Australia

Australia has some of its priorities in order, at least. The country has recently enacted a “right to disconnect” law that lets workers ignore work-related communications during their personal lives....

Sydney, Australia – Australia is extending its laidback reputation to the workplace by granting employees a “right to disconnect” when they are off the clock. Australian workers on Monday gained...

A judge in Australia ruled Friday that the owner of a female-only social networking platform discriminated against a transgender woman by removing her from the app because she was born...

A man was arrested after climbing out of a plane’s emergency exit on Thursday, airline Jetstar confirmed to Australian media. The Airbus A320, operated by Jetstar, had just arrived in...

Crocodile pet owners have snapped back over a ban stopping anyone else in an Australian territory from keeping the reptiles. The move has sparked fear of a widespread cull of...

A passenger was arrested at an airport in Australia after he left a stationary airplane through an emergency exit, walked along a wing, and then climbed down a jet engine...

New Caledonia’s push for independence from France risks cementing China’s strategic influence in the South Pacific region, according to a new paper from an Australian think tank.  The French territory...

A Floridian pleaded guilty in an Australian court on Wednesday after they were caught attempting to smuggle a 24-karat gold-plated gun Down Under—and they did a backflip before entering their...

Australia on Wednesday gave the green light to a A$20 billion ($13.5 billion, €12.138 billion) project that plans to deliver energy from a giant solar farm in the country’s north to Singapore through...

Comedian Eric André said Monday he was racially profiled at an airport in Australia over the weekend. The Eric Andre Show star posted a video on Instagram saying he’d just...