Ben Westcott

Australian Senator Fatima Payman has quit the governing Labor Party to sit as an independent lawmaker over Prime Minister Anthony Albanese 's position on the Israel-Hamas conflict and Palestinian statehood.

(Bloomberg) -- The US and its allies have accused China's Ministry of State Security of directing cyberattacks against government and private sector entities through a group of hackers known as Advanced Persistent Threat 40.

In an Australia-led report published Tuesday morning, cybersecurity and intelligence agencies for the U.S., United Kingdom, Canada, New

Lawyers, accountants, real estate agents and other advisers will be the focus of reforms to Australia’s anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing laws.

Australia, one of the world's last major nuclear power holdouts, is debating a pivot that could see the country end its decades-long resistance to the energy source.

Three years after it was announced, Aukus pact on submarines and technology cooperation faces questions.

A disparate group including Australian mining lobbyists and environmentalists have banded together to back the government's renewable energy transition plan, after opposition lawmakers called for it to be abandoned.

A disparate group including Australian mining lobbyists and environmentalists have banded together to back the government’s renewable energy transition plan, after opposition lawmakers called for it to be abandoned.

Australia imposed financial sanctions and travel bans on seven Israelis over settler violence against Palestinians in the West Bank, joining the US, Japan and others in targeting extremists in the territory.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce a new cabinet following the retirement of two senior ministers, putting the center-left government on a pre-election footing ahead of a vote due in less than 12 months.