Former Wallabies captain turned senator David Pocock says he disagrees with the funding plan set to channel $175m into rugby league development in Fiji, Tonga and Samoa.

Australia has made its biggest Pacific sporting bet so far. Will it deliver results for both Australia and the Pacific ...

Australia faces a strategic opportunity to deepen ties with its three most important neighbours. With these countries on Australia’s doorstep and regional stability increasingly uncertain, the case ...

Queensland is moving to ban a pro-Palestine phrase under new hate speech reforms introduced by local government. The phrase 'from the river to the sea' may soon be ...

HMAS STIRLING, Australia—If the U.S. and China come to blows over Taiwan, this naval base in Western Australia offers a berth to bring American nuclear-powered submarines close to the fight—and a ...

The Trump administration asked Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for the Washington region’s Dulles International Airport and New York’s Penn Station to be named after President Donald ...

President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally prepared to drop his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure ...

A 13-year-old boy who was swept out to sea with his mother and two siblings saved his family by swimming four kilometers (2.5 miles) to shore for help “in rough conditions,” police in Australia said.

The 26-year-old has been capped 12 times by the ...

American Jessica Pegula was knocked out of the women’s singles semifinals at the Australian Open 2026 today. Pegula (6), the last U.S. singles hope in Melbourne, was eliminated by Elena Rybakina (5) ...

As the $1,000 Trump payments for new babies born in America come underway, JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America said Wednesday they will match the U.S. government’s one-time $1,000 to new children’s ...

Indiana lawmakers have taken another step toward trying to convince the Chicago Bears to construct a new stadium in the state. Indiana’s Senate passed SB 27 on Wednesday, officially establishing the ...