A 71-year-old man is on trial over a series of Sydney bombings and shootings that terrorized Australia's legal fraternity more than 30 years ago

Longtime AP Sydney bureau chief Peter O'Loughlin has died after a long illness. He was 78.

Australia's prime minister has rejected a former diplomat's opinion that the country needs a new foreign minister to thaw relations with China

A state official says a 61-year-old farmer is suspected of carrying out Australia's worst mass shooting in 22 years, shooting dead six family members, including four of his grandchildren, before killing himself last week

A family of seven including four children has been found dead with gunshot wounds at a rural property in southwest Australia in what could be the country's worst mass shooting in 22 years

Five Australian lawmakers have been forced from Parliament in an ongoing legal wrangle over a 117-year-old constitutional ban on dual citizens standing for election

New Zealand is significantly boosting the amount of aid money it spends in the Pacific as international concern rises about China's growing influence in the region

Australia reveals pre-poll plan to balance budget in 2 years while cutting taxes

Australia's government is expected to release annual spending plans with a focus on winning votes at elections due within a year

The wife of an Islamic State group recruiter has given the militants' single-finger salute outside a Sydney court after becoming the first person convicted under a new state law of refusing to stand for a judge