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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

Pacific ‘very positive’ on Australian re-engagement, says prime minister

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Vanuatu declares climate emergency

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PM-elect to repair Australia's image overseas

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Albanese claims Australia election victory

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a Liberal election event after the Australian general election in Sydney. AFP

Covid-19: How Australia saved thousands of lives

The Southbank promenade in Melbourne, Australia, March 27, 2022. (Asanka Brendon Ratnayake/The New York Times)

Australia's election foes get personal

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader, Anthony Albanese, attend the third leaders' debate of the 2022 federal election campaign in Sydney. - AFP

Refugee who paints with a toothbrush nominated for Australian art prize

Mostafa Azimitabar speaks about his work, titled 'Self-Portrait'. - AFP

Crowds join Anzac Day services for Australia, NZ forces

People participate in the annual parade to mark ANZAC Day in Sydney. - AFP

Aussie pilots get threats after online disinformation

Conspiracy theorists spread false claims after weeks of torrential rains led to deadly east coast floods over the past two months. -- AFP

Amid new deluge, Sydney tops annual average rainfall in 3 months

A man walks in front of the Harbour Bridge during rainfall in Sydney on Thursday, as inclement weather triggered evacuation orders in several suburbs of Sydney's south and southwest. - AFP

NZ borders open for travellers from visa-waiver nations

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Protesters rally as Australian PM tours flood disaster

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Australia orders 200,000 to flee floods, city of Sydney spared

Residents remove their belongings from their flooded home in western Sydney as the area faces its worst flooding after record rainfall caused its largest dam to overflow. -- AFP

Australian floods spread to Sydney

Flying instructor Peter Clement and his wife Kerrie stand in waist-high water as they examine their aircraft inside a hanger after a flood inundated Grafton Air Strip in Grafton. - AFP

Thousands evacuated from Australia floods

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