Australia issues a compulsory recall for all 2.7 million cars fitted with defective Takata air bags in an effort to lift the mixed efforts to fix the fault blamed for at least 23 deaths around the world

Lawmakers from New Zealand's main conservative party have chosen an indigenous Maori leader as they regroup after an election loss

A senior Australian police officer has resigned over racist and obscene comments he posted online under a fake name

A new Australian deputy prime minister has been appointed after his predecessor quit over a sexual harassment allegation

Australia's beleaguered deputy prime minister has resigned from Cabinet over an allegation that he sexually harassed a woman

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is heading to the United States, accompanied by the largest Australian political and business delegation ever to visit the U.S.

New Zealand estimates a Pacific trade deal would boost its economy by up to 1 percent as exporters would face reduced tariffs on goods like kiwifruit, wine and beef

A government minister says Australia continues to work effectively with Cambodia since news that a murdered Cambodian political activist's family had been accepted as refugees

Australia's prime minister and his deputy have criticized each other in an open and hostile rift over politically damaging revelations that the deputy is expecting a baby with a former press secretary

Australia's beleaguered deputy prime minister has withstood a vote that would have called for his firing after revelations of a relationship with a former staffer