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Australia Passes Law To Strip Militants Of Citizenship

Australia’s parliament has passed laws to strip dual nationals of their citizenship if they are convicted of terrorism offences or found to have fought with banned groups overseas, despite concerns about deporting known militants. Attorney-General George Brandis said the Australian

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Australian Government Hit by ‘Massive’ Chinese Cyber-Attack

Another data point for the ongoing debate about whether China has scaled back its cyber-espionage activities a little, or not at all, since Presidents Xi Jinping and Barack Obama met in Washington a few months ago: the Australian government was just hit by a major cyber-attack, which it blames on China.

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Aussie Police Rush To Scene Of Killing, Find Dead Spider

Piercing screaming and shouts of “I’m going to kill you” prompted Australian police to rush to a Sydney home at 2am, only to find an embarrassed man and a large spider. New South Wales’s police said officers raced to the

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WATCH: Massive Bushfire Burns Across South Australia

Two people are confirmed dead as a major bushfire continues to burn in remote rural areas of South Australia. The state premier Jay Weatherill confirmed the deaths today and warned that another person is feared dead in a motor vehicle accident linked to

Syria

Australia PM Says No Global Support For Troops On The Ground In Syria

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Tuesday there was no global support for a US-led ground force to destroy the Islamic State group, which he called fundamentally weak with “more Twitter accounts than fighters”. Calls have been mounting in Canberra

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Phuc Dat Bich ‘Honoured’ After Name Goes Viral

Australian man Phuc Dat Bich, who became an Internet sensation after complaining his Facebook page kept being shut down, says he is honoured his name has made people laugh. The 23-year-old, who is of Vietnamese origin, originally posted a complaint

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Australia Could Take More Than A Year To Resettle 12,000 Syrian Migrants

CANBERRA, Australia — Officials say the Australian government remains committed to resettling 12,000 Syrian refugees, but painstaking security checks could take more than a year. The government announced in September that the 12,000 refugees would be resettled as quickly as

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Australia Police In Extremist ‘Shoot On Sight’ Training

Australian police are being trained to shoot armed extremists on sight it was revealed Tuesday, in a change of tactics from “contain and negotiate” amid fears of further terrorist attacks. Canberra has become increasingly concerned about the prospect of lone-wolf

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First Syrian Refugees To Land In Australia

The first of 12,000 refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria to be resettled by Australia will arrive within 24 hours, the government said Monday, as concerns about security checks mounted after bloody attacks in Paris. Australia, which has joined US-led

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Tear Gas Used To Quell Australia Migrant Centre Unrest

Australian police used tear gas to put down a two-day riot at a migrant detention centre Tuesday, where detainees, reportedly armed with machetes, chainsaws and petrol bombs, were running amok. Reinforcements were sent to the remote Christmas Island facility after

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Riot Hits Australia’s Christmas Island Migrant Centre

Sydney (AFP) – A disturbance broke out Monday at Australia’s Christmas Island detention centre, the immigration department said, amid reports rioters seized control of the facility after the death of an asylum seeker. The department said it was not aware