Australia

Accusations of racism have been thrown up amid complaints about commentators not pronouncing Pasifika names correctly at the recent Pacific Island Rugby League Internationals in Sydney.

A Papua New Guinea opposition MP says the prime minister Peter O'Neill must be removed to save the country from collapse.

Two of the three main operating theatres at the Solomon Islands' main hospital which were condemned in December have been cleared to reopen.

Tens of millions of dollars could be clawed back from student loan defaulters living in Australia under a new information-sharing law.

Wallabies coach Michael Cheika is set to call his overseas-based stars back for next month's three-Test series with England.

A 34-year-old Australian security contractor has died at the Australian embassy in Baghdad, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has confirmed.

Officials from the governments of Papua New Guinea and Australia met again yesterday to discuss how to comply with a court ruling that holding asylum seekers against their will on Manus Island is…

The Norfolk Island chief executive Jon Gibbons has confirmed his resignation from the administration.

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has denied any wrongdoing after his name was found in the Panama Papers database.

Sam Moa has defended himself against accusations of rugby league thuggery after his late shot on Kangaroos playmaker Johnathan Thurston in the trans-Tasman Test.

Up to 30 Fairfax journalists have been laid off in Australia, after the company failed to reach its target of 82 voluntary redundancies.

Australia's immigration minister says determining the fate of more than 850 asylum seekers and refugees detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island could take months.