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

A record number of Chinese Australian politicians now sit in federal parliament. They reflect on challenges they have faced ...

Former Howard government minister Peter McGauran discusses the first sitting week of Labor’s second term and how it was “unusually entertaining”.

The conviction of former Liberal MP Gareth Ward on serious sexual offences should be curtains on his political career, but it ...

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

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

A New South Wales (NSW) politician has been found guilty of sexually assaulting two young men in Australia. A jury found ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A social media ban for children under 16 passed the Australian Parliament on Friday in a world-first law. The law will make platforms including TikTok, ...

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