The incoming prime minister says he expects Australia's rocky relationship with China to continue. Source: ABC News
Scott Morrison has been dramatically turfed from office with voters flocking to independents and the Greens in a stunning election result that will see Labor form government.
Chinese state media doesn't hold much hope for the future of Sino-Australian relations regardless of who wins the election. Find out more.
US President Joe Biden is set to launch a new Indo-Pacific trade pact designed to signal US dedication to the region and address the need for stability in commerce after the chaos caused by the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.The US president will also devote great attention to the informal alliance known as the Quad.
The outgoing Prime Minister of Australia concedes to Anthony Albanese. Source: ABC News
A short-term emergency boost in coal exports, rather than replacing Russian gas, is on the cards for Australia as Europe looks to emulate our solar energy success.The election of an Australian government with a climate policy in line with Europe will also help to finalise a trade pact, European Union ambassador to Australia Michael Pulch told AAP on Monday.
A second person has died in a rare tornado that hit a small community in northern Michigan, US state police say.The person was in their 70s and lived in a mobile home park, Derrick Carroll said.
An employment tribunal says she was wrongly discriminated against. Find out what happened.
A witness said the zookeeper was trying to impress visitors as their Jamaica Zoo tour came to an end. Watch the footage here.
In a stoush that stunned the Nine election panel Liberal frontbencher Jane Hume told Simon Holmes a Court to stick his request 'up his jumper'. See what happened.
Victoria's building regulator will be investigated over allegations of a toxic workplace culture, after a long-time employee took his own life.The Community and Public Sector Union is demanding an independent inquiry into the Victorian Building Authority's workplace culture after the death of Rob Karkut, who had worked as a building inspector at the regulator for 16 years.
France's departing foreign affairs minister says Scott Morrison's election loss in Australia suits him and he hopes ties with Australia will now improve.Jean-Yves Le Drian made the comments at a handover ceremony in Paris.
More than 100 million people have been driven from their homes around the world, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) says, citing new data about those escaping violence, conflict, persecution and human rights violations.The war in Ukraine has been one of the factors propelling millions of people to flee, while protracted conflict in places like Ethiopia and Democratic Republic of Congo were other factors behind the high numbers.
Stocks hovered just above bear market territory on Monday as economic fallout from the war in Ukraine and persistently high inflation capped gains in equity benchmarks.Oil rose, gold extended its recent gains, but the dollar slipped as investors cut their bets on further advances in the US currency from rising interest rates.
The incoming prime minister has dashed China's hopes his appointment could turn a page in their relationship with Australia. Find out more.
Pakistan's ousted prime minister Imran Khan has announced a plan to topple the new government, with his supporters converging on Islamabad for a protest that he hopes will prompt the dissolution of parliament."We will never accept (the new government) - no matter how long we have to remain in Islamabad, we will remain there," Khan said in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
The rise in cases in Spain has been linked to an adult sauna, as NSW health authorities urge people to remain vigilant. Read more.
The leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia have met in Brussels to discuss a peace plan for Nagorno-Karabakh that has stoked a wave of protests in Yerevan over opposition claims that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan is being too soft.A simmering dispute over Nagorno-Karabakh between Armenia and Azerbaijan flared into a six-week war in 2020.
US President Joe Biden says he would be willing to use force to defend Taiwan, in a series of critical comments about China he made in Tokyo that an aide said represented no change in US policy on the self-ruled island.Biden's comment on Monday, made during his first visit to Japan since taking office, and as Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida looked on, appeared to be a departure from existing US policy of so-called strategic ambiguity on Taiwan.
Aged and healthcare leaders have urged an incoming Labor government to bolster support for the fight against COVID-19.The Australian Aged Care Collaboration has called on Anthony Albanese to nominate reform of the virus-ravaged sector as a priority for his first 100 days in office.
