The qualifying matches for the world championship in Melbourne was cancelled due to fears of anti-Semitic protests and threats. Every Australian sports lover will suffer from the decision to ban International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) world championship qualifying matches in Melbourne in April. That is the opinion of Alex Ryvchin,

Senator Penny Wong will attend U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in a show of the “steadfast alliance” between Australia and the United States, becoming the first Australian foreign minister in recent memory to receive an invitation. Wong has been invited to the ceremony in Washington on Jan. 20, where she

Westaway’s family escaped communism and migrated to Australia for a better life, and that was why she entered politics—to maintain the nation’s values. Liberal candidate for the Prahran by-election, Rachel Westaway, says her family escaped communism by migrating to Australia, and this is why she wants to make a difference

A second Sydney synagogue has been vandalised with swastikas in as many days in an attack the Jewish community said was intended to erode social cohesion. The Newtown Synagogue in Sydney’s inner-west was the latest site targeted, with red swastikas spray painted across its front wall. Police are investigating the

An Australian man has died in the Californian wildfires, his “totally heartbroken” mother has confirmed. British-born Australian citizen Rory Sykes, 32, died after flames engulfed his self-contained cottage on a family property in Mount Malibu, his mother Shelley Sykes said in a post on X. “@RorySykes had his own cottage on

Australians have flocked to their favourite seaside towns during the holiday break and pushed up the average tourism spend in major hotspots by 130 percent. Hotels, pubs, and servos all benefited from peak holiday trade across Christmas and new year based on analysis of National Australia Bank (NAB) payments figures.