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The teenage terrorist who executed a NSW Police Force employee in Sydney was lauded as a “hero of the Islamic people” on a social media page, which was quickly removed at the request of police. Fifteen-year-old Farhad Khalil Mohammad Jabar, who was born in Iran and

Normal people think coercive government power should be primarily directed at criminals, so the Left is constantly trying to make the entire population see themselves as criminals. The more collectively guilty we all feel, the more prepared we are to submit to the power of a self-appointed “enlightened” ruling class. Gun control is not a goal — it is really a means to an end, a vehicle the Left would drive to gain even greater power.

Two people have died outside NSW state police headquarters in Sydney in a reported shooting, Australian authorities said Friday. “A number of shots were fired” on Charles Street, Parramatta in western Sydney outside the New South Wales police headquarters about

SYDNEY, Oct 1 (Reuters) – German automaker Volkswagen faces millions of dollars in fines in Australia if it is found to have misled local consumers on emissions claims, Australia’s competition regulator said on Thursday. Volkswagen is grappling with the biggest business

Next time you find yourself in the sea and you spot a triangular fin bearing down on you – perhaps with some eerie music going der-dum der-dum der-dum dum dum dum dum, in the background – be sure, before you

Toppled Australian leader Tony Abbott took potshots at the new government on Tuesday, saying it offered no new policies and that the nation should stop swapping prime ministers “like changing clothes”. Abbott was ousted by conservative colleague Malcolm Turnbull in a

Australian shark experts will test cutting-edge technology — including electrical barriers powered by wave energy — following an “unprecedented” series of attacks on swimmers. The country has one of the world’s highest incidences of shark attacks and researchers from around

Australia’s new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday admitted he had concerns about asylum seekers being held in Pacific island camps, but gave no indication of immediate change to the hardline policy. All asylum seekers coming by boat to Australia

New Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, an outspoken republican, will dump knights and dames from the country’s honours list reintroduced under his predecessor Tony Abbott, a local media report said Sunday. London-born monarchist Abbott — who was deposed by Turnbull

One of the first things new Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull heard after ousting Tony Abbott on Monday night was an angry staffer calling him a c**t. A Liberal Party source said that Richard Dowdy, a junior staffer on Abbott’s

Australian fighter jets have destroyed an armoured personnel carrier belonging to Islamic State (IS), the first operation by Australian forces in Syria, Defence Minister Kevin Andrews said on Wednesday.

After only two years in office, Australia’s Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, has been knocked out of office by a revolt within his Liberal Party, replaced by a far more liberal (as Americans understand the term) party leader, Malcolm Turnbull.  Turnbull

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been ousted from his position by an internal government challenge and the party’s former leader has been elected to replace him. Abbott lost a leadership ballot by members of his

An FBI undercover operation—stretching back to the jihadi attack on the Mohammed Art Exhibit and Contest in Garland, Texas—has resulted in charges against 20-year-old Joshua Ryne Goldberg of Orange Park, Florida, for a plot to use a pressure-cooker bomb against a 9/11 memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

Halal certification fees paid by Australian food manufacturers could be channelled overseas to help pay for mosques and other Islamic developments to be built in Indonesia. An investigation by the state-owned Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) has found discrepancies into how

PERTH, Sept. 6 (Reuters) – Australia will accept more refugees from camps bordering Syria and Iraq and “is open” to providing more financial assistance, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Sunday, while adding that a “strong security response” was needed

The image of a two-year-old Syrian boy named Aylan Kurdi lying dead on a beach in Turkey, drowned after a failed attempt by refugees to cross the Mediterranean in unreliable boats, has become a flashpoint for the European migrant crisis. It is not yet clear what conclusions will be drawn from the tragic incident.

Australia is the only country in the world to successfully tackle the problem of migrant boats. It does this by saying ‘no’ to irregular seafaring arrivals, while at the same time admitting genuine refugees through an orderly process of entry. This,

Animal rights activists are furious that a bill in California to allow the importation of products made from kangaroos is being offered in the state legislature.

More European nations have been urged to join air strikes against Islamic State groups in Syria as a way of tackling the escalating refugee crisis gripping the continent. Australia’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said jihadist terrorists were responsible for driving hundreds of

Australia is preparing a new strategic blueprint that will twin increased military spending with closer ties to the U.S. in the troubled South-West Pacific. The plan will call for more U.S. naval ships, warplanes and ground troops to be based in the country. Details

A representative for Mel Gibson has denied claims that the actor/director shoved and spit on a female newspaper photographer outside a movie theater in Sydney, Australia Sunday night.

Australia has received a direct request from the US to expand its combat air operations against ISIS from Iraq into neighbouring Syria. Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed Friday he is considering the move. “We’re not going to rush a decision,

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Seven young Australians were recently prevented from leaving the country for fear that they intended to join terrorists in the Middle East, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday. Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to give details, including

The raging El Niño Southern Oscillation, a band of warm ocean water in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific, is about to cause droughts in southern Asia–and to bring enough rain to boost California almond production after years of drought-induced decline.

Two Australian television channels have refused to air an advert from a group campaigning against gay marriage, and a third pulled it after being accused of ‘homophobia’. The organisation has said that it is “shocking” that it has been denied

Prime Minister Tony Abbott confirmed that Australia might join the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS) in Syria along Turkey’s border.

ISIS social media accounts are buzzing with a spreadsheet of personal data on employees of the American, British, and Australian governments, including military personnel. The Islamic State claims this list was compiled using data stolen from government systems by its “hacking division,” although some experts who have reviewed the list say most of it was more likely created using simple Google searches of publicly available data. There are about 1,400 individuals included on the list.

A large and terrifying tiger shark has been caught off the east coast of Australia near the popular beach resort of Byron Bay. Good. Killer sharks of this magnitude have no business anywhere where swimmers and surfers congregate and the

Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott believes that marriage is between a man and a woman and now he has forced his own governing conservative coalition to back that view. After a marathon five-hour debate, the push for gay marriage to

The southern cassowary is often heard before it can be seen. These giant, flightless birds are descendents of carnivorous dinosaurs and their deep rumblings are famed throughout northern Queensland. But the future of these threatened prehistoric birds became even more uncertain this month with the announcement of the imminent closure of Garners Beach Cassowary Rehabilitation Centre.

The Australian government vowed to continue a push to prosecute whoever shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine.

A father and seven other men, including a church pastor, have been charged with 503 child sex offences involving a 13-year-old girl in Perth, Western Australia. Police allege the girl’s father facilitated and participated in the horrific abuse, including aggravated

Earlier this year, I reported how a handful of green activists at the University of Western Australia had nixed a $4-million policy centre just because it was vaguely associated with “Skeptical Environmentalist” Bjørn Lomborg.

As Greece stumbles from one economic disappointment to the next, the country is now exporting something it desperately needs to retain; young, educated workers. Thousands of skilled Greeks are heading overseas to further their careers, leading to fears the deeply

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s conservative government has called time on indigenous plans to build a new frigate fleet, opening the field to a number of potential foreign designs. The previous preferred option to build up Australia’s anti-submarine warfare (ASW)