Plus Australia’s independent national security legislation monitor will hold a public hearing to discuss the legal definition of a 'terrorist act'.

Tasmania’s parliament sits fewer days than any other in the country and takes the longest breaks, independent MP Helen Burnet says.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament resumed Tuesday for the first time since the center-left Labor Party won one of the nation’s largest-ever majorities in the May elections. The day ...

The Canadian prime minister said smaller nations were concluding that they must pursue “greater strategic autonomy” in an era ...

For two days in August 1974, Old Parliament House played host to an event that had never occurred before, or since, which resulted in historic changes to the way Australians live and vote. On August 6 ...