The country's northern bases will become a focus to deter adversaries and protect trade routes and communications, according to Australia's Defence Strategic Review.
Under the new rules starting July 1, New Zealanders can apply directly for citizenship if they arrived in Australia after 2001 and have lived there for at least four years.
"It is a sad day for the country," says a top Indigenous leader after main opposition Liberal party vowed to campaign against a national vote to enshrine Indigenous consultative body in the constitution.
After 12 years in opposition, Labor's win in New South Wales means the party now governs at state and federal levels across Australia's mainland.
Australians are set to go to polls later this year to say "yes" or "no" to a proposed law recognising the First Peoples of Australia by forming an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. But what exactly are they voting for?
PM Anthony Albanese fights back tears as he reveals question his government wants to put to vote in federal referendum to constitutionally recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Protesters carrying Aboriginal flags mark anniversary of day British fleet sailed into Sydney Harbour on January 26, 1788, sparking a brutal colonisation of Indigenous people and their land.
Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the importance for development of bilateral ties in a telegraph message to his Australian counterpart ahead of a meeting between the countries' foreign ministers in Beijing.
The MPs are scheduled to meet Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and other senior officials, according to the Weekend Australian.
Hackers appear to end their extortion bid as they dump more customer data from insurer Medibank, which had refused to pay $9.7 million in exchange for hackers keeping the stolen records off the internet.
In June, Britain approved the extradition to the United States of the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who is an Australian citizen, to face criminal charges on the release of confidential US military records and diplomatic cables.
Leaders of AUKUS bloc – seen as a campaign by Western allies to rival China's growing power – report "significant progress" toward Canberra getting the much-touted nuclear sub.
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