Australia

The legislation aims to curb exposure to harmful content and includes hefty fines for non-compliance.

Major bushfire is burning out of control in Australia's Victoria, forcing authorities to issue emergency evacuation orders.

According to the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Education Corporation, the fantasy novel's subplots contribute to the 'trivialisation, and stereotyping of First Nations peoples and experiences'.

Australia plans to introduce landmark legislation to set a minimum age for social media use, with enforcement beginning 12 months after its passage.

The costume had been "inappropriate, offensive and in poor taste", Australian Football League says in a statement.

Fans dismayed as the group's persistent silence on Israel's genocidal actions raises questions about the integrity of its themes of power, truth, and defiance.

Senator Mehreen Faruqi was asked by Senator Pauline Hanson to go back to Pakistan after she refused to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

Indigenous independent Senator Lidia Thorpe was escorted out of a parliamentary reception for the royal couple after shouting that British colonizers have taken Indigenous land and bones.

A spike missile exported by Canberra to Tel Aviv killed an Australian aid worker in Gaza, as Israel struck World Central Kitchen killing seven aid workers in April this year.

After days of comments on social media directed at the gender of Commander Yvonne Gray, Minister Judith Collins urged the public to “be better.”

The haka, a customary dance by New Zealand's Indigenous Maori, was traditionally a way to welcome visiting tribes or to invigorate warriors ahead of battle.

Pesto is the largest penguin the Sea Life Melbourne has ever seen.

Phillip Mehrtens was abducted by West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) insurgent group more than a year and a half ago.

Authorities hacked the network and were watching as the criminals discussed trafficking illicit drugs, money laundering, homicides and serious violence.

Australian National Imams Council urges for better inclusion of Muslims in Australia's legal system to address rising anti-Muslim sentiment.

Around 25 Australian Special Air Service Regiment and Commando Regiment troops were involved in the unlawful killings of 39 Afghans.

Despite mockery and backlash, Gunn's recent wins, including the Oceania Continental Championship, secured her top ranking.

Top diplomat Penny Wong blasts ongoing illegal settlement activity and settler violence in the occupied West Bank, urging Israel to accept the Gaza truce deal.

About 1,800 police officers have been deployed at the Melbourne convention centre where they are using pepper spray and rubber bullets on anti-war protesters.

As the king's only daughter and his youngest child, Queen Nga Wai was considered an outside choice to become his successor, instead of one of her two elder brothers.

The offences by 46-year-old Ashley Paul Griffith happened between 2003 and 2022 in twelve different locations across Australia as well as Pisa, Italy.

Emergency authorities have issued warnings for flooding, which they said could leave Tasmanians isolated for several days.

The countries boost ties amid increased flashpoints in the region including the South China Sea, where several states claim sovereignty over disputed islands and waterways.

Universities Australia, the peak body for universities, says the government move would "apply a handbrake" to the sector.

Unions welcomed the legislation, saying it gave workers a way to reclaim some work-life balance.

Albanese criticised the opposition proposal as fear-mongering and divisive, stating that it undermines social cohesion and distracts from important issues.

The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would take and could be lethal, according to the New Zealand Drug Foundation.

The pilot, the only person aboard the helicopter, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The agreement, outlines security measures for the transfer of sensitive nuclear material and knowledge.

Besides the financial losses, the cost of inaction would be "mounting financial ruin, mental health problems, suicide, and the family violence that gambling can exacerbate."

Often dubbed the world's largest living structure, the Great Barrier Reef is a 2,300-kilometre-long expanse, home to a stunning array of biodiversity.

An Australian government probe into the Israeli air strike that killed seven World Central Kitchen staff in Gaza in April finds 'serious failures' such as 'mistaken identification'.

A new government report reveals that the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Australia's Indigenous population, have not been improved as planned. Of 19 measures, only five were on course to meet targets.

Weeks after it seized power and launched a crackdown on dissent in Myanmar, the junta agreed to a five-point peace plan with ASEAN, but has failed to implement it.

"I am horrified by the shocking eruption of deadly violence in Papua New Guinea, seemingly as the result of a dispute over land and lake ownership and user rights," UN rights chief Volker Turk says.

A species never seen alive and among the rarest mammals has prompted a DNA investigation and significant interest from conservation scientist.