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Australia's Liberals elect net zero opponent as leader

Australia's centre-right opposition Liberal Party has elected as leader a conservative who lobbied to drop its commitment to net zero emissions, local media reported.

World • 13 Feb

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Protests in Sydney over Israeli president's visit

Sydney police deployed pepper spray and scuffled with protesters as a rally against a visit to Australia by Israel's President Isaac Herzog turned violent.

World • 09 Feb

Isaac Herzog, Israel's president, speaks at the funeral of Israeli hostage Ran Gvili in Meitar, southern Israel, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. After searches by troops in a Gazan graveyard over the weekend, the Israeli army announced Monday that the body o

Protesters warned over Israeli president's Sydney visit

Australian authorities warned protesters to avoid violence in Sydney's streets when Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits on Monday to honour victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting.

World • 07 Feb

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'It's wonderful for them to be alive and well'

A Co Monaghan grandmother has spoken of her joy and relief after her daughter and three grandchildren survived a ten-hour ordeal in choppy waters off western Australia last week.

Ireland • 04 Feb

Australia reverses course with interest rate hike

Australia's central bank was forced to reverse course and raise interest rates today as it struggles to bring inflation under control in a supply-constrained economy, leaving markets wagering further hikes would be needed this year.

Business • 03 Feb

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'Superhuman' Australian teen swims hours to save family

Rescuers have praised a teenage boy's "superhuman" survival instincts after he swam four hours through choppy waters off Australia to find help for his family.

World • 03 Feb

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Snapchat blocks 415k underage accounts amid Australia ban

Snapchat has blocked 415,000 accounts under Australia's social media ban for under-16s, the company has said, but warned some youngsters may be bypassing age verification technology.

World • 02 Feb

VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - 2026/01/10: The fire risk rating chart outside the Country Fire Authority (CFA) in the bushfire-affected town of Ruffy is set to Extreme, one day after flames tore through the area, leaving little still standing. On January 10, 2026,

Bushfire threat as temperatures near 50C in Australia

Hundreds of people in rural areas of southeast Australia have been told to evacuate as an out-of-control bushfire threatened towns in the Otways region amid soaring temperatures.

World • 27 Jan

Floral tributes left by mourners are seen at the promenade of Bondi Beach

Australia passes tougher gun laws in wake of Bondi attack

Australian politicians have passed tougher hate crime and gun laws, weeks after gunmen targeting a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach killed 15 people.

World • 20 Jan

Signs reading "Beach Closed" and "Shark Sighted" are put on at Long Reef Beach in sydney

Shark mauls surfer in Sydney, third attack in two days

A shark mauled a surfer off an ocean beach in Sydney in the Australian city's third shark attack in two days, authorities have said.

World • 19 Jan

Sign on a beach warning that a shark has been sighted

Boy critically injured in Sydney Harbour shark attack

A teenage boy was critically injured after being attacked by a shark while swimming in Sydney Harbour, leaving him with serious leg injuries, authorities said.

World • 19 Jan

In this photo illustration a teenage boy looks at an iPhone screen displaying various social media apps

Australia social media ban hit 4.7m accounts in month one

Social media companies have collectively deactivated nearly five million accounts belonging to Australian teenagers just a month after a world-first ban on under-16s took effect, the country's internet regulator said, a sign ⁠the measure has had a swift and sweeping impact.

World • 15 Jan

A resident returns to find his property ablaze on January 10, 2026 near Longwood, Australia.

Scores of homes razed, one dead in Australian bushfires

Bushfires have razed hundreds of buildings across southeast Australia, authorities said, as they confirmed the first death from the disaster.

World • 11 Jan

This handout photo from the CFA Wandong Fire Brigade posted on their Facebook page taken on January 7, 2026

Australia declares state of disaster as bushfires rage

Australian authorities have declared a state of disaster after bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in the country's southeast.

World • 10 Jan

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Health warnings as Australia's south hit by heatwave

Australia's south sweltered through a brutal heatwave that delivered temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius in some cities, triggering health warnings, straining power grids and ⁠causing bushfires to flare.

World • 07 Jan

Australia's inflation rate slows in November

Australian consumer prices rose by less than forecast in November, data showed today, but core inflation showed enough stickiness that investors still saw a risk interest rates would have to be hiked as early as next month.

Business • 07 Jan

Tributes to 'dearest friend' after Australia drowning

Tributes have been paid to a Cavan man with a smile that "could light up a room" after he drowned near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.

Ireland • 03 Jan

Police and forensic experts inspect at the scene of a shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney

Bondi Beach mass shooting suspects 'acted alone' - police

A father and son accused of a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach "acted alone" and were not part of a wider terrorist cell, Australian police have said.

World • 30 Dec 25

Bondi attack hero wanted to protect 'innocent people'

Bondi Beach shooting hero Ahmed al Ahmed recalled the moment he ran towards one of the attackers and wrestled the gun from him, saying in an interview published with a US outlet he wanted to protect "innocent people".

World • 30 Dec 25

Court documents from police show Sajid Akram holding a firearm

Bondi attack suspects had 'tactical training', police say

Two suspects in last week's deadly mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach trained for the attack in the countryside, police have alleged in court documents, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese vowed tougher laws against hate speech and extremism.

World • 22 Dec 25

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 20: Hundreds of surf rescuers participate in a Shoulder2Shoulder memorial event for victims of the December 14 terrorist attack at Bondi Beach on December 20, 2025 in Sydney, Australia. Life slowly returned to normal at Bondi

Lifeguards in Australia honour Bondi Beach victims

Australian surf lifeguards lined the shore of Sydney's Bondi Beach and fell silent to honour the 15 people shot and killed when gunmen fired into crowds at a seaside celebration of Hanukkah last week.

World • 20 Dec 25

Ahmed al Ahmed presented with $2.5m cheque while in hospital bed

'Bondi Hero' handed €1.4m collected from fundraising

A man credited with saving lives for wrestling a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach received a cheque for more than A$2.5m (€1.4m) after tens of thousands of people contributed to a donation website.

World • 19 Dec 25

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 19: Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media at Parliament House on December 19, 2025 in Canberra, Australia. Albanese held the press conference as the government comes under pressure over the recent B

Australia announces gun buyback scheme after Bondi attack

Australia will use a sweeping buyback scheme to "get guns off our streets", Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, as hundreds plunged into the ocean to honour Bondi Beach shooting victims.

World • 19 Dec 25

People stand in front floral tributes left at the promenade of Bondi Beach

Australian PM vows hate speech crackdown after shooting

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has promised a sweeping crackdown on hate, division and radicalisation after a mass shooting killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach.

World • 18 Dec 25

Mourners gather at a synagogue for the funeral of Rabbi Eli Schlanger,

Sydney mourners remember rabbis killed in Bondi shooting

Two rabbis killed in the Bondi Beach Hanukkah festival shootings were remembered by hundreds of mourners in Sydney as kind and curious men who would be dearly missed by their friends, families and local community.

World • 17 Dec 25