The legal challenge claims the new law inhibited Australians’ 'implied freedom of political communication' and does not significantly protect under-16s.

FILE - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese smiles at the end of a press conference in Sydney, July 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File) MEBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Anthony Albanese hopes to become the first Australian prime minister in 21 years ...

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, citing the revolving door of prime ministers, said his own country was in no position to criticize the United States. By Julia Bergin The Australia Letter is a weekly newsletter from our Australia bureau. Sign up to get it ...

The alliance with the U.S. remains central to Canberra’s strategy, but it is also attempting to construct more independent, regionally-led security initiatives.

Australia will cap donations from individuals and enforce greater transparency on contributions as part of a push to reduce the influence of big money in politics, as it tries to head off US-style spending sprees at elections. Under the plan announced ...

In the final episode for 2025, political editor Tom McIlroy speaks with Melissa Clarke from ABC RN Breakfast and Michael Read from the Australian Financial Review about criticisms of Albanese’s ambiti

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s rival political leaders offered Sunday competing policies to help Australians buy a home ahead of the nation’s first federal election in which younger voters will outnumber the long-dominant baby boomer generation.

The election of Donald Trump to serve another term as president of the United States is sending most countries scrambling to understand the implications for their foreign policies. With Australia’s security ties are heavily bound to the U.S., Trump’s ...

Political parties are integral to the Australian political system, yet also largely absent from the Commonwealth Constitution itself. They are not entirely absent: a constitutional amendment in 1977 – secured, as required by law, through a referendum ...

Caroline Fisher receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Aljosha Karim Schapals receives funding from the Australian Research Council. David Nolan receives funding from the Australian Research Council. Kerry McCallum receives funding from the ...