Australia’s richest person must share part of her mining fortunes, court rules

Australia’s richest woman, Gina Rinehart, has been ordered by a court to share part of her vast mining wealth after a years-long legal battle over

Harry and Meghan arrive in Australia for a low-key, privately funded visit

Britain’s Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, visit the Royal Children’s Hospital Melbourne, yesterday Prince Harry and his wife Meghan,

Decorated veteran remains behind bars on Afghan war crime charges

Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court in Sydney (2021) Australia’s most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, did not apply for bail when the war

13-year-old swims for hours to save family swept out to sea

This image taken from video shows Austin Appelbee, right, posing with his family in Gidgegannup, yesterday A 13-year-old boy is credited with saving the lives of his

Social media platforms removed 4.7 million accounts after Australia banned them for children

Social media companies have revoked access to about 4.7 million accounts identified as belonging to children in Australia since the country banned use of the platforms by those under 16,

Adelaide Writers Week canceled as 180 speakers withdraw

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Organizers of Australia’s largest free literary festival canceled the event yesterday after more than 180 writers and speakers

Mourners grieve 10-year-old slain in Bondi mass shooting

Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney yesterday for a 10-year-old girl who was gunned down

Sydney taekwondo instructor gets life sentence for murdering student, parents

Victim’s family and friends leave the New South Wales Supreme Court in Sydney, yesterday A  judge sentenced a Sydney taekwondo instructor yesterday to life in prison

Authorities to tighten gun laws after Hanukkah massacre

A flower memorial to shooting victims outside the Bondi Pavilion at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, yesterday Australian federal and state government leaders yesterday agreed to immediately

Reddit challenges Australia’s world-first law banning children under 16 from social media

Global online forum Reddit on Friday filed a court challenge to Australia’s world-first law that bans Australian children younger than 16 from holding accounts on the world’s most popular social

Copenhagen plans to severely restrict social media use for young people

Caroline Stage, Danish Minister for Digitalization and representatives from the agreement parties As Australia began enforcing a world-first social media ban for children under 16

World-first social media ban for children under 16 starts

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect yesterday as families taking back power

Shark kills woman and seriously wounds another swimmer at an Australian beach

A sign is seen at the site of a fatal shark attack at Dee Why Beach, in Sydney A shark killed a woman and seriously wounded a man

Bagpipers claim world record with AC/DC’s ‘It’s a Long Way to the Top’

Bagpipers gather to break a world record for the largest ever bagpipe ensemble playing “It’s a Long Way to the Top” by AC/DC in Melbourne Hundreds

Australia adds Reddit and Kick to social media platforms banning children under 16

Australia has added message board Reddit and livestreaming service Kick to its list of social media platforms that must ban children younger than 16 from holding accounts. The platforms

US, Australia sign critical-minerals agreement as a way to counter China

President Donald Trump, right, listens as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday President Donald Trump and Australian Prime

Australia, Papua sign defense treaty that raised China’s concern

Australia’s PM Anthony Albanese (right) and Papua New Guinea’s counterpart James Marape before signing a defense treaty at Parliament House in Canberra The leaders of Australia and

Australia offers Papua New Guinea a Parliament House extension

Papua New Guineans stand in front of a statue of Papua New Guinea’s first Prime Minister Michael Somare in Port Moresby, yesterday Australia offered to gift

Australia, Canada and Philippines stage air defense drills off disputed shoal

Australia, Canada and the Philippines deployed three warships and aircraft Wednesday for drills against simulated aerial threats off a disputed South China Sea shoal where

Pro-democracy activists granted asylum in Australia and Britain

Ted Hui, speaks in Adelaide, Sunday A Hong Kong pro-democracy activist and a former lawmaker who are wanted by the city’s authorities have been granted asylum in Great

Lawyer condemns $1.3M compensation for woman wrongfully imprisoned for 20 years

An Australian state government’s decision to pay 2 million Australian dollars ($1.3 million) compensation to a woman who spent 20 years in prison after being wrongfully convicted

Defense minister selects Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for $6.5B warship deal

Australia said yesterday it accepted a Japanese company’s bid for a lucrative and hotly contested contract to build Australian warships, expected to be worth 10 billion Australian

Australian Parliament finally honors Olympians who defied boycott of 1980 Moscow Games

A wait of 45 years ended when a group of Olympians who defied pressure to boycott the 1980 Moscow Games were recognized in the Australian Parliament yesterday for

Australia bans YouTube accounts for children under 16 in reversal of previous stance

The Australian government announced YouTube will be among the social media platforms that must ensure account holders are at least 16-years-old from December, reversing a position taken months

PM indulges in panda diplomacy as state visit in China nears end

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has toured a panda breeding facility in the final stages of an extended state visit that has cast China as a

Death of Australia’s ‘Outback Killer’ leaves whereabouts of British backpacker’s body unknown

Police fear Bradley John Murdoch, known as the "Outback Killer," has taken to his grave the secret of how he disposed of the body of British backpacker Peter Falconio who

Australia hosts largest-ever military exercise with 19 nations, under China watch

The largest-ever war-fighting drills in Australia, Exercise Talisman Sabre, are underway and expected to attract the attention of Chinese surveillance ships. Australia launched missiles from its

Australia PM Albanese kicks off China visit focused on trade

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese kicked off a visit to China this weekend meant to shore up trade relations between the two countries. Albanese met with Shanghai Party

Alleged arsonist charged over fire at synagogue

A man was charged yesterday over an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue in an apparent escalation of antisemitic violence in Australia’s second-most populous city. Angelo Loras,

Snake on a plane delays a flight in Australia

An Australian domestic flight was delayed for two hours after a stowaway snake was found in the plane’s cargo hold, officials said yesterday. The snake was found on Tuesday

Jury deliberates whether woman served deadly mushrooms with intent to kill her in-laws

A sequestered jury in Australia began deliberations yesterday in the triple murder trial of Erin Patterson, accused of killing her estranged husband’s relatives by deliberately serving them

Defense minister downplays concerns over Pentagon review of multi-billion submarine deal

Australia’s defense minister dismissed concerns yesterday that a deal between the U.S., Australia and Britain to provide his country with nuclear-powered submarines could be in jeopardy,

Australia qualifies for World Cup with 2-1 win over Saudi Arabia

Connor Metcalfe scored his first goal for Australia and Mitchell Duke iced the 2-1 victory in Saudi Arabia that ensured the Socceroos qualified for a sixth straight

Australian PM speaks of Beijing prisoner’s courage, resilience and hope

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese yesterday spoke of the courage, resilience and hope of Australian citizen Yang Hengjun, who was convicted last year in China of espionage.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese wins a second three-year term

Anthony Albanese claimed victory as the first Australian prime minister to clinch a second consecutive term in 21 years today (Saturday) and suggested his government had increased its majority by not

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