Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised $12.7 million for a theatre and arts centre in Launceston in the seat of Bass, $5 million for Nowra housing projects in Gilmore and $6 million for the “living city” project in Devonport, in the marginal seat of Braddon.

Australia Day events take place across the nation, with flag-raising ceremonies and tens of thousands of people from more than 100 countries taking the oath of citizenship.

The opposition leader’s rhetoric has prompted opponents to accuse him of “grotesque”, trumped-up politics. But do the times suit him?

Anthony Albanese has used his International Holocaust Remembrance Day address to vow action against “vile” anti-Semitism amid mounting pressure over a spate of attacks in Australia’s biggest cities.

Sydney restaurateur Judith Lewis couldn’t save the mezuzah, a framed parchment inked with Hebrew prayers, that was hanging in her family’s café when arsonists set it alight in the early hours one Sunday in late October.

The federal government is reportedly offering up extra cash to make the train line to Melbourne Airport a reality. One person treated for botulism and two others admitted to hospital with suspected cases in incident health authorities believe is linked to unregulated cosmetic injections.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says his government will take the “strongest action possible” if Russia has harmed an Australian who was taken prisoner while fighting for Ukraine

Some 15,000 new Australians have been recognised in citizenship ceremonies across the country on Australia Day.

Amid reports of a Melbourne man killed after being captured by Russia while fighting for Ukraine, the Australian government on Wednesday summoned Russian ambassador and said if he will be harmed, it w

Amid a spate of antisemitic attacks, the latest The Australian Financial Review/Freshwater Strategy poll showed law and order overtaking climate change as a top-three voter issue.

From celebrations large and small, to the thousands who became new citizens and tens of thousands of others who rallied for Indigenous rights, Australia Day has been marked across the country in varying ways.

An AFL legend who helped raise more than $100m to find a cure for motor neurone disease (MND) after his own diagnosis has been named Australian of the Year for 2025.