Australia's Labor government on Saturday promised an extra A$8.5 billion ($5.4 billion) for the country's universal ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Labor government on Saturday promised an extra A$8.5 billion ($5.4 billion) for the country's ...

Australia's defense forces, joined by New Zealand, have been monitoring Chinese navy vessels since they were spotted last ...

The Australian and New Zealand militaries are monitoring three Chinese warships that are moving unusually far south along ...

Australian officials said the ships were “off the east coast of Australia” and their presence there was unusual.

The Chinese naval exercises, in international waters off Australia’s eastern coast, while legal, have nonetheless sparked ...

China issued a warning Friday of potential "live fire" naval drills in international waters off Australia's eastern coast but ...

The country has long relied on America for security and China for its prosperity. Those two pillars are wobbling ...

Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large ...