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Premier Chris Minns
Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour Bridge to mark the New Year. Photo: Reuters
Australia

‘Not cowed’: Australia sees defiant start to 2026 after mass shooting

Many police officers openly carried rapid-fire rifles, a first for the popular annual fireworks display over Sydney’s Harbour Bridge.

Australia

Increased police presence in Sydney for New Year’s Eve following Bondi attack

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‘Almost daily surgery’: policeman hurt in Bondi attack wakes from coma

Scott Dyson, 25, woke on the day New South Wales, where the December 14 attack took place, was set to approve new laws cracking down on guns.

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Constable Scott Dyson, injured during a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, has woken from his medically-induced coma. Photo: Handout via Reuters
Australia

Australian PM Albanese booed as Bondi Beach attack victims honoured

Tens of thousands attended Sunday’s memorial. The Sydney event was heavily guarded by police, including snipers on rooftops and police boats.

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The Philippines

Bondi shooter visited Philippine gun shop before attack: police

Police retrace Sydney shooters’ steps in Davao City as CCTV shows Sajid Akram at a gun shop, but officials deny ample time for extremist training.

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Australia

Australia’s Albanese faces battle over gun laws after Bondi Beach shooting

The prime minister’s call for tighter gun controls is meeting resistance from right-wing populists and mainstream conservatives.

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A wooden Star of David stands in a makeshift memorial to pay tribute to the victims of Sunday’s mass shooting on Bondi Beach. Photo: Reuters
The Philippines

Is Philippines being unfairly named in Australia’s Bondi Beach shooting?

Australian police are looking into a trip the two suspects made to Davao City, but Philippine officials say it is not connected to the shooting.

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Australia

Millions raised for ‘hero of Australia’ who stopped gunman at Bondi Beach

Over 40,000 people have donated about US$1.5 million to Ahmed al Ahmed, the Syrian-Australian Muslim hero who saved Jewish lives.

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Australia

Alleged Bondi shooter Naveed Akram charged with terrorism, murder

Akram, who regained consciousness after being in a coma, also faces multiple charges related to other offences.

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Family members react at the coffin of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, a victim in the Bondi Beach shooting, during his funeral at a synagogue in Sydney on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Australia

‘He was a nice person’: alleged Bondi gunman’s path to violence stuns Australia

Police investigate how Naveed Akram went from a teenager interested in Islam to one of Australia’s worst alleged killers.

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People attend a floral memorial in honour of the Bondi Beach shooting victims in Sydney on Tuesday. Photo: Reuters
Australia

Video | Bystander tackles, disarms gunman in Australia

Shooting happened in the popular tourist area of Bondi Beach.

Australia

‘Genuine hero’: bystander who tackled Bondi gunman lionised

Ahmed al-Ahmed, a 43-year-old father of two from south Sydney, was shot twice as he wrestled a weapon from the shooter’s hands.

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Australia

Australian bushfires destroy homes in 2 states as firefighter killed

More than 50 bushfires are burning across New South Wales as a massive blaze is contained in Tasmania.

Firefighters work to put out a bushfire spreading through the Koolewong area on the Central Coast, New South Wales, on Saturday. Photo: EPA
Australia

Australian sex crimes squad arrests 4 over ‘satanic’ child abuse material

Electronic devices with thousands of videos showing abuse of children aged between five and 12, as well as bestiality, were seized in Sydney.

The Sydney skyline is seen from a suburb. Four men have been arrested in the city for possessing “satanic” child abuse material. Photo: Reuters
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Australia offers free solar power to households in green energy push

Australia plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 70 per cent by 2030, but this goal clashes with its reliance on coal and fossil fuel exports.

Australia

‘It’s a shame’: ex-UFC fighter gunned down while out for walk in Sydney

A senior police officer said ‘it’s very brazen and it’s a shame that this is happening in our community’.

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Gunman in Australia fires up to 50 bullets, wounds 16 in ‘terrifying’ shooting

Police arrested a 60-year-old man and seized a rifle after he randomly fired into a busy Sydney street.

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A bus stop with a shattered glass panel is seen at the scene of a shooting in Croydon Park in Sydney on Monday. Photo: EPA
Australia

Man charged in Australia after crashing car into Russian consulate in Sydney

The 39-year-old man had driven into the grounds in what a witness said looked like a ‘diplomatic asylum attempt’.

China-Australia relations

China calls for tough penalties over attack on student in Australia

Assault in Hobart one the latest in a string of incidents against Chinese visitors in recent months.

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Australia

Australian state offers US$1.3 million to compensate wrongly jailed woman

She was wrongfully jailed for 20 years over the deaths of her four young children.

Kathleen Folbigg (left), 58, outside the New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal in Sydney, Australia in 2023. She was convicted in 2003 of murdering three of her children, and of manslaughter in the death of the fourth. Photo: EPA-EFE
Accidents and disasters in China

Chinese woman, 26, missing in Australia after floodwaters sweep her away

Chinese Consulate General in Sydney confirms the news, while urging local authorities to ‘make every effort’ to save her, Xinhua reports.

Emergency services in Australia’s New South Wales have reportedly dealt with over 1,800 incidents after snow, strong winds and heavy rain hit parts of the state, causing widespread damage to buildings and road closures. Photo: Handout
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Tens of thousands march for Palestine on Sydney Harbour Bridge

Some of those attending the march, called by its organisers the ‘March for Humanity’, carried pots and pans as symbols of the hunger.

Australia

Australian man dies after contracting ‘extremely rare’ virus from bat bite

According to officials in New South Wales, the victim was bitten by a bat carrying Australian bat lyssavirus several months ago.

Australia

What’s in the air? Australian state reels from deluge of dust

New South Wales is grappling with a widespread dust storm days after record flooding that killed five and displaced 50,000 people.

A dust storm from drought-stricken South Australia hit coastal New South Wales on Tuesday morning. Photo: X/@fictillius
Australia

‘Without volunteers, hundreds dead’: 4 die in record floods in Australia

New South Wales Premier Christopher Minns praised emergency services and volunteers for rescuing 678 people in recent days in ‘amazing, heroic effort’.

A man sits on the balcony of a house surrounded by floodwaters in Port Macquarie, north of Sydney, Australia, on Friday. Photo: via AP
US-China trade war

Will Trump tariffs open door for China to improve ties with Vietnam?

The ‘very damaging’ move could take a heavy toll on the country and may prompt Hanoi to move to boost economic ties with its neighbour.

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Education in Hong Kong

Australian university takes Hong Kong’s lead, tightens mainland admission checks

University of New South Wales says applicants must submit official reports as additional proof for mainland Chinese academic qualifications.

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