Police said around 1,000 people had attended the Jewish celebration, which was held in a small park off the beach.

Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and digital bullies.

Australia finished Day 1 of the third Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval on Wednesday, December 17, at 326/8 after winning the toss and opting to bat first.

Optus, Australia's second-largest telecoms services provider, said on Thursday that an independent review into its September outage found gaps in process, accountability, escalation, and information protocols that need urgent attention.

A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner

The third Ashes Test got under way on Tuesday night (GMT), with England needing to win in order to keep the five-match series alive.

Australia's government on Wednesday revised the outlook for inflation sharply higher but it still added to its annual spending plans, leaving it up to monetary policy to lean against cost pressures in the economy.

Australia star Steve Smith was ruled out of the third Ashes cricket test against England just before the toss of the coin on Wednesday because of a lingering illness. Smith led Australia to eight-wicket wins in Perth and Brisbane in the absence of regular skipper Pat Cummins.

Australia’s center-left government expects slightly narrower budget deficits across the forecast horizon, Wednesday’s mid-year update will show, as it tightens the reins on spending and rolls out new savings measures.

Indigenous people have coexisted with Australia's vast and ancient groundwater systems for thousands of generations. Their knowledge extends back through deep time, before our current climate and waterways.