A cross-party delegation of Australian politicians met with U.S. officials, members of Congress and civil rights groups in Washington, D.C., Wednesday to urge the U.S. government to abandon efforts to ...

The biggest news outlets in Australia, normally fierce rivals, are uniting in support of press freedom with a campaign including blacked-out newspaper front pages and slots on prime time broadcasts.

Prioritizing short-term trade at the expense of Australia’s long-term democratic values, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is attempting to woo Beijing. While welcoming Albanese’s efforts, however, ...

The sudden freedom of Julian Assange last week and his return to Australia have greatly agitated former senior intelligence and government figures, along with their mouthpieces in the media. The ...

Australia’s High Court has upheld Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke’s decision to deny conservative commentator Candace Owens ...

A group of Australian lawmakers wrote to President Biden on World Press Freedom Day urging him to drop the charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as press freedom groups call for the release ...

An Australian court on Monday sided with Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) in an argument over graphic video. The federal government’s internet safety watchdog, known as the eSafety Commissioner, had ...

Bruce Haigh, an Australian diplomat who defied South African authorities during apartheid to help a banned journalist flee the country, an escape recounted in the 1987 film “Cry Freedom,” died April 7 ...

Grace Forrest is the founding director of Walk Free, the Australian-based anti-slavery organization responsible for publishing the Global Slavery Index (GSI). The GSI provides national estimates of ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's major media organisations joined forces on Thursday to fight what they said was the erosion of press freedom in Australia. Australia was a "lightweight democracy" that ...