The Australian government says global digital platforms Google and Facebook will be forced to pay for news content in Australia

New Zealand’s top rugby players have agreed to a 50% pay reduction as New Zealand Rugby contends with the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic

Australia’s highest court has ruled that a search warrant at the center of a national storm over press freedom was invalid

Four German students say they’re glad they’ll finally get to fly home but sad to leave the New Zealand family that has sheltered them for 2 1/2 weeks during a nationwide lockdown

More than 100 Australian and New Zealand passengers of the Antarctic cruise ship the Greg Mortimer, most of whom infected by the coronavirus, have arrived in Melbourne on a flight from Uruguay

The leader of the remote Solomon Islands says 27 people are dead after being washed overboard from a packed ferry last week and the government is conducting a criminal investigation

Cardinal George Pell has welcomed Australia’s highest court clearing him of child sex crimes and says his trial had not been a referendum on the Catholic Church’s handling of the clergy abuse crisis

Australia’s highest court has dismissed Cardinal George Pell's convictions on sex abuse charges

Australia’s highest court on Tuesday will judge Cardinal George Pell’s appeal against convictions for molesting two teenage choirboys more than two decades ago