Tensions between the two countries are still high, and Beijing still has not ended the diplomatic freeze on top-level meetings with Chinese leaders.

More indigenous police are needed to avoid the kind of racism that tainted the Bowraville murder probes, it is claimed.

DEFENCE Minister David Johnston is reportedly facing likely replacement in a cabinet reshuffle to be announced today by Prime Minister Tony Abbott.

So little money, so few options. Everything about this budget promises to be modest, except what it’s expected to achieve.

Equinor's decision to scrap its proposed drilling in the Great Australian Bight has come as a shock to supporters and critics alike, with some energy analysts pointing to factors such as climate change as the reason behind it.

Isobel Marshall was about to enter her final year of high school when she and her best friend came up with an idea to support women and girls at home and abroad.

The deputy leader of the Nationals says the party has struck a deal to allow more foreign workers into Australia to work on farms, hinting that an agriculture-specific visa could soon be announced.

It's been one year since the Ruby Princess arrived back Sydney Harbour and her passengers were allowed to disembark and scatter across the world. Cruise lover Marilyn Halladay, one of the first Australians infected with COVID-19, is itching to set sail once more.

The Reserve Bank is holding the line on low interest rates for years to come, but some economists warn the risks of an inflation "rebirth" are rising, an issue the US central bank will be discussing this week.

CLIVE  Palmer’s media adviser Andrew Crook was yesterday ­granted bail after being charged with a kidnapping.

AOC boss and IOC vice-president John Coates says he expects the Japanese public will get on board with hosting the Olympic Games again once the country boosts its vaccination numbers.

New Zealand will take 150 refugees from Australia each year for three years, settling a deal first struck by former prime minister Julia Gillard almost a decade ago.

ONLY one in five Year 9 students can figure out the area of a floor surface even with a calculator.

HILLSONG Church’s founder should be referred to police for not reporting abuse carried out by his father, a senior counsel says.

Josh Frydenberg is being warned that massive federal government debt from emergency pandemic spending could double in coming decades as borrowing costs rise and spending costs blow out.

The flights will take off from "priority areas" around the world and will be organised by the Commonwealth over the next few months.

Malcolm Turnbull has claimed mutual cause with Olympic hopefuls and Bill Shorten has been abused and embraced.

From costly falls in the gymnastics, to awkward celebrations in the pool, there’s been no shortage of excruciating moments.

A SYDNEY man accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Australia allegedly sent thousands of dollars to Islamic State.

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