Australia is still a "landlord's market" with new maps showing how dire the situation is for renters, including this for a couple on the age pension. · Getty/Supplied House rents are growing at their ...

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By Victoria Kim Reporting from Canberra, Australia Australia is one of America’s closest allies; the two countries have fought alongside each other in every major conflict since World War I.

With just 27 million people, Australia is the world’s 13th largest economy. It has the 11th largest GDP per capita. It ranks 10th on the human development index. Its major cities consistently ...

Tesla sales in Australia fell 71% in February compared with the same month last year. The drop comes as the country also experienced Tesla-related vandalism incidents. European countries and China ...

Australia has declared its first day of Eid Al Fitr as March 31, 2025, as per an announcement by the Australian Fatwa Council. The council confirmed that the new Moon of Shawwal will be born on ...

There’s a lot to explore in Google Maps, but you may not always know where to look. It’s great if you’re trying to drive through a crowded city or find out which local coffee shop has the ...

Traversing the breadth of Australia by train is a considerable feat of engineering. Back in the 20th century, around the time of the Rattler, the beginnings of a cross-country railway did exist ...

Australia’s most recent experience of a hung parliament was the Gillard-Rudd government of 2010–13. Many still see that as an unhappy era, with internal division within Labor’s party room in ...

A top Pentagon official is now calling on Australia to similarly increase its defence spending from 2% to 3% of GDP. Australia has not managed to avoid Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminium ...

Albanese visited Australia’s Governor-General Sam Mostyn on Friday morning, asking her to dissolve parliament and announcing an election date of May 3. Under law, Australia must hold federal ...

Ryan Chan is a Newsweek reporter based in Hong Kong, where he previously had over a decade of experience at a local newspaper, covering China and current events around the world. His focus is on ...