Federal Parliament has passed what the government calls Australia’s toughest laws against hate speech and hate crimes. Labor ...

A Victorian man has been charged with making death threats and antisemitic comments to a federal member of parliament. He's ...

If Labor’s cautious balancing act is aimed at seeming hands-on and productive without giving opponents any more ammunition so ...

Displaying hate symbols, funding terrorism and terror crimes will now carry mandatory minimum sentences federally after the laws successfully passed parliament on Thursday.

The first day of the last days of Parliament followed a well-worn template both in format and substance as leaders attacked each other over the cost of living.

The families of Australian teens Bianca Jones and Holly Bowles have broken their silence after it was revealed Laos authorities investigating their daughters’ deaths are yet to accept Australia’s help ...

A new audit of Australia’s democracy finds it generally in good shape, but with pressing issues that need addressing.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is visiting Alice Springs today, where he will announce $840 million in funding to support ...

Hopes for environmental law reform during the current term of federal government have been dashed, so what lies ahead for ...

Senators and members of parliament have returned for the first sitting week of the year. Here's what was on the agenda.

Peter Dutton, who wants to be prime minister, has been taking aim at “wokeness.” But Australia’s electorate isn’t America’s, ...

The battle to contain antisemitism in Australia finds both sides of politics embracing measures they would otherwise abhor.