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Albanese announces national gun buyback after Bondi terror attack
The scheme will be similar to the policy introduced by the Howard government after the 1996 Port Arthur massacre.
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Suspected Brown University shooter found dead
4:42 pm todayTwo students were killed and at least eight were wounded in the attack on Saturday.
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Seven men detained in dramatic Sydney arrest released, police say
13 minutes agoThe men were arrested after tactical police rammed a car in Liverpool on Thursday.
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EU reaches $182 billion deal on Ukraine funding, won’t use frozen Russian assets for now
5:33 pm todayGermany's chancellor Friedrich Merz confirmed the deal.
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Villagers who watched Manawanui sink still waiting for compensation
Residents watched the ship crash and burn less than two kilometres from their homes.
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Thousands paddle out at Bondi Beach for memorial
11:41 am todayThose gathered a holding a minute's silence for the victims of the attack.
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New Jeffrey Epstein photos include Noam Chomsky and Bill Gates
8:33 am todayDemocrats have released more photos from the sex offender's estate.
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Uh oh, my child just discovered the truth about Santa
11:17 am todayWhat happens when the penny drops?
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Seven men arrested in Sydney have ideological links to Bondi gunmen, police say
11:52 am todayFootage showed seven handcuffed men as heavily armed police and riot squad officers stood behind them.
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Putin's brazen new tactics
7:15 am todayAnalysis: Undercover Russian personnel have been placed on board ships carrying the country's oil and they're spying on Europe, intelligence sources say.
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Swastika and offensive words graffitied onto Brisbane mosque
11:16 am todayThe first Muslim politician elected to Queensland parliament has condemned the act in a post on social media.
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Takeaways from Trump's primetime address
6:38 am todayIn case there was any doubt, Trump made clear his message will continue to feature a heavy dose of the B-word: Biden.
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Crunch EU summit discusses using frozen Russian assets for Ukraine
7:59 am todayTalks in Brussels focused on seeking to reassure Belgium and several other concerned countries that Europe would share the legal and financial risks.
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'Intrepid, fearless': Pulitzer-winning NZ war reporter dies at 91
Peter Arnett, who would go on to interview Osama bin Laden at a secret hideout in Afghanistan, started his journalistic career at the Southland Times.
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Bondi gunman trained in firearm safety and hunting, shooting club says
6:28 am todayThe club's president said he trained in "firearms safety" and "how to hunt".
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French court jails doctor for life for poisoning 30 patients, killing 12
6:00 am todayFrederic Pechier, 53, worked as an anaesthetist in two clinics, where patients went into cardiac arrest in suspicious circumstances between 2008 and 2017.
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TikTok signs deal to sell US arm to American investor group
12:19 pm todayAlthough the transaction is not yet complete, the move brings TikTok one step closer to securing its long-term future in the United States.
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Probe finds multiple failures behind deadly Optus emergency call outage
18 Dec 2025An inquiry into Optus's emergency services telephone number outage in Australia, which resulted in two deaths, revealed a series of failures during a firewall upgrade.
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Plaques on Trump's 'Presidential Walk of Fame' insult predecessors
18 Dec 2025Written in the style of the US president's social media posts, they include baseless claims and random capitalisation.
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Australia to introduce law to crack down on hate speech
18 Dec 2025Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says "people who come here to hate, we just don't need them".
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Hollywood director Rob Reiner's cause of death revealed
18 Dec 2025The medical examiner determined the manner of death to be "homicide", records show, indicating their deaths were caused by another person.
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Pregnant mum who shielded stranger's child in Bondi says she is 'not a hero'
18 Dec 2025"If you see a baby and the baby is crying and they do not have anyone ... you help a baby," Jessica Rozen says.
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Trump to vow 'stronger' US in TV address as economic worries mount
18 Dec 2025Trump's speech at the end of his first year back in the White House. Video
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AI deepfakes of alleged Bondi gunman spread online
18 Dec 2025Fake images are attempting to twist the narrative on social media. Audio
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Brown University gunman 'could be anywhere' on fifth day of manhunt
18 Dec 2025There's no indication authorities have grown closer to identifying the suspect after he opened fire inside a classroom and escaped into the surrounding streets.
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'Not beaten by this': Bondi returns to new normal after shooting tragedy
18 Dec 2025The community is determined to not let the terrorist attack define them or their summer. Audio
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UN, aid groups warn Gaza operations at risk from Israel impediments
18 Dec 2025Dozens of international aid groups face de-registration by 31 December, which then means they have to close operations within 60 days.
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Who loves Trump? Apparently fewer people than ever
18 Dec 2025Analysis - A year ago, President Donald Trump spoke as though the American people had just delivered him a landslide for the ages.
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