CANBERRA, Australia – Australia plans to tighten its citizenship rules to require higher English language skills, longer residency and evidence of integration such as a job, officials said Thursday.

Australia and England are both multicultural countries where hundreds of languages are spoken. However, in both, levels of ...

Even as Australia steps up its engagement in the Asia-Pacific region few Australians are learning languages that reflect their place in the Asian century. Currently 12.8 percent of students in year 12 ...

Australia has issued a new 50 cent coin celebrating some of the country’s indigenous languages, many of which are at risk of extinction. The new design incorporates 14 translations of the word “coin” ...

ABS data reveals Australia’s most Greek-speaking suburbs, with Clemton Park in NSW topping the list at 18.7 per cent, while ...

You may have lived in Australia for most of your adult life, speaking English every day. But if you acquired the language ...

Settling in a new country as a refugee comes with a variety of opportunities and challenges, from forming social connections, ...

An Australian school awarded a Year Six student with a humanitarian award after the boy learned sign language to communicate with a deaf classmate, according to Australia's ABC. Ross Kelly said it was ...

The compensation of copyright holders for AI training has been prioritised as a new “ethics-driven” Australian AI model, ...

Professor Ian Plimer, a distinguished geologist and emeritus professor of earth sciences at the University of Melbourne, ...