Australia

If the social calendar of Australia’s south-east was put on a scale, ranging from “conceptually innocuous” to “bat-shit mad”, the Southern 80 would be up there, leaving the B&S balls,...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday defended his election pitch to allow first-time buyers to use part of their retirement savings to buy homes in a bid to lure...

The faces of Australian election candidates are plastered on campaign posters across the country — but there’s one face that stands out, and it belongs to Xi Jinping. The Chinese...

“In truth, it was the only option we had to save the game,” Rugby Australia (RA) chairman Hamish McLennan told the Sydney Morning Herald after World Rugby confirmed the hosts...

If recent polling is to be trusted, the Coalition is in serious shit at next week’s federal election. A YouGov poll published this week suggests that, were the election held...

A veteran superyacht captain and scuba diver whose tours were touted by his company as “beyond legendary” has been arrested after 110 pounds of cocaine bricks were found near the...

Hugging Sydney’s iconic harbor, Wentworth is the wealthiest electorate in Australia, awash with sprawling mansions and tree-lined streets, a seemingly endless flotilla of yachts dotted along its shoreline. This should...

As Amber Heard’s high-profile defamation trial with Johnny Depp continues, the screen star is facing another potential legal battle in Australia. While still married to Depp, Heard navigated a court...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has launched a multi-pronged attack on Anthony Albanese, after the opposition leader threw his support behind an increase to the national minimum wage.  At a press...

CANBERRA, Australia — More than 90% of Great Barrier Reef coral surveyed this year was bleached in the fourth such mass event in seven years in the world’s largest coral...