All other states and territories have similarly broad laws condemning careless driving, allowing for additional penalties for ...

With news of a proposed merger between Seven West and Southern Cross, media laws are back in the spotlight, and so too are the glaring holes in the regulations.

For ten long years, Australia earned an unenviable reputation as one of the world's climate change "laggards." From 2013 to ...

Australia said on Friday it would ease lending standards for banks in a move designed to free up credit and revive the economy, which slid into its first recession in nearly 30 years due to the ...

The number of people accessing prominent pornography websites in the United Kingdom plummets after new age-verification laws — that are also heading to Australia — are introduced.

Anglican leaders in Australia expressed concern that the way a new law banning practices aimed at changing sexual orientation ...

Australia on Thursday unveiled its biggest shakeup in bankruptcy laws in nearly three decades, allowing small businesses to trade while insolvent and take more control over debt restructuring, in a ...

The Victorian Government has made changes to the state's voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws to make the service more ...

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Victorian Liberal leader Brad Battin has hit back at Premier Jacinta Allan, after she accused the Opposition of deliberately ...

At long last, Australia has a national climate adaptation plan to guide public and private responses to intensifying threats.