But Sen. Mehreen Faruqi, deputy leader of the minor party Australian Greens, made a silent protest by holding up a sign in ...

Australia's new parliament gathered Tuesday, the first time since the Labor government's landslide re-election victory in May ...

Australia’s earliest female political aspirants were staunchly independent, setting up a tradition that would remain more ...

When the first Parliament House in Canberra opened in May, 1927, two roughly attired elders, Jimmy Clements and John Noble, ...

Major reforms were left hanging in the last term of Parliament, including measures that would change super, employment ...

Palestinian demonstrators from inside Parliament House, following a day of tense protester activity which coincided with the ...

Amid the jokes, protests and significant personal moments the composition of the new House made one thing clear: Anthony ...

Childcare reforms and student debt are among the bills anticipated to be put in front of the 48th parliament, with 40 new MPs ...

The landmark ruling means Australia must reduce emissions in line with the best science, and regulate the fossil fuel ...

Anthony Albanese will embark on his new political agenda on Tuesday as parliament returns. Follow live as we bring you all ...

Tasmanian’s newest Senator has pledged to bring “economist’s eye and a Tasmanian heart” to the job. Labor’s Richard Dowling ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dismissed concerns that a lone Russian diplomat was allegedly squatting on a previously planned Moscow embassy building site, describing the man as ...