The Latest Breaking News from Australia

Defence Minister Richard Marles will travel to Washington to cement Australia's "strong and enduring" US alliance and meet his US counterpart Pete Hegseth.

Australian allrounder Marcus Stoinis has played his last one-day international, retiring from the format to focus on Twenty20 cricket.

Helping businesses leverage clean energy and AI will transform Australia to its "fourth economy" and improve productivity growth, Treasurer Jim Chalmers says.

For young Australians, breaking into the housing market feels tougher than ever. Many now fear they’ll never be able to own a home.

Australia’s sea surface temperatures were the warmest on record last year, according to a snapshot of the nation’s climate which underscores the perilous state of the world’s oceans.

Australia walked all over Sri Lanka in the Test series opener but things didn't come as easily on day one of the second Test in Galle.

Mitchell Starc and Nathan Lyon took three wickets each before Kusal Mendis led Sri Lanka’s fightback, scoring 59 not out

Australian scientists pioneering marsupial IVF breeding techniques say it could pave the way for other marsupial species to be saved from extinction.

A day after US President Donald Trump's polarising proposal to “take over” Gaza, Australian Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has praised the world leader.

Weeks after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton announced his support for mandatory minimum jail terms for antisemitic offences, the government has legislated such laws. Minister for Home Affairs Tony Burke stated the federal parliament would now be “putting in place the toughest laws against hate speech that Australia has ever had”.

Teenage Australian snowboarder Valentino Guseli says he will be going all out to win gold at the next Olympics in Milan-Cortina to honour his Italian roots.