Australia

Once derided as a ‘singing budgie’, the actor turned pop megastar has redefined what it means to be Australian, and made Britain happier too

The problems faced by Indigenous Australians have been overlooked for too long. It has taken a horrific murder to force Australians to confront the intense bigotry that persists across society

The trial of a former soldier in Australia is a reminder that democracies fight wars according to a set of laws. No matter how distinguished or powerful, the people who break those laws must face justice

The fuel price shock has destroyed Australia’s most fundamental strategic assumption – that geographical isolation means security. Turns out that was wrong all along

The media here has picked up on the UK press’s dislike of Harry and Meghan, but the papers are way out of step with the Australian public. The informal style makes the couple a much better cultural fit than any members of the royal family

Paid surrogacy is banned in Australia. But the consequences for women in other, poorer nations are terrible, and that raises questions about the nature of parenthood itself

Flawed, flamboyant and freakishly gifted, Warne turned leg-spin into high art – and made every ball an event

Footage from an Australian interview reveal what the former Prince Andrew's security staff used to refer to him as

The Australian singer turned right wing activist was censored by the channel for using an offensive term

The paper is targeting the very trade deal it once championed loudly

After the murder of Jewish Australians on Bondi beach, the instinct is to use grief as a way to bolster preconceived arguments. But certainty itself carries its own dangers

Politicians and activists must do better than using slaughter to justify their points of view

Young people got depressed, anxious and led astray long before social media arrived. So is the new ban in Australia really going to do any good? And if so, how will we be able to tell?

On political funding and social media, Malinauskas has shown real leadership. Our government should take note

Ignored at home, female artists from Australia and New Zealand came to Europe and forged their own daring style

Today’s worldwide boom follows decades of resistance – but the battle for equal status is far from won

The Aboriginal artist’s vibrant works celebrate ancestral land, culture and a deep connection to nature

The Australian football manager's name tells of his family’s history of relocating

It could well be that just days apart Burnley get promoted back to the Premier League and Carney, the first Canadian prime minister ever to have visited Turf Moor, wins the election

A plea deal has saved the Wikileaks founder from facing more years in prison on charges that were fundamentally unjust

The old tactics of wedge politics, dog-whistling and dead cats are not working quite as well as they once did

Does Nigel Farage’s I’m a Celebrity... appearance signal a return to the mainstream? Or just desperation?

During the World Cup, the Lionesses brought the difference between patriotism and nationalism into sharp focus

Our experience shows that this time, no deal really could be better than a bad deal

In an attempt to save his image, what other shows could the former health secretary make all about him?

The defeat of ideological twin Scott Morrison in Australia is yet another blow to beleaguered Boris Johnson

What are its causes? What are the solutions? And, more importantly, why does the West choose to ignore them?

The world No. 1 men's tennis star won't disappear from headlines just because he's left Australia's shores.

The world's eyes are on the Park Hotel in the wake of the Novak Djokovic fiasco. Can refugee advocates use the situation to their advantage?

Regardless of its merits, the cack-handed handling of the defence deal between the US, UK and Australia risks handing the initiative to China and Russia.