environment, renewable energy and First Nations communities in a bid to restart Labor’s stalled environmental reforms. There was one group in the room Watt presumably had to woo hardest: Western Australia’s miners.

Technologies to enforce the Australian government’s social media ban for under 16s are “private, robust and effective”. That’s according to the preliminary findings of a federal government-commissioned trial that has nearly finished testing them.

As conflict in the Middle East threatens to descend into "all-out war", members of Australia's Iranian community are watching on from afar in despair.

"We urge Australians who are able to leave Iran to do so now, if it is safe."

The US president continues to bat off questions about his intentions in Iran; survey reveals five key trends in the way Australians live

When a renewable energy developer announces a new project, there’s one big question mark – how will nearby communities react?

When the Western Australian state government handed down its state budget on Thursday, it showed a balance sheet solidly in the black with a A$2.5 billion surplus. But, as it has for seven years, the state has received an outsized boost to its coffers from the federal government.

Australia's tennis women will host their next Billie Jean King Cup tie in Tasmania, with Daria Kasatkina hoping to be on board for the first time.

Australian military forces are being set up to support evacuations from Israel and Iran, after US President Donald Trump gave Iran an ultimatum.