PM Turnbull, a former online entrepreneur, said hacking costs his country around $780 million per year
Australia is seeking to transition its economy from being dependent on a long mining boom that is now fading to one that is more diversified
Under Canberra’s controversial closed borders policy, Australian patrols tow or turn back asylum seeker vessels that approach its northern waters
Australia has been on high-alert for terrorism and terror-related activities since late 2014
Move follows spate of attacks on beachgoers last year and alert app has been updated to provide real-time movements of predators off coast of New South Wales
Infrastructure, commercial real estate, agriculture are popular sectors — yet not all Australians support the influx of Chinese money
Asylum seekers who try to reach Australia by boat are sent to camps in the South Pacific, where conditions have been described by rights groups as 'inhumane'
Officials concede the new policy document reflects Australia's 'growing discomfort' with Beijing's military activity, especially in the South China Sea
Former trade minister admits that cracking Chinese code of Guanxi, or nurturing of long-term business relationships, is critical challenge in growing trade relations
Australia has prospered greatly from exports of natural resources to China, but falling Chinese demand has led to a sharp fall in the price of commodities
Last year, Canberra said it would accept 12,000 people fleeing conflict in Syria, and Australia’s hospitality industry is offering to help train them
High Court rejects challenge to country’s offshore detention policy brought by Bangladeshi detainee; action seen as a setback for opponents of controversial program
Japan's whalers also carry out non-lethal research, including sighting surveys and the collection of biopsy samples
Kiribati President Anote Tong warned that if drastic action is not taken, his and other vulnerable nations could disappear
Number of Australian transactions suspected of being linked to militant groups has tripled over past year
Australia automatically detains asylum seekers who arrive in the country without visas
Local crops have withered in the dry conditions; Many islanders are surviving on government supplies of canned fish and rice
Australia is believed to be the only Western military to conduct 'live fire' exercises alongside the Chinese
Amnesty International claims to have evidence that people smugglers were paid off by Australia to turn their boats around
Preference will be given to refugees from persecuted minorities, and the first group is expected to arrive before late December
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