Follow updates live

Australian employment blew past forecasts in December to more than offset a surprise fall the month before, while the unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly to a seven-month low in a sign the labour market remains healthy.

The largest solar storm in over 20 years triggered spectacular auroras on Tuesday night, unusually widespread across the southern hemisphere skies as far north as Queensland in Australia. Images shared on social media by Australian skywatchers showed auroras in vibrant green, purple and pink, powerful enough to be seen with the naked eye.

Sepehr Saryazdi, 24, charged with planning terrorist act after allegedly plotting to throw molotov cocktail at Gold Coast event

Australia's Finance Sector Union condemned ANZ Group's decision to cut jobs across multiple Suncorp Bank divisions on Thursday, saying the layoffs contradict the commitments it made to workers when the sale was approved.

Travelers and temporary workers in the country, who may have arrived looking pallid, are showing off their glow-ups on social media.

Australia’s populist One Nation party has pulled ahead of the main center-right opposition for the first time, in a sign the fracturing of the conservative vote in developed democracies may now be emerging in Australia.

The state government of Western Australia committed on Wednesday to a five-year extension of a subsidy to the private Griffin Coal company, which supplies the private Bluewaters power station.