Australia
7 arrested in Australian ‘terrorism’ raids
Australian police arrested seven teenagers in a wave of anti-terror raids yesterday, with top officers claiming the network may have been plotting an attack and posed an “unacceptable risk” to the public.
Sydney's Bondi Westfield mall reopens for tributes after fatal stabbings
Sydney's Bondi Westfield mall on Thursday reopened for the first time since a man with a knife killed six people there on Saturday before police shot him
Australia unveils new defence strategy, with eye on China
Australia unveiled its first National Defence Strategy yesterday, signalling a new focus on deterring China’s “coercive tactics” in a region seen as lurching towards conflict.
Sydney church stabbing was ‘terrorist act’
Australian police yesterday said a knife attack on an Assyrian church bishop and some followers in Sydney was a “terrorist act” motivated by suspected religious extremism, as the country reeled from a second stabbing incident in three days.
Sydney church stabbing called 'terrorist' act, teen detained
Australian police on Tuesday said a brutal knife attack during a live-streamed church service was a religiously motivated "terrorist" act, as they urged calm from the angered local community
Australia reunites magpie, dog following uproar over separation
Australian authorities yesterday issued a licence allowing a magpie called Molly to reunite with a pet dog, after sparking public outrage by keeping the unlikely friends apart.
Four hurt in Sydney church attack
A knife attack at a live-streamed church service in Australia wounded four people yesterday and sparked clashes between riot police and outraged members of the local community.
Four wounded in Sydney church stabbing: emergency officials
Emergency services said four people are being treated for "non-life threatening injuries" after an apparent stabbing at a church service in Sydney on Monday
Australia plans to halve migrant intake, tighten student visa rules
Australia on Monday said it would tighten visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers that could halve its migrant intake over the next two years as the government looks to overhaul what it said was a "broken" migration system.
Australia bans disposable vape imports from January 1
Australia will ban imports of disposable vapes from January 1, the government said Tuesday, in a crackdown quickly welcomed by doctors
Australia votes in landmark Indigenous Voice referendum
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a last-ditch appeal on Saturday for his fellow Australians to back a referendum to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution, as the country went to the polls to decide on the historic measure
China frees Australian journo jailed for 3 years
Australian journalist Cheng Lei was deported from China yesterday after more than three years in detention on espionage charges widely seen as politically motivated.
China frees Australian reporter after three years
China has released Australian journalist Cheng Lei after more than three years in detention, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Wednesday, adding she was now back in Melbourne
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch hands over empire to son Lachlan
Rupert Murdoch will step down as chairman of his global media empire, handing the post to son Lachlan, Fox Corp and News Corp announced Thursday
Australian doctors find live parasitic worm in woman's brain
A parasitic roundworm typically found in snakes has been pulled "alive and wriggling" from a woman's brain in a stomach-churning medical first, Australian doctors said Tuesday
Global warming predicted to cost Australia billions
Global warming could cost Australia’s economy hundreds of billions of dollars in the coming decades if workplaces cannot adapt to soaring temperatures, a government report said yesterday.
Father, five children dead in Australia house fire
Five boys and their father were killed after fire ripped through a house in Australia's Queensland state early on Sunday, police said
Australian man charged with sex crimes against 91 young girls
An Australian former childcare worker sexually abused 91 young girls in a "chilling" spate of crimes across 15 years, police said Tuesday after charging him with 1,623 separate offences, including rape
