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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

Deadly rains, floods hit eastern Australia

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One dead, 10 feared missing in Australia floods

The overflowing Parramatta river at the ferry wharf in Sydney after heavy rain lashed eastern Australia, causing flash flooding and a string of emergency warnings up and down the Pacific coast. - AFP

Australia re-opens to tourists after Covid closure

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Australia' to welcome foreign tourists from Monday

The Sydney Opera House during a lockdown on July 22, 2021. (AnnaMaria Antoinette D'Addario/The New York Times)

Australia warns koalas 'endangered' as numbers plunge

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Blinken in Australia for Quad meet

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is greeted by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade First Assistant Secretary Craig Chittick (L) after disembarking from his plane in Melbourne. - AFP

'Fortress Australia' reopens borders to tourists on Feb 21

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Australia to reopen borders to tourists on Feb 21

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New Zealand announces plans to fully reopen

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New Zealand imposes its toughest restrictions

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

How a volcano severed Tonga from the world

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Crisis Response Team Liaison Officer, Timothy Church, checks the pallets of humanitarian aid supplies embarked onboard HMAS Adelaide as the ship sails to support the nation of Tonga, January 20, 2022.

Huge Tonga volcanic eruption caused 'significant damage'

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Tongans flee tsunami after volcano erupts

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Djokovic tested positive in December: Lawyers

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Australia to deport Djokovic as Omicron halts Grammy Awards

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