Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who departed for Vanuatu on Tuesday, said in a radio interview that a landmark security and development agreement with the Pacific island nation will not be signed as expected.

Thousands of Australians joined anti-immigration rallies across the country on Sunday that the center-left government condemned, saying they sought to spread hate and were linked to neo-Nazis.

One-time Chinese envoy Fu Ying says Australia’s harsh rhetoric hurts its image in China and urges Canberra to find balance between Washington and Beijing.

Australia's sovereign wealth fund, the Future Fund, said on Tuesday its valuation had reached A$252 billion ($166.22 billion) as it pared back its U.S. market exposure to boost investments in Germany and Japan.

Prime Video Australia has struck multi-year pay-1 streaming deals with Sony Pictures Entertainment and Roadshow Films.

A man died Saturday on a beach in Sydney "after being bitten by what is believed to have been a large shark," police said.

A measure of Australian consumer sentiment eased back from 3-1/2-year highs in September as concerns about the economic outlook overshadowed a continued improvement in family finances, a survey showed on Tuesday.