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

Australia's Parliament resumed Tuesday for the first time since the center-left Labor Party won one of the nation's largest-ever majorities in the May elections. The day was largely ceremonial, with ...

If higher salaries attract higher-calibre politicians, Australia must be governed by some of the most brilliant politicians on Earth.

The Western Australian Parliament has passed the Mining Amendment (Transfer of Royalty Administration) Bill 2025, paving the way for the state’s mining royalty collection and administration to ...

They developed electric vans and scooters in the 1940s, invented a portable heart monitor and saved thousands of people suffering from polio, so why aren't the Both brothers household names in ...

A New South Wales man is due to face court in Melbourne over a fire at a synagogue that has drawn condemnation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanhyahu.

An Australian senator pulled out a large, dead fish in Parliament on Wednesday to protest the government's proposed laws that would safeguard controversial salm ...

Parliament supports inquiry into harassment within local government sector An inquiry into local government harassment gains support amid reports of mayors facing self-harm risks from toxic ...

NSW Premier Chris Minns has slammed former Labor MLC Mark Latham as “Australia’s biggest bigot” in a surprise spray in state parliament.

When European lawmaker Giusi Princi learnt she was sought by Belgian authorities over a graft investigation linked to Chinese tech giant Huawei in May, she was "dumbfounded".

Mayors claim they are being brought to tears, taking extended stress leave and are at risk of self-harm, such is the level of toxicity and bullying within the local government sector.