Lawmakers in the Australian Parliament have proposed a bill to allow two of Australia’s ten territories to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide, following the legalization of the practices ...

Australia’s states and territories on Friday unanimously backed a national plan to require most forms of social media to bar children younger than 16. Leaders of the eight provinces held a ...

This could see the territories join all six Australian states, which already have voluntary assisted dying legislation. After extensive consultation, the ACT will introduce its voluntary assisted ...

The national firearm register promised after the murders of two Queensland police at Wieambilla is not expected to be ...

The Australian Senate Thursday passed the Restoring Territory Rights Bill 2022, giving the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and Northern Territory (NT) the option to make their own legislation on ...

Childcare workers banned in one Australian state will be prevented from "gaming the system" by moving to another jurisdiction, under proposed new laws.

A series of powerful cold fronts and low pressure systems will cause rounds of rain, blustery winds and snow across a broad ...

Australia’s states and territories have unanimously committed to major changes around working with children checks by the end ...

Millions more dollars have been thrown at a biosecurity defence plan to prepare Australia for the H5 bird flu outbreak ...

The federal government has offered states a new funding agreement that would provide an extra A$16 billion for Australian schools, starting next year. It sounds good, but Education Minister Jason ...

Australia has six states and ten territories, though the lawmaking abilities of the latter can be restricted by the federal parliament.