Indigenous former players have launched a class action against Australian Rules football bosses for failing to protect them from racist insults on the field, their lawyers said Saturday.The "vile racial abuse" resulted in "life-altering damage" to th...

One of Australia's top television journalists has opened a bout of national soul-searching by quitting his show over the racist abuse he faces as an Indigenous man in the spotlight.An award-winning journalist with the ABC, Stan Grant said the nationa...

A debate in the Australian Muslim community over the date of Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, has recalled the need for having only one mufti in the country. The Australian National Imams Council (ANIC)headed by Mufti...

By AFPAustralia on Monday asked China to resume "unimpeded trade" as ministers from the two countries held talks to repair their strained relationship.China slapped hefty tariffs on key Australian exports such as barley, beef and wine in 2020 at the...

By AFPAustralians will decide next year if the country's constitution will be changed to give an institutional voice to the long-suffering Indigenous population, the government said on Wednesday.The proposed "Voice to Parliament" aims to give Indigen...

An Islamic State fighter who featured heavily in the jihadist group's recruiting propaganda will be charged with "serious terror offences" after being extradited to Australia from Turkey, federal police said Friday.Neil Christopher Prakash, 31, was a...

By AFPRising corruption and plummeting trust spurred Australia to pass a law Wednesday that will establish a national integrity watchdog with broad powers to investigate politicians.Although Australia is seen as one of the world's cleanest political...

By AFPAustralia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday he had personally called on US officials to end legal proceedings against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, declaring: "Enough is enough."Assange, an Australian citizen, has been held i...

Australia hopes to host the 2026 COP summit, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Saturday, seeking to overhaul his country's reputation for foot-dragging on climate change."It is a good opportunity, I believe, for Australia to show and to host what...

By AFPThe death of an Aboriginal teenager in Western Australia ignited nationwide rallies and vigils on Wednesday, with activists saying the country continues to fail its Indigenous people and is seeping with racism.Cassius Turvey, 15, was allegedly...

Four women and 13 children were repatriated to Australia on Saturday, having languished for years in squalid Syrian detention camps after the downfall of the Islamic State.It was the first in a series of planned missions to bring back about 20 Austra...

By AFPThe United Nations has abruptly suspended its anti-torture mission to Australia after inspectors were barred from several jails, with a key oversight body condemning on Monday the "embarrassing debacle".Tasked with touring facilities under a vo...