Anthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to win a second consecutive three-year term in 21 years.

Early projections gave the ruling centre-left Labour Party 70 seats and the conservative opposition coalition 24.

Dorothea Barron, 100, said she swapped her school uniform for a naval uniform in 1943, despite being below the 5ft 3in minimum height.

Mark Fairhurst of the Prison Officers’ Association said overcrowding and violence were his members’ key concerns.

Vote counting has begun in Australia’s general election after polling stations closed in the country’s populous eastern ...

Australians have voted in the country’s general election as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his rival Peter Dutton ended ...

Radio presenter Zoe Ball has returned to BBC Radio 2 four-and-a-half months after she left her breakfast show on the channel, jokingly declaring she is “back once again with the ill behaviour”. The 54 ...

Sir Keir Starmer has congratulated his Australian counterpart on winning a second term in office, saying the close ties between the two countries show “long-distance friendships can be the strongest”.

The Government’s Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill does not include a route to allow academies to return to local authority oversight.

The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution described the party as a threat to the country’s democratic order.

Ayrshire and Arran residents are being urged to check who to turn to if they need health advice or support with GP practices closed on bank ...

A SIMPLY incredible property listed on the market this week is the most expensive available in Ayrshire. The country estate located near Dalmellington has an eye-watering £5 million price tag - but ...