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A Northern Territory Police Force handout shows five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby who was allegedly murdered in Alice Springs

Vigils across Australia for murdered five-year-old girl

People gathered across Australia to hold vigils for a five-year-old girl whose alleged abduction and murder ⁠shocked the nation and sparked riots in the Outback town of Alice Springs.

World • 3 hrs

Police cordon and police officers on bondi beach in australia

Bondi Beach mass shooting accused faces 19 extra charges

A man accused of murdering 15 people in an antisemitic mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach is facing a raft of fresh charges, court records showed.

World • 06 May

Australia hikes interest rate citing higher fuel prices

Australia's central bank has today increased its key interest rate, citing soaring fuel prices that are stoking inflation.

Business • 05 May

Man charged over death of Indigenous girl in Australia

Police in Australia's Northern Territory have said they had charged a man with murdering an Indigenous girl, days after the five-year-old's ⁠death sparked violent clashes in an outback town.

World • 03 May

Riot erupts after Indigenous girl, 5, killed in Australia

Hundreds of protesters clashed with Australian emergency services workers in a remote town following the arrest of a ⁠man suspected of murdering a five-year-old Indigenous girl, police said today.

Australia • 01 May

Australia to tax tech giants unless they pay news outlets

Australia has unveiled draft laws that would tax tech giants Meta, Google and TikTok unless they voluntarily strike deals to pay local outlets for news.

Australia • 28 Apr

A Qantas Airways Boeing 737 aircraft takes off from Sydney International Airport

Qantas lifts fuel cost forecast as war jolts oil markets

Australia's Qantas Airways said today it has raised its fuel cost outlook and ⁠delayed a planned share buyback, citing sharply higher and volatile jet fuel prices after the war in the Middle East disrupted oil supplies.

Business • 14 Apr

This video grab taken from AFPTV shows former member of Australia's elite Special Air Service regiment Ben Roberts-Smith leaving the Federal Court in Sydney

Australia's most decorated soldier on war crimes charges

Australia's most decorated soldier has been arrested and charged with five counts of war crimes relating to the killing of unarmed ⁠civilians while on deployment in Afghanistan.

World • 07 Apr

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Australia threatens to sue social media giants

Australia has threatened to sue social media giants for allegedly flouting a ban on under-16s, as its internet regulator disclosed it is investigating some of the biggest platforms for suspected non-compliance with the world-first measure.

Business • 31 Mar

Watch: Australian sky turns red ahead of tropical cyclone

Skies in Western Australia turned red on Friday ahead of the arrival of a tropical cyclone that tracked across much of the country.

World • 30 Mar

Heavily armed police gather at a staging point during a search for a fugitive linked to the murder of two police officers, in Porepunk

Australian police shoot dead fugitive at large for months

Australian police said they shot dead a fugitive gunman wanted for killing two officers, ending a seven-month search.

World • 30 Mar

Australia's inflation slows slightly ahead of war shock

Australian consumer prices were flat in February as prices for domestic holidays and petrol dipped, while core inflation came in a little slower than forecast, though a war-driven spike in oil prices has since magnified inflationary risks.

Business • 25 Mar

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (L) and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pose with signed copies of the agreements during a ceremony at Parliament House in Canberra

EU, Australia reach agreement on long-awaited trade deal

The European Union and Australia have signed a trade ⁠deal marking the culmination of years of negotiations, as Europe seeks to diversify its export markets and expand ties beyond its traditional partners.

Europe • 24 Mar

Australia hikes rates citing 'sharply higher fuel prices'

Australia's central bank hiked its key interest rate yesterday, pointing to "sharply higher fuel prices" driven by the US-Israel war on Iran.

Business • 18 Mar

13-year-old Austin Appelbee is interviewed my a journalist

President sends letter to Australian boy after sea rescue

President Catherine Connolly has sent a letter of commendation to 13-year-old Austin Appelbee, after he heroically swam for four hours through choppy waters off western Australia to get help for his family who were swept out to sea.

Ireland • 14 Mar

Iranian soccer players refused to sing the national anthem before their Asian Cup match against South Korea

Five Iranian footballers granted asylum in Australia

Australia has granted asylum to five players in Iran's women's football team over fears they faced persecution if they returned home, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has said.

Middle East • 09 Mar

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Australia forces pornography sites to block under-18s

Australia's online regulator has warned pornography websites they must block under-18s from Monday under sweeping new restrictions to protect children.

World • 06 Mar

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in a suit and tie walking towards the camera with trees behind

Australia's PM supports removal of Andrew from succession

The Australian Prime Minister will support "any proposal" to remove Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor from the line of succession to the British throne, according to a letter shared by UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office.

World • 23 Feb

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

Accused Bondi gunman Naveed Akram appears in court

Accused Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram has appeared in a Sydney court via video link, in his first public hearing.

World • 16 Feb

a photo of newly elected Australia Liberal leader Angus Taylor

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

Police scuffle with protesters in sydney

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

screengrab of a family named left to right Beau, Joanne, Grace and Austin Appelbee

'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

'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