Australia's race discrimination commissioner, Tim Soutphommasane, has weighed in on the debate over African street crime in Victoria, calling for calm and warning that "sowing fear and whipping hysteria" will divide suburbs.

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton has blasted the Victorian Labor government over African street crime, claiming residents of Australia's second-largest city were scared to go out to restaurants at night.

In a dramatic intervention in the state's crime debate, Mr Dutton also attacked Premier Daniel...

Australia will wind back its military operations against Islamic State after the Iraqi Prime Minister declared victory over the extremist group, which three years ago seized control of large swathes of the region.

Defence Minister Marise Payne announced on Friday that Australia's contribution to...

The full cost of Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's Snowy Hydro expansion could hit nearly $12 billion by the time the project is built and the federal government negotiates a buyout of NSW and Victoria's stake in the scheme.

But the cost blowout, revealed in a new feasibility study, has failed to...