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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

Sydney faces Covid-19 lockdown extension amid record 2021 cases

Police officers patrolling in front of the Opera House, usually packed with visitors, as a lockdown in Sydney was tightened due to new Covid infections hit a record and authorities warned an outbreak of the Delta variant was spinning out of control. - AFP

Vaccines rushed to Sydney as outbreak spirals

A health worker dressed in protective gear conducts COVID-19 testing at the St. Vincents Hospital drive-through testing clinic at Bondi in Sydney. -- AFP

Australia tightens border further to curb virus outbreaks

A ferry makes its way into Sydney Harbour as heavy fog floats over the Harbour Bridge. - AFP

Australia's outback hub goes into lockdown

A woman walks in front of the Opera House in Sydney on Wednesday. - AFP

Australia tightens lockdown amid Delta virus outbreak

A woman runs with her dog through Elizabeth Quay in Perth on Tuesday as several positive Covid-19 cases have led to a four-day lockdown of the Perth metropolitan area. — AFP

Australia steps up vaccine push to stem Covid-19 outbreak

A delivery courier wears a face mask on the usually busy Oxford Street in the city centre during a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus outbreak in Sydney. — Reuters

Millions of Sydney residents in coronavirus lockdown

Tables and chairs sit empty along the water in Circular Quay in central Sydney on the first full day of a two-week coronavirus lockdown to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. - AFP

Two skydivers die after falling from a plane

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Sydney in two-week hard Covid-19 lockdown

A worker cleans public seating outside the Opera House in Sydney after authorities locked down several central areas of Australia's largest city to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. - AFP

Australia battles Delta Covid surge

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Australian scientist speaks to frogs, fears their silence

Professor Michael Mahony holds a Green and Golden Bell Frog inside a laboratory at the University of Newcastle. — Reuters file photo

Residents locked down as virus cluster grows in Sydney

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Unliveable Sydney homes going for millions in realty boom

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Australia angry over UNESCO warning on Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef has held World Heritage status since 1981

Ballooning spiders leave Australian region covered in webs

Spiders' gossamer near wetlands in Gippsland, Australia. — Reuters
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