The search for someone to trumpet Canberra’s Las Vegas debut continues after the UFC boss declined the honour.

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Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers will meet with his U.S. counterpart Scott Bessent on Tuesday in Washington, with Canberra seeking an exemption on 25% tariffs on imports of steel and aluminium announced by President Donald Trump last month.

A primary school student remains in a critical condition after a branch fell on a group of children during a school trip to Government House in Canberra earlier this week.

Australia pledged to remain the South Pacific's largest aid donor on Thursday during security and economic talks with Vanuatu, as Canberra reviews the potential Pacific impact of U.S. President Donald Trump's foreign aid cuts.

Three Chinese warships have been spotted in international waters off the coast of Australia’s largest city, Sydney, in a rare show of military might that will likely test diplomatic ties between Canberra and Beijing.

While the pact aims to strengthen Canberra’s regional leadership, it could also be utilised to monitor Chinese naval activity in the Pacific.

Senate estimates, in which our elected representatives take great pleasure in bullying the only people in Canberra dorkier than them – public servants – has a feral vibe at the best of times. This week’s estimates sessions were particularly heated – so heated that Parliamentary Workplace Support Service chief executive Leonie McGregor wrote to senators warning them to fix their behaviour.

Australia plans to review the fallout on Southeast Asia and the Pacific of President Donald Trump’s planned cuts to USAID as Canberra’s latest foreign policy assessment warned of an “increasingly unpredictable” global strategic outlook.

Canberra duo Morgan Smithies and Hudson Young will be forced to front the media after becoming embroiled in the NRL's first Las Vegas behavioural issue.

Western Force head coach Simon Cron believes his players can overcome their defensive issues to build on their back-to-back Super Rugby wins after seeing his short-handed side upset the ACT Brumbies in Canberra on Saturday.

Canberra’s claim that Beijing failed to give enough notice is ‘completely inconsistent with the facts’, Chinese defence ministry says.