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Australian lawmakers pass stricter gun, hate crime laws
AFP, Published on 20/01/2026
» SYDNEY - Australian lawmakers passed tougher hate crime and gun laws Tuesday, weeks after gunmen targeting a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach killed 15 people.
Police search Australian bush for gunman after two officers killed
AFP, Published on 27/08/2025
» POREPUNKAH — Police searched the Australian bush on Wednesday for a heavily armed 56-year-old gunman still on the run a day after allegedly killing two officers and wounding a third.
Scientists track egret's 38-hour flight from Australia to PNG
AFP, Published on 16/06/2025
» SYDNEY - A species of heron has been tracked flying for almost two days non-stop between Australia and Papua New Guinea during its northern migration, scientists say.
Dead salmon create election stink in Australia's Tasmania
AFP, Published on 29/04/2025
» HOBART, Australia - On a tree-lined beach in Australia's rugged island state of Tasmania, locals discovered popcorn-sized bits of dead salmon washed up along the sand.
Australia to hold Indigenous rights referendum on Oct 14
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» SYDNEY - Australia will hold a historic Indigenous rights referendum on October 14, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Wednesday, setting up a defining moment in the nation's relationship with its Aboriginal minority.
Malaysia's Anwar thwarts opposition challenge in state polls
AFP, Published on 13/08/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's ruling coalition thwarted a challenge by an opposition alliance in state elections, official results showed Sunday, with analysts saying the win would buy him time to consolidate power in the largely Islamic Southeast Asian nation.
Malaysians vote in six state elections seen as referendum on Anwar
AFP, Published on 12/08/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians in six states went to the polls Saturday to vote for state assembly members in elections widely seen as a barometer of support for Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's unity government.
'Invasion Day' rallies mark divisive national holiday in Australia
AFP, Published on 26/01/2023
» SYDNEY - Thousands protested Australia's increasingly divisive national day Thursday as the public debates whether the country's Indigenous population should be recognised in the constitution.
Andoo Comanche wins Sydney-Hobart but misses race record
AFP, Published on 28/12/2022
» SYDNEY - Australian supermaxi Andoo Comanche secured a fourth line honours victory in the gruelling Sydney-Hobart ocean race Wednesday, but fell short of setting a new course record.
David Bowie's handwritten 'Starman' lyrics sell for £203,000
AFP, Published on 28/09/2022
» LONDON: David Bowie's original handwritten lyrics for the pop classic "Starman", part of an album that catapulted him to international stardom, on Tuesday sold at auction in Britain £203,500.