Australia's prime minister and his political rival say they are not tailoring their political messages to suit Chinese censors as the politicians increasingly use Chinese social media to woo Chinese-speaking voters.

Australian electoral authorities say they have for the first time set up a cybersecurity task force and are working with social media companies to tackle misinformation in the run up to general elections on May 18.

Senior New Zealand naval officer guilty of placing spy camera in Washington embassy bathroom

New Zealand's government says it did not approve an aid agency's decision to release the name of a New Zealand nurse held captive by the Islamic State group in Syria

Australia's prime minister says hurdles remain to repatriating three orphaned Australian children of a convicted terrorist from a Syrian refugee camp and national security interests must come first

Guam hospital receives $2.4M boost in Medicare funds following changes to federal payment rates

Dozens of Australian journalists and major media organizations have been represented by lawyers in a court on charges relating to breaches of a gag order on reporting about Cardinal George Pell's convictions for sexually molesting two choirboys

Government, Red Cross hope for information on New Zealand nurse held captive by the Islamic State group in Syria for almost six years

Police say a drive-by shooting outside a popular Melbourne nightclub in Australia has left one man dead, another critically wounded and two others injured

Australia says it will oppose the death penalty for Julian Assange if he's extradited to the United States, as protesters in Sydney called for his release and Australia's journalists' union voiced support for him