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News Articles: Australia

In this photo provided by Sam Volker Photography, Neil the Seal, a 1,000 kg (2,200 pound) elephant seal, plays with a traffic cone in Tasmania, Australia, on June 27, 2026.

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Australian officials ask fans to respect the privacy of Neil, a trouble-making seal

The 5-year-old seal has a social media following twice the size of Tasmania's population, and his antics include bending traffic bollards and blocking roads.

July 03, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
FILE - Three boys use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025.

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Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media

Observers said on Friday the government is responding to evidence that the ban on young children holding accounts on platforms including Facebook, Instagram and YouTube had failed since it came into force in December year.

June 26, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Players of the United States celebrate during their opening World Cup match, a 4-1 victory over Paraguay. The U.S. has an important match Friday against Australia.

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Christian Pulisic will not play for the U.S. in key World Cup game against Australia

The left winger Pulisic was key to the Americans' fluid and effective attack in last week's win over Paraguay. But he was kicked in the calf, left at halftime, and hadn't trained with the team since.

June 19, 2026
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By:
  • Becky Sullivan and
  • Russell Lewis
FILE - Unidentified women walk between tents in a section of the camp housing Australian family members of suspected Islamic State militants in the Roj Camp in eastern Syria, Feb. 18, 2026.

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Australian woman charged over travel to Syria to join Islamic State

The arrest came eight months after she returned to Australia with her children from Lebanon.

May 28, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
FILE - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II greets Corp. Ben Roberts-Smith from Australia, who was recently awarded the Victoria Cross, during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London, Nov. 15, 2011.

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Australia charges ex‑soldier with 5 war‑crime murders in Afghanistan

Roberts-Smith is only the second Australian veteran of the Afghanistan campaign to be charged with a war crime.

April 07, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Family members of suspected Islamic State militants who are Australian nationals board a van heading to the airport in Damascus during the first repatriation operation of the year, at Roj Camp in eastern Syria, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. Thirty-four Australian citizens from 11 families departed the camp.

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Australia bans a citizen with alleged IS links from returning from Syria

The Australian is among a group of 34 women and children who had planned to fly from Damascus to Australia on Monday but were turned back by Syrian authorities to the Roj detention camp due to procedural problems.

February 18, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Family members of suspected Islamic State militants who are Australian nationals sit in a van heading to the airport in Damascus during the first repatriation operation of the year, at Roj Camp in eastern Syria, Monday, Feb. 16, 2026. Thirty-four Australian citizens from 11 families departed the camp.

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Australia won't repatriate 34 women and children from Syria

The Australian government will not repatriate from Syria a group of 34 women and children with alleged ties to the Islamic State group, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday.

February 17, 2026
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  • The Associated Press
Family carry the coffin following a service for Bondi Beach mass shooting victim 10-year-old Matilda, whose last name is being withheld at the request of her family, in Sydney, Thursday, Dec. 18, 2025.

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Mourners grieve 10-year-old slain in Bondi mass shooting as Australia's leader pledges new hate laws

Hundreds of mourners bearing bright bouquets and clutching each other in grief gathered at a funeral in Sydney on Thursday for a 10-year-old girl who was gunned down in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach.

December 18, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Australian Jews and others hold a vigil in Tel Aviv for the victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, on Sunday, Dec 14.

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Bondi Beach attack casts a shadow on Hanukkah celebrations in Israel

People of all ages had been looking forward to celebrating — especially this year, as a ceasefire in Gaza has held since October and all but one of the hostages taken by Hamas-led militants have been returned.

December 16, 2025
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  • Jerome Socolovsky
A mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Australia follows a wave of antisemitic incidents in the country over the last two years.

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Deadly attack on Bondi Beach follows rise in antisemitic incidents in Australia

Australia, like other countries, has seen a rise in antisemitic attacks since the start of the war in Gaza.

December 14, 2025
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  • Scott Horsley
Police set up a cordon line at the scene of a mass shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday in Sydney, Australia.

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At least 15 killed in mass shooting at Hanukkah event on Sydney's Bondi Beach

Hundreds had gathered for an event at Bondi Beach called Chanukah by the Sea, which was celebrating the start of the Hanukkah Jewish festival.

December 14, 2025
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  • Chandelis Duster,
  • Adam Hancock,
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Hugo Winwood-Smith, right, Hardy Macpherson and Edan Abou, left, all 11-years-old, use their phones while sitting outside a school in Sydney on Monday, Dec. 8, 2025.

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Social media ban for children under 16 starts in Australia

The ban, a world-first, has been applauded by families looking to take back power from tech giants. But questions remain about its enforceability.

December 10, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
In this undated photo provided by Saffrine Duggan her husband Daniel Duggan poses for a photo at an unknown location in Australia.

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Ex-Marine fights extradition from Australia to U.S. over training Chinese pilots

Daniel Duggan, an ex-Marine, is accused of conspiring with others to train Chinese military pilots between 2010 and 2012.

October 17, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A koala and joey climb a tree in bushland located near central Brisbane on Dec. 14, 2024.

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  • Animals

Australia approves vaccine to protect koalas from chlamydia

Chlamydia in koalas can cause blindness, infertility and even death.

September 14, 2025
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  • Chandelis Duster
Convicted triple murderer Erin Patterson leaves the Supreme Court of Victoria following her sentencing in Melbourne, Australia, on Monday, Sept. 8, 2025.

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Australian woman is sentenced to life for poisoning relatives with mushrooms

An Australian judge sentenced triple-murderer Erin Patterson to life in prison with a non-parole period of 33 years for poisoning four of her estranged husband's relatives with death cap mushrooms.

September 08, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
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