"The ocean is right there. So a lot of people come up from especially down in Bondi. They come out of the water and come vote. Me, honestly, I could have worn my clothes, but I actually enjoy it. I ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australians fired up barbecues and wore tight-fit swim trunks called "budgy smugglers" to voting centres as they welcomed election day on Saturday with some unique and quirky ...

Democracies worldwide are suffering from legitimacy problems. This is reflected in low levels of public trust in key political institutions, the polarisation of politics, and the erosion of public ...

New research led by Western Sydney University, in collaboration with the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and Wesley College Melbourne, reveals how Australia's major print newspapers have played ...

Modern Australia has been built by countless individual acts of service, bravery, ambition and kindness – resources that we ...

Yang Hengjun, a China-born Australian democracy blogger, received a suspended death sentence from a Chinese court on Monday. The Australian government, which has consistently advocated for Yang, ...

When Australians are asked what the core values of the nation and its people are, there often is a collective self-conscious shuffling of feet. Coyness is a virtue, but the answer is simple and has ...

Peter Greste is professor of journalism at Macquarie University, and the executive director of the advocacy group, the Alliance for Journalists' Freedom. Governments and their agencies wield awesome ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday he will raise the plight of a detained Australian democracy blogger with Chinese leaders during a state visit to China.