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Bondi death toll reaches 12 as authorities declare mass shooting an act of terrorism

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Twelve people, including one of the gunmen, are confirmed dead following a terrorist shooting at Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah celebration, in what authorities...

Bondi shooter identified as Narveed Akram as National Security Committee convenes after attack

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One of the gunmen involved in Sunday evening’s deadly shooting at Bondi has been identified by Australian state broadcaster ABC as Narveed Akram, a...

Ten confirmed dead after gunmen open fire at Jewish event on Bondi Beach (Video)

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Ten people, including children and a police officer, have been confirmed dead following a mass shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday evening, after two...

Reddit challenges Australia’s under-16 social media ban

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Reddit has launched a legal challenge in Australia’s High Court against new laws requiring social media platforms to block users under the age of...

Australia’s under-16s social media ban comes into force

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Australia will this week roll out a landmark ban preventing anyone under 16 from holding an account on major social media platforms, including TikTok,...

New Zealander charged after $10m heroin haul found at Sydney airport

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Australian authorities have charged a 21-year-old New Zealand man after allegedly discovering 21kg of heroin — valued at more than $10 million — hidden...

US strategy rebukes Australia as AUKUS vanishes from new defence blueprint

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Australia has been bluntly criticised in a sweeping new U.S. national security strategy that accuses Canberra of failing to spend enough on defence while...

Police shift search effort toward finding body of fugitive Dezi Freeman

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Victoria Police have confirmed their latest operation in Mount Buffalo National Park was focused on locating the body of fugitive and alleged police killer...

Meta begins removing under-16s in Australia under social media ban

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Meta has begun shutting down Facebook, Instagram and Threads accounts belonging to Australian users aged 13 to 15, ahead of the country’s under-16 social...

Four arrested in Sydney over alleged ‘international satanic child abuse network’

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Australian police have charged four Sydney men after uncovering what they describe as an international child abuse ring trading in material with “satanic or...

Albanese marries Jodie Haydon in private ceremony

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese married his partner Jodie Haydon in a private ceremony at the Lodge in Canberra, held under tight Australian Federal...

Bouncy castle lifted by wind injures five boys in Sydney’s west

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Five boys aged between nine and 13 were hurt on Saturday morning when a gust of wind sent a jumping castle airborne at a...

Hanson suspended from Australian Senate following Burqa-wearing stunt

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The Australian Senate erupted into turmoil after One Nation leader Pauline Hanson entered the chamber wearing a black burqa and a floral dress, moments...

The UK and Canada lead the West’s descent into digital authoritarianism

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"Big Brother is watching you.” These chilling words from George Orwell’s dystopian masterpiece, 1984, no longer read as fiction but are becoming a bleak reality...

Woman jailed 20 years for role in murders of Australian brothers and US friend in Mexico

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A 23-year-old woman, identified as Ari Gisell, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for initiating the carjacking that led to the murders...

ASX 200 suffers $60bn rout

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Australia’s sharemarket was hammered on Tuesday, wiping out AUD $60bn in value as the ASX 200 plunged nearly 2% in its worst trading day...

13 injured as demolition derby car ploughs into crowd in Australia

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Thirteen people were injured, two critically, when a demolition derby car veered off the track, smashed through a fence and hit spectators during the...

Vietnamese-Australian mother and daughter charged in A$70m scam

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Australian police have charged a Vietnamese-Australian mother and daughter accused of running an elaborate A$70 million scam targeting vulnerable members of the Vietnamese community. The...

Australians split over dogs in Bunnings

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A Brisbane shopper’s online complaint about dogs in Bunnings stores has reignited national debate in Australia over the retailer’s pet-friendly policy. While some customers say...

Elderly woman found dead after failing to reboard Great Barrier Reef cruise

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An 80-year-old woman was found dead on Lizard Island in the Great Barrier Reef after failing to return to the Coral Adventurer cruise ship...

Melbourne endures 48 hours of violence amid rising crime wave

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Melbourne has witnessed a spate of violent incidents within a 48-hour period, including stabbings, home invasions, and shootings across multiple suburbs. A teenager was stabbed...

Australian government blocks AI copyright loophole

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The Albanese government has rejected calls for a text and data mining exception in copyright law, signalling a tougher stance against tech giants profiting...

Former detective says Erin Patterson never expected mushroom lunch victims to survive

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Former Australian police detective Duncan McNab believes convicted killer Erin Patterson never expected anyone to survive her deadly Beef Wellington lunch, which killed three...

‘Deadly bird flu strain’ discovered on sub-Antarctic island

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Australian scientists fear the "highly contagious" H5 strain of bird flu has reached Heard Island after finding unusually high elephant seal deaths showing symptoms...

Australian MP uses parliamentary privilege to name suspect in 1970 child abduction case

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More than 50 years after the disappearance of three-year-old British girl Cheryl Grimmer from a Wollongong beach, an Australian MP has used parliamentary privilege...

Why Western conservative parties are doomed

Graham Hryce -

The inability to grasp the concerns of voters and resolve internal divisions will be the death of British and Australian conservatives. Perhaps the most noticeable...

Trump humiliates Rudd at White House

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U.S. President Donald Trump used Anthony Albanese’s landmark White House meeting to publicly rebuke Australia’s ambassador, Kevin Rudd, over his past criticisms, telling him...

Search resumes in Australian outback for missing four-year-old

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South Australia Police and Australian Defence Force personnel will resume their search on Tuesday for four-year-old Gus, who vanished from his family’s remote 6000-hectare...

Three dead in light plane crash in Australia

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Three people have been killed after a light aircraft crashed and burst into flames shortly after take-off at Shellharbour Airport, south of Wollongong, around...

Court bans Sydney Opera House pro-Palestine march over “extreme” public safety risks

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New South Wales’ highest court has ruled in favour of police, prohibiting a planned pro-Palestine march to the Sydney Opera House on safety grounds. The...

Prosecutors to appeal Erin Patterson sentence as ‘manifestly inadequate’

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Victoria’s Director of Public Prosecutions has lodged an appeal against the sentence given to convicted triple-murderer Erin Patterson, arguing it was “manifestly inadequate.” Patterson was...

Sydney suburb lockdown lifted after gunman arrested

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A 60-year-old man has been arrested after firing up to 100 shots “indiscriminately” at passing vehicles, including police cars, in Sydney’s inner west suburb...

Mushroom killer Erin Patterson to appeal

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Erin Patterson, sentenced to life with a 33-year non-parole period for poisoning three relatives and attempting to murder a fourth with a toxic mushroom-laced...

Australian sunscreen scandal deepens with recalls and testing concerns

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Australia’s sunscreen scandal has intensified, with 18 products pulled from shelves and regulators warning that dozens more may fail to meet safety standards. Consumer testing...

Class action accuses Australia’s ‘Work for the Dole’ programme of discriminating against Aboriginals

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The Australian government is facing a major class action lawsuit alleging its Work for the Dole program discriminated against Aborigines. Lawyers from Maurice Blackburn argue...

Fired ANZ trader confronted over ‘offensive’ messages as court battle resumes

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A long-running unfair dismissal case against ANZ in Australia has reignited in the Federal Court, with former senior trader Etienne Alexiou grilled over a...

NZ and Australia put $5.3m into joint space projects

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Three new trans-Tasman space projects have secured up to $5.3 million in funding to advance satellite technology with applications ranging from maritime awareness to...

Former Counties-Manukau rugby player faces deportation after drug convictions in Australia

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Former Counties-Manukau rugby player Tuaefe Palelei, who moved to Australia in 2010 with hopes of a professional career, is set to be deported to...

Australian state broadcaster ordered to pay extra $150K for unfair sacking of presenter over Gaza post

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Australia’s Federal Court has ordered the state broadcaster ABC to pay an additional AUD $150,000 in penalties after unfairly sacking fill-in radio presenter Antoinette...

UK, Canada and Australia officially recognise State of Palestine

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France plans to acknowledge the country’s sovereignty at next week’s UN General Assembly. The UK, Canada and Australia have formally recognised the State of Palestine....

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