The US has imposed import curbs on certain poultry and by-products from Victoria, Australia after determining highly pathogenic avian influenza, or bird flu, in domestic birds. The Department of Agriculture’s …

A judge has jailed a businessman over a “breathtaking” National Disability Insurance Scheme fraud that conned international investors into handing over tens of millions of dollars. Demetrios “James” Charisiou was …

Ersin Tatar the leader of the Turkish-occupied northern part of Cyprus is in Australia. The self-proclaimed ‘Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus’ (TRNC) is not recognised internationally by any country, except …

Australia will operate further repatriation flights out of New Caledonia as it seeks to bring home the last of its stranded citizens following deadly riots there. Two Australian government-assisted flights …

Australians looking to come home from riot-hit New Caledonia may be forced to wait for further evacuation flights from the Pacific territory. The federal government had been working with French …

Australian woman Debbie Voulgaris, 57, is currently incarcerated in Taiwan on charges of smuggling heroin and cocaine. Initially denying any knowledge of the drugs in her luggage, Voulgaris later accused …

Victorian households will pay about $100 less for electricity, with the state’s regulator lowering its recommended pricing for power companies. More than 340,000 or 12 per cent of customers on …

Neos Kosmos was told by Louka Nitsas that his wife Maoyin Dou, and their two children, aged three and five years old, were set to board a flight on an Australian …

Bird flu has been detected at a Victorian egg farm, plunging it into lockdown as authorities urgently investigate the strain. Agriculture Victoria says it is investigating a number of poultry …

Migrant and refugee children are accessing early-childhood education at lower rates than their peers, putting them at greater risk of development issues. Multicultural children are more likely to be developmentally …