Members of an Australian investigative news team arrested in Beirut, Lebanon, earlier this week, have formally been charged on grounds of kidnapping on Wednesday (Australian time).
Australia's federal election race is becoming more contested as opposition leaders and ruling backbench MP's continue airing their disquiet over Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's rejection of an investigation into the banking industry.
The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is investigating more than 800 high-earning Australian clients of Panama law firm Mossack Fonesca, in the wake of the massive leak of confidential documents linking the firm with widespread tax evasion.
Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop announced on Friday that her government has signed a Nuclear Cooperation Agreement with Ukraine, enabling Australia to export uranium to Ukraine.
Australia's largest power and gas retailer Origin Energy Ltd. has signed its first contract to purchase electricity from large-scale solar project to meet its renewable energy target following renewed interest in the local sector.
Australia will ramp up its police presence at two major potential terror targets - sporting venues and airports - in the wake of the Brussels terror attacks.
Tourism Australia, the Australian government's tourism organization, is placing Chinese tourists high on its agenda.
Authorities in the Australian state of Queensland are set to ensure mining projects will employ local workers before considering fly-in, fly-out (FIFO) workers just as the final approvals for one of the world's largest coal mines begin.
An Australian entrepreneur has opened up a business in Melbourne where heartbroken, jilted or frustrated people can smash assorted items in a room as a way to relieve stress.
The long-running bidding war for Asciano Ltd has ended after Qube Holdings Ltd announced a joint 9. 1 billion Australian dollar (6.81 billion U.S. dollar) bid with Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc. for the Australia's largest rail and port operator.
Japan will next month send one of its high-tech Soryu class submarines to Australia in a bid to strengthen its chances of securing a lucrative defense contract to build Australia's next generation submarine fleet, reports said Friday.
On the second anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, an Australian minister said authorities are still committed to the search and desperately trying to solve the mystery that has baffled the world.
The Australian government has approved the sale of the nation's biggest dairy farming company to Chinese billionaire Lu Xianfeng.
Australia's unemployment rate in January has risen to 6 percent from 5.8 percent a month earlier, according to the latest figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) on Thursday.
Australia has initiated on Thursday an investigation on the impact of Asian steel makers in the Australian market as part of the government's second stage of anti-dumping reforms, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science Christopher Pyne announced.
The Australian government violated the rights of former Guantanamo Bay prisoner David Hicks by keeping him in jail for months following his return to Australia, a United Nations (UN) human rights committee has found.
Another terrorist attack on Australia is inevitable, according to a White House's former counter-terrorism adviser.
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