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  Man Arrested For Falsely Claiming To Be Australia Bondi Beach Shooting Victim

  Police said they arrested the man on Tuesday and charged him with publishing false and misleading material to obtain advantage.

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  Australia Lawmaker Threatened Day After Colleague Lost Legs In Car Attack

  The man was detained and charged with being armed in a way that may cause fear and with threatening to perform an unlawful act.

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  'Kept Children Addictive On Social Media': Meta Sued In Australia

  The class action suit has been filed on behalf of eight plaintiffs, who allege they were harmed by Meta while they were under the age of 18, and are seeking compensation.

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  Australia Lawmaker Loses Both Legs After "Targeted" Attack

  Australian lawmaker Helen Haines's husband Phil said that surgeons had been forced to remove both her legs.

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  Australian Lawmaker Critical After Being Hit By Car, PM Says "Not An Accident"

  The alleged attacker's motive remained unknown, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, with Australia's counter-terrorism squad activated.

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  "Is This Your Culture?" Racist Stickers In Australia Show Indian Man Squatting

  David Repacholi, the federal MP for the area, called the stickers "disgusting racist" material in a social media post, warning that attempts to sow hatred and division would not be tolerated in the Hunter Region.

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  Australian Woman Charged After Mixing Colleague's Curry With Snail Poison

  Following a detailed, months-long investigation, detectives arrested the 43-year-old suspect from Golden Bay.

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  Australia Navy Begins Probe After Camera Found In Bathroom Of Ship

  A member of the armed forces has been identified as a "person of interest" and was assisting military police with enquiries, Australia's defence ministry said.

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  "False": Australia Man On Being Linked To flydubai Omani Co-Pilot

  The prosecutor alleged the co-pilot was acquainted in Australia with an organisation known as "My Centre" managed by a Lebanese man called Abu Hamza.

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  'Trump Has Extraordinarily Positive View Of PM Modi, India': Ex-Australian PM

  The Australian leader said PM Modi was right to raise the issue directly with Russian President Vladimir Putin, arguing that Putin's willingness to pursue a diplomatic settlement will be central to ending the conflict.

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  flydubai Co-Pilot Studied Engineering For 2 Years In Australia? Probe On

  The co-pilot, identified as Hamam al-Hammami from Oman, attacked the captain of the flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv on Wednesday.

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  18-Year-Old Crashes Car Into Crowd In Australia, 10 Injured

  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, "My thoughts are with everyone injured or involved in the horrible incident this morning in Newcastle".

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  OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs To Appear Before Australian Senate's AI Inquiry

  OpenAI's Sam Altman and Anthropic's Dario Amodei have been sent written requests to appear at the inquiry, which is to hold public hearings in the capital, Canberra.

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  Australia Suffers Another Data Hack As OpenAI Agent Gains Access To Health Data Portal

  Qantas, Australia's biggest airline, said in July 2025 a breach of a third-party platform exposed the personal data of 5.7 million customers.

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  Australia To Ban Foreign Students From Bringing Families During Studies

  At present, spouses and partners of international students can work in Australia, although the number of hours they are permitted to work varies depending on the student's course of study.

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  Australia Introduces Optional Gender, Sexual Orientation Questions In Census

  Australia's 2026 census asks residents about sexual orientation and gender identity, for the first time, after Labor reversed course on the questions

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  'Bruised Body Of Woman' Found In Australia, It Turned Out To Be A Sex Doll

  Police announced that forensic testing had proved the contents were not human and the suitcase was actually stuffed with a lifelike sex doll.

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  How To Spot Perseid Meteor Shower, A Light Show That Promises To Dazzle

  The meteor shower's peak Wednesday night into Thursday morning coincides with a total solar eclipse across Spain, Iceland and Greenland and a six-planet parade - though the best time to view the fireballs will come after totality.

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  Crew Member Injured In 'Near Collision' At Sydney Airport, Probe On

  The incident, which involved a Jetstar pilot being forced to apply sudden brakes to avoid crashing into a Qatar Airways jet on Sunday morning, disrupted operations at Sydney Airport.

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  8 In 10 Australian Teens Still On Social Media Despite Under-16 Ban

  Before the ban, nearly 86% of children surveyed reported using at least one age-restricted platform. Three months later, that figure remained above 81%, the report said.