Australia
Explore our coverage of Australia’s politics, economics, business and culture, in articles, charts, podcasts and video
Asia
Australia’s mushroom murderess is found guilty
The trial, with a plot stranger than detective fiction, has gripped the country
Asia
Australia’s conservatives bicker in the political wilderness
The Liberal-National coalition will be resurrected, but its prospects look grim
Asia
Australia’s voters reject right-wing politics
The incumbent prime minister wins re-election in a landslide
Graphic detail
Our Carrie Bradshaw index shows Australia’s housing is in crisis
In most big cities, the average worker struggles to afford their own place
China
Chinese warships circumnavigate another island: Australia
An ominous new display of long-range naval power
International
Australia prepares for a lonelier, harsher world
The country has long relied on America for security and China for its prosperity. Those two pillars are wobbling
Asia
The Quad finally gets serious on security
The Indo-Pacific coalition signals a tougher approach to China
Asia
An angry culture war surrounds Australia Day
Conservatives claim that wokeness is destroying the national holiday