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Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers ordered a Chinese investment fund to sell off shares of a strategic rare-earths mining company.

Elon Musk’s social media platform X/Twitter won a court reprieve on Monday in a fight against the Australian government’s censorship of videos of a stabbing inside a Sydney church.

The First Capital Command (PCC), Brazil’s largest transnational organized crime syndicate and Latin America’s largest drug trafficking gang, has managed to establish a foothold in Sydney, Australia, according to a report published by the Argentine news outlet Infobae on Thursday.

An Australian Navy helicopter pilot was forced to take evasive action after a Chinese military fighter jet detonated flares close to his aircraft’s course as it was operating in international waters near South Korea.

Rugby players in Australia and across the Asia-Pacific physically do everything NFL players do – and accomplish it without padding and helmets.

Australian police arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids across Sydney on Wednesday.

A software bug in Star Casino’s ticket redemption machines resulted in the Sydney-based casino inadvertently giving away more than AU$3.2 million ($2.05 million) to gamblers over several weeks.

Australia’s left-wing Labor government has set a new record for welcoming immigration arrivals, with its open door policy delivering an unprecedented 105,460 net permanent and long-term arrivals landing in February, with 173,370 arriving over the quarter.

Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have declared Monday’s stabbing at a Sydney church a religiously motivated “terrorist act” while declining to publicly state the faith of the alleged attacker.

Sydney has been shaken by another stabbing attack with a priest and worshippers assailed by a knife-wielding man Monday in a suburban church.

Police in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) have identified the assailant who stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center on Saturday afternoon before he was shot dead.

A female police officer is being acclaimed as a “hero” after fatally shooting the knife-wielding man who killed six in a Sydney mall.

At least six people were killed and multiple people were sent to hospital with injuries after a stabbing attack at a shopping mall in Sydney, Australia on Saturday.

The AUKUS military alliance, whose founding members are Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, is reportedly considering Japan as a fourth member.

Transgender Roxanne Tickle, a man living as a woman in Australia, is suing the women-only app Giggle for Girls for denying him membership.

The Philippines joined the U.S., Japan, and Australia on Sunday for a large-scale joint air and naval exercise in the South China Sea.

NZ ready to sign new cooperation deal with NATO, as country rethinks security in face of regional tensions and growing Chinese military might.

Two dozen young women have quit an Australian soccer league after officials allowed one team to add five transgender athletes.

Australia’s left-wing Labor government has joined U.S. President Joe Biden and issued gushing praise on Easter Sunday for the “Transgender Day of Visibility.”

Left-wing lawmakers in the Australian state of Queensland have introduced legislation “to provide stronger protections for trans, gender diverse and intersex people.”

The McDonald’s fast-food chain suffered a worldwide system failure on Friday that knocked out the ordering system in many of its restaurants.

A 16-year-old prankster who threw milk on a group of women in Melbourne, Australia, has been suspended from his elite school.

Australian seeks to ban doxxing after a group of pro-Palestinian activists leaked personal information about hundreds of Australian Jews.

The Australian government has passed new legislation granting workers the “right to disconnect” from work communications during non-work hours, aimed at helping employees maintain a healthier work-life balance.

A court in Beijing on Monday sentenced Australian writer Yang Hengjun to a “suspended death sentence” on espionage charges — effectively sentencing him to life in prison.

Houthi terrorist attacks are currently blocking a ship bound for Israel carrying 14,000 sheep and 2,000 cattle from completing its voyage, leaving the crew uncertain where its live cargo sourced from Australia will be taken.

A 12-year-old Australian girl shocked her family and the internet when she heroically rescued her guinea pig from the jaws of a wild snake.

New Zealand said it will contemplate sharing military technology amid worries over an increasingly assertive China.

The UK, Italy, Finland, Canada, and Australia said they will halt UNRWA funds over allegations staff participated in terror attacks on Israel.

Statues of British colonial figures Captain James Cook and Queen Victoria were damaged in Melbourne on Thursday.

Top Ukrainian junior Yelyzaveta Kotliar said she was “deeply sorry” after shaking the hand of a Russian opponent at the Australian Open.

The next time someone tries to throw Novak Djokovic’s concentration, they should try bringing up something other than his vax status because that doesn’t work.

A 14-year-old Australian boy has been criminally charged after shoving an elderly man off of a pier into dark waters in a shocking video.

Australian health authorities warned on Tuesday that they are documenting an increase in the number of diagnosed infections of mycoplasma pneumoniae, a bacterial infection that causes respiratory illness and was listed among several pathogens particularly affecting children in China in the last months of 2023.

A proposed Australian vote on removing King Charles III as the country’s head of state to pave the way for a republic has been put on hold. Indefinitely.

A deadly snake that slithered onto the court stopped play during Dominic Thiem’s victory against James McCabe at the Brisbane International qualifying event in Australia on Saturday.