The British and Irish Lions take on Australia for the first time since 2013, when the tourists claimed the series 2-1.

Australia's central bank on Tuesday proposed to scrap surcharges on most debit and credit card payments for consumers while lowering interchange fees paid by businesses, steps it estimated would save the two groups around A$2.

Australia is hosting its largest-ever military drills, Exercise Talisman Sabre, involving over 35,000 personnel from 19 nations.

The prime minister's visit to Beijing featured an unusual one-on-one meal with China's most powerful man. It's significant in more ways than one.

The British and Irish Lions have been branded “cocky” by former Wallaby World Cup-winner Chris Latham after Henry Pollock’s bold declaration that a 3-0 whitewash is “definitely on the table”.

Australia has dismissed the West Indies for a near-record low of 27 to win the third cricket test by 176 runs in Kingston.

Researchers at La Trobe University, Australia, and the University of Utah, U.S., report that recent DNA findings challenge claims of a 65,000-year-old human arrival in Sahul—the ancient paleocontinent that existed during the Pleistocene ice age,

Suicidal Tendencies are heading back Down Under later this year for a string of headline dates in Australia and New Zealand, coinciding with their role as special guests on Metallica’s massive M72 world tour.

Gilmour Space is preparing once more to launch its homegrown Eris rocket no earlier than Wednesday, July 16, at 7:30 AM AEST (21:30 UTC on Tuesday, July 15). The vehicle is poised to become the first orbital launch from Australian soil by a sovereign-built vehicle.

Tiny extremophiles give the salty lakes their rosy hue, but over-mining and climate change are threatening their existence.

The ruling said the government did not owe a duty of care to protect the Torres Strait islands from climate change.