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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Canberra will be partying into the night in Las Vegas after kicking the NRL season off with their most impressive performance in recent memory, a 30-8 mauling of a woeful Warriors.

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.

The Western Force have cracked a 14-year drought in Canberra to shock the ACT Brumbies with a 45-42 victory in the first Australian derby of the Super Rugby Pacific season.

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