SYDNEY—Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers has forecast a sizable deterioration in the government’s fiscal outlook as falling commodity prices, a weaker Chinese economy and rising spending commitments ...

Australia’s decision not to become a founding member of a new Chinese development bank reportedly reflects division within the Abbott government about whether it would be in the country's strategic ...

With a bold reform agenda and occasional administrative chaos, Whitlam’s three-year government had, and continues to have, a profound effect on Australian life.

Yesterday, for the second time this week, the Australian Labor government launched previously unannounced measures to overturn basic legal and democratic rights. Its immediate aim is to consign up to ...

SYDNEY - Australia's Labor government on Monday pledged A$2-billion in production credits to help support the country's four aluminium smelters switch to renewable power before 2036. Aluminium is one ...

CANBERRA, March 3 (Reuters) - The Australian government proposed on Wednesday a US$45 billion overhaul of the country's health-care system, taking control of its funding from the states in a move to ...

SYDNEY, July 18 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is on course for a narrow win in an Aug. 21 election, an opinion poll showed on Sunday, as the economy, border protection and ...

Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday called the Australian government “fascists” over plans to crack down on misinformation online. Social media companies could face fines up to 5% of their global ...

Canberra: The Australian government has appointed the country's first anti-slavery commissioner. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus on Monday announced that Chris Evans, a former senator and human rights ...