The Latest Breaking News from Australia

“Obviously, there's a lot of pressure," the 21-year-old senator said

Australia has just welcomed its youngest senator ever, with 21-year-old Charlotte Walker snaring South Australia's sixth upper house seat.

Former Wallabies prop Sekope Kepu, who played in the 2013 Lions series, has warned Australia need their best tightheads available to take down the tourists.

Health official says supermarket mushrooms are unlikely to contain deadly toxins

Meg O’Neill tells energy industry conference that individual consumers’ role in driving emissions is ‘missing’ in conversations about fossil fuels

After two decades of abortion decriminalisation across Australian states and territories, there has been a sudden surge of anti-abortion activity online, in the streets and in parliaments.

Gas giants have called on the Australian government to approve projects faster and let them explore more mining opportunities.

Paintings by Margaret Preston that have never been on show to the public before feature in an exhibition of Australian women artists.

A European royal is set to make Australia home, relocating to study at one of the country's prestigious universities.

Australia's online safety regulator said the penalty submission reflected the seriousness of the breaches and its significant impacts on victims.

This month, a woman bravely testified in court she was subjected to a “degrading and humiliating experience akin to sexual assault” at the hands of New South Wales Police. The young woman was forced to remove her tampon in front of officers during a strip search, which police later admitted…