CANBERRA, Australia — A woman has been appointed for the first time to what is officially Australia's highest office: governor general, the British monarch's representative in the country. Former sex ...

Governor-General of Australia Sam Mostyn, center, speaks during the swearing in ceremony in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, July 1, 2024, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ...

Esther Anatolitis argues for Australia cutting ties with the monarchy in her new book, and has her republican dad and ...

A new biography of Quentin Bryce reveals her path to becoming Australia’s first governor-general, serving alongside a queen and a female prime minister … and a background of ‘casual sexism’.

State President Luong Cuong held talks with visiting Australian Governor-General Sam Mostyn in Hanoi on Tuesday, during which the two leaders sought measures to boost the Vietnam-Australia ties to a ...

Sky News Australia has announced it will air a landmark exclusive documentary ‘The Dismissal: 50 Years On’, which will ...

Australian Governor-General Quentin Bryce on Tuesday signed in the new Labor cabinet made up of 19 cabinet ministers, 10 ministers and 12 parliamentary secretaries at Government House in Canberra, ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia appointed Sam Mostyn on Monday as only its second woman governor-general, a largely ceremonial role representing the British monarch who is the nation’s head of ...