Australia will book A$20 billion ($13.3 billion) in savings in Wednesday’s mid-year budget update as the government works to offset rising spending pressures, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said.

The study bolsters one hypothesis of when people arrived at the landmass that became Australia and other islands, and presents some of the earliest evidence of seafaring

Former Australia white-ball captain Aaron Finch expects England to win a Test but says it is "hard to see" how they can bowl Australia out twice on a regular basis to win the series. England are 2-0 down after successive eight-wicket defeats and need to win the remaining three games to regain the Ashes.

Australia’s social media ban for children 16 and under officially went into effect at midnight local time on Dec. 10.

In a move that reflects Australia’s increasingly digital future, cheques are being phased out of the financial landscape. The government plans to end cheque use entirely by 2030, and for those with old cheques lying around,

The ACCC is likely to closely scrutinise any Warner Brothers deal for its wide-ranging impact on local and global entertainment industries.

England are winless in their past 17 men's Tests in Australia (D2 L15) – their last win in the country was against Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground in January 2011; New Zealand (18 matches) are the only visiting team with a longer winless run in the country in the history of the format.

The first climate migrants to leave the remote Pacific island nation of Tuvalu have arrived in Australia, hoping to preserve links to their sinking island home, foreign affairs officials said on Thursday.