The parties' divorce is reigniting questions over the future of Sussan Ley as opposition leader.

Officials said the father and son accused of killing 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month would have been barred from gun ownership under the new laws.

Australia’s Parliament has passed new gun restrictions and begun debating proposed anti-hate speech laws after two shooters killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month in an attack that authorities say was inspired by the Islamic State

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man and boy were critically injured and another boy had his surfboard bitten during three separate shark attacks in Sydney in just over 24 hours, police said on Monday.

By Renju Jose SYDNEY, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Australia's conservative coalition split on Thursday for the second time in less than a year after the junior partner National Party severed ties with the Liberal Party,

Critics said the government had rushed the legislation, along with a bill targeting hate speech, in the wake of the mass shooting in Sydney.

The Canadian tourist who was found dead on a beach in Australia earlier this week surrounded by a pack of dingoes likely drowned, according to preliminary autopsy results.

Jan 22 (Reuters) - 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.