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Iran has summoned Australia’s envoy to the Mideast country to protest the latest round of sanctions imposed on Tehran over what Canberra decries as violations of human rights.
Sydney is blanketed under thick wood smoke for a fourth consecutive day due to hazard reduction burns in preparation for the wildfire season.
The Australian government is proposing tougher restrictions on former defense military personnel who want to train foreign militaries as the nation prepares to share nuclear secrets with the United States and Britain.
David Warner’s shoe came off then so did the wheels in Australia’s innings as South Africa stayed alive in their one-day international series in Potchefstroom.
Voters have begun applying for mail-in ballots ahead of the Oct. 14 referendum that would create an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Thousands of soldiers from the United States, Indonesia, Australia and other allied forces demonstrated their armor capabilities in combat drills on the Indonesian island of Java at a time of increased Chinese aggression in the region.
American Sean Strickland stunned Nigerian-born New Zealander Israel Adesanya to take the middleweight title by unanimous decision in the main event of UFC 293 in Sydney, the first UFC event in Australia’s largest city in six years.
An Australian who fell ill while working at an Antarctic research station is now in a hospital in Australia after being rescued by an icebreaker.
Quick-fire centuries by David Warner and Marnus Labuschagne have set up yet another big win by Australia against South Africa and a 2-0 lead in their one-day international series in Bloemfontein.
Day 2 of the Rugby World Cup on Saturday features four games, headed by former champion England facing Argentina in Marseille.
Australia and the Philippines have elevated their seven-decade ties to a strategic level to broaden an alliance underpinned by their rejection of China’s increasingly provocative actions in the disputed South China Sea.
Emergency replacement Marnus Labuschagne has spearheaded Australia to a comeback win over South Africa in a one-day international in Bloemfontein.
Australia and China have started their first high-level dialogue in three years in a sign of a slight thaw to relations between countries that have clashed on human rights, COVID-19 and trade.
Three round-the-world sailors have reached land safely after sharks nearly sank their catamaran in the Coral Sea.
Three sailors from Russia and France have been rescued after the inflatable catamaran they were trying to sail in from Vanuatu to Australia came under attack from sharks.
Captain Pat Cummins, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Starc may not be fit to play before the start of the Cricket World Cup in India next month but all have been included in Australia’s provisional 15-man squad for the tournament.
Authorities in Australia say an Australian who fell ill at a remote Antarctic base is returning home on an icebreaker following a daunting mission to rescue him.
Australia’s openers had mixed fortunes as the visitors beat South Africa by five wickets in their final Twenty20 international to sweep the series 3-0.
Australia has clinched the Twenty20 series against South Africa with a game to spare after another thumping win at Kingsmead.
Australia’s consumer watchdog has called for Qantas Airways to be punished with a record fine for allegedly selling tickets on thousands of flights that had already been canceled.
Never has any team heading into the Rugby World Cup been in such a “good place” after five consecutive losses to start its season, at least in the eyes of Australia coach and Eddie Jones.
Australia has turned the highest Twenty20 total at Kingsmead into a 111-run win over South Africa in Durban. Australia was made to bat first and put up 226-6.
Australians will vote on Oct. 14 in a referendum that would enshrine in the nation’s constitution a mechanism for Indigenous people to advise Parliament on policies that effect their lives known as the Voice.
Australians will vote on Oct. 14 on a proposed law to create a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the nation’s first referendum in a generation.
Australian Prime Anthony Albanese says he expects public support for creating a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament will grow after he focuses the nation’s minds on the issue by setting a date for Australia’s first referendum in a generation.
Eight U.S. Marines remain in a hospital in the Australian north coast city of Darwin after they were injured in a fiery crash of tiltrotor aircraft that killed three of their colleagues.
Damian Penaud scored two tries as France delivered an enthralling attacking display in its final warmup match before the Rugby World Cup to beat Australia 41-17.
The U.S. Marine Corps says at least three Marines have died and five have been critically injured when their Osprey aircraft crashed on a north Australian island during a training exercise.
Australian and Filipino forces, backed by U.S. Marines, have practiced retaking an island seized by hostile forces in a large military drill on the northwestern Philippine coast facing the South China Sea.
Australian prosecutors have dropped a potential criminal case against American actor Amber Heard over allegations that she lied to a court about how her Yorkshire terriers came to be smuggled into Australia eight years ago.