Australia's parliament passed breakthrough climate laws targeting the nation's worst polluters on Thursday, forcing coal mines and oil refineries to curb emissions by about five percent each year. The ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s Parliament resumed Tuesday for the first time since the center-left Labor Party won one of the nation’s largest-ever majorities in the May elections. The day was ...

Australia’s Parliament has overwhelmingly approved a motion calling for the release of imprisoned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is an Australian citizen. The vote came ahead of a critical ...

An Australian senator who is campaigning for a national burqa ban was barred Tuesday from Parliament for the rest of the year for wearing the Muslim garment in the chamber. Pauline Hanson, the 71-year ...

The message from Saturday’s election result was clear: Australians want a political reset. And not just about issues such as government integrity and climate change. While much attention has been ...

SYDNEY — As Australia waits for the final results of a tightly-contested general election, five Jewish members have been assured a seat in the next parliament. Incumbent Jewish members Michael Danby ...

Australia's Parliament voted Thursday to allow same-sex marriage across the nation, following a bitter debate settled by a much-criticized government survey of voters that strongly endorsed change.

Australia's Parliament has voted to approve same-sex marriage following a protracted and often bitter debate that was finally settled in a nationwide referendum last month that overwhelmingly backed ...

An Australian senator yelled “This is not your land, you are not my king, you are not our king” at King Charles III during a royal visit Monday. Lidia Thorpe, an independent Aboriginal senator, ...

A woman dumped the remains of her bushfire-charred family home outside the Australian parliament on Monday, accusing lawmakers of failing to act on the climate crisis. Melinda Plesman and her partner, ...

SYDNEY, Australia — The Australian Parliament said on Friday that hackers had tried to break into its computer network, which includes lawmakers’ email archives, but that so far there were no ...