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Australia launches gun buyback after shooting

Australia will use a sweeping buyback scheme to "get guns off our streets", Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday as hundreds plunged into the ocean to honour Bondi Beach shooting victims.Sajid Akram and his son...

Flameless candles are lit to honour the victims of a mass shooting during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney. — Reuters

Attacker shot dead after NZ supermarket knife rampage

A police officer walking with a gun outside a shopping mall following a knife attack in Auckland. -- Reuters

Australia logs record Covid cases, driven by New South Wales

Residents exercising along the Sydney Harbour during the lockdown. -- AFP

Austria's Strache guilty of bribery, given suspended prison term

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Lockdown until majority vaccinated: Australia PM

People walking along the quiet George Street in Sydney as the city extended its two-month-old lockdown and introduced a partial curfew to contain a fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak. -- AFP

New Zealand may rethink virus strategy after Delta spreads

People stand in line outside a grocery store in Wellington. -- Reuters

New Zealand's Ardern vows to stamp out Delta as outbreak widens

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Sydney steps up vaccine rollout as Australia's Covid cases at daily high

People wait in a queue for their Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination in Sydney. - AFP

'Suicidal reproducer' mammal survives Australia fires

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Sydney lockdown fines hiked

Near-empty ferries pass in front of the Opera House in Sydney on Saturday. -- AFP

Growing Sydney outbreak prompts new borders inside Australia

Visitors spend their afternoon at Mrs Macquarie's Point amid an extended lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Sydney. - AFP

Sydney to tighten Covid curbs, Australian capital to enter lockdown

A health worker takes a swab sample at a coronavirus drive through testing site in the Smithfield suburb of Sydney. - AFP

Australia suffers worst Covid day this year with millions in lockdown

A resident checks her details on a Covid-19 swab test container at a drive-through testing site in western Sydney as Australia's state of New South Wales reported another record day of infections. - AFP

Sydney suffers worst day of pandemic, Victoria state to enter 6th lockdown

Police walk outside a residential building in the southwestern Sydney suburb of Campbelltown after residents were placed in isolation due to reports of Covid infections within the building. - AFP

Man in his 20s becomes one of Australia's youngest Covid deaths

A health worker takes a swab sample from a resident at a Covid-19 drive-through testing site in western Sydney on Wednesday. - AFP

Australia's east coast battles rising Covid cases

Police officers patrol the streets of central business district of Sydney as authorities warned against the anti-lockdown protest. - AFP
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