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Helicopters are seen water bombing a bushfire at Northmead in Sydney

Australia bushfire destroys 40% of UNESCO-listed island

People commute on a walkway as others cool off in the water during heatwave conditions at Bondi Beach in Sydney

Sydney records hottest November night on record

World • 29 Nov

Images of a freed Kylie Moore-Gilbert emerged on Iranian state television

Australian-British lecturer freed in Iran prisoner swap

World • 26 Nov

Victoria police outside Melbourne Magistrates Court during the trial of Abdul Nacer Benbrika in 2006

Australia strips Muslim cleric of citizenship

World • 25 Nov

The incident happened at Cable Beach near Broome in Western Australia (File pic)

Man dies in shark attack off Australia's west coast

World • 22 Nov

Elite Australian commandos were deployed in Afghanistan in 2011 to fight alongside US and allied forces (file image)

Australian elite troops 'unlawfully killed' Afghans

World • 19 Nov

People queue at a supermarket in West Torrens, Adelaide, ahead of the lockdown

South Australia imposes 6-day circuit breaker lockdown

Coronavirus • 18 Nov

Elite Australian commandos were deployed alongside US and allied forces in Afghanistan following the September 11, 2001 attacks

Australia to investigate Afghan war crime allegations

World • 12 Nov

Audiences have been returning to the Sydney Opera House this weekend

Australia sees no new cases for first time since 9 June

Coronavirus • 01 Nov

The reef is about 6km from the edge of the Great Barrier Reef (file pic)

Huge new healthy coral reef found off Australia

Environment • 29 Oct

Women from 10 flights out of Doha were searched after a baby was found abandoned

Women on ten flights from Qatar 'invasively examined'

World • 28 Oct

A man cleans as restaurants and cafes prepare for opening in Melbourne

No new virus cases in Melbourne for second day running

Coronavirus • 27 Oct

Cardinal Pell's Vatican rival, Italian Cardinal Angelo Becciu, allegedly sent €700,000 to Australia

Australian police drop Vatican money transfer probe

World • 23 Oct

Former Vatican treasurer George Pell pictured arriving at his residence in Rome last month

Australian police probe Vatican funds transfer claim

World • 21 Oct

A member of the Australian Defence Force administers a Covid-19 test in Melbourne

Melbourne success should inspire Ireland - Prof O'Neill

World • 21 Oct

People enjoying a picnic today on the Royal Park Golf Course in Melbourne after golf courses were allowed reopen

Melbourne lifts two-hour limit on time spent outdoors

World • 18 Oct

MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down in the summer of 2014

Russia withdraws from talks over downing of MH17 plane

World • 15 Oct

The Reserve Bank of Australia kept interest rates unchanged at an all-time low of 0.25%

Australia's central bank holds interest rates steady

Business • 06 Oct

With 859 cases per 100,000 people the Madrid region is the worst Covid-19 hotspot in Europe

Madrid to close borders for almost 5 million residents

Coronavirus • 02 Oct

Up to five or six Australians each week are assisted to return to their country

Up to 300 Australians stranded in Ireland - embassy

Australia • 28 Sep

Ciara Glennon was killed in Perth

Man found guilty of murdering Irish woman in Australia

Ireland • 25 Sep

In 2019 Australia closed Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, after a decades-long campaign by indigenous communities to protect it

Australia asks Google to block images from sacred site

World • 24 Sep

An operation to deal with the carcasses could take days

Hopes fade for whales as Australia disposal plans begin

World • 24 Sep

Marine rescue teams attempt to help save hundreds of pilot whales stranded on a sand bar

Rescuers race to save 180 stranded whales in Australia

World • 22 Sep

Christopher McLaughlin (L) and Nathan Kelly

Two Irishmen acquitted of murder in Australia

World • 21 Sep

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