An embattled Australian lawmaker has resigned from his leadership roles in the opposition party over scandals involving a wealthy Chinese businessman and political donor that have raised accusations of China buying influence

The Australian government has bowed to growing pressure by announcing a high-level inquiry into misconduct in Australia's financial sector

Australia's prime minister says he is discussing with his government how to help thousands of Australian holidaymakers stranded by volcanic smoke on the Indonesian resort island of Bali

An Australian state parliament has legalized voluntary euthanasia 20 years after the country repealed the world's first mercy-killing law for the terminally ill

Australian police have arrested a known Islamic State group sympathizer on suspicion he was planning to carry out a mass shooting on New Year's Eve in a crowded Melbourne square

An official says Tesla Inc. chief executive Elon Musk is on track to deliver on a promise by building the world's biggest lithium-ion battery in the Australian Outback within 100 days

Papua New Guinea authorities have relocated the last asylum seekers who had refused for three weeks to leave a closed immigration camp for fear of facing violence elsewhere

Papua New Guinea authorities have relocated the last asylum seekers who had refused for three weeks to leave a decommissioned immigration camp for fear of facing violence elsewhere

A dozen celebrated Australians have sent an open letter to the government warning that asylum seekers could die at a decommissioned immigration camp that lacks food, water, power and medical care

An Australian state parliament is nearing passage of a voluntary euthanasia bill 20 years after the country repealed the world's first mercy-killing law for the terminally ill