Australian bishop Christopher Saunders has been charged with rape and a string of historical sex offences – some against children. The 74-year-old was arrested in Broome on Wednesday, after parallel investigations ordered by Western Australia […]
Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court, five years after he was arrested and accused of spying. The sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment after two […]
Google has reached a deal with Canada to avert a news blockade over a law that forces tech giants to pay for news content. Google had vowed to remove links to news in Canada in […]
Australia’s top court has ruled that the government’s power to hold a person indefinitely in immigration detention is unlawful. The landmark ruling overturns a 20-year-old precedent that has shaped Australia’s border policies. It could trigger […]
Five people – including two children – have been killed and six others injured after a car crashed into a pub’s outdoor dining area in Australia. Four people, including a boy, two men in their […]
An Australian woman has been arrested over the suspected mushroom poisoning deaths of three people. The trio had fallen ill after attending a family lunch in the Victorian town of Leongatha in July. A fourth […]
On Thursday October 26, as Australia woke to the news a body had been found inside the bathroom of an elite Sydney private school, horror rippled around the country. Police had turned up at St […]
Australia’s most-decorated living soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is appealing against a landmark defamation judgement which found he committed war crimes. A judge last month ruled articles alleging the Victoria Cross recipient had murdered four Afghans were […]
Australia has become the first country in the world to legalise the use of psychedelics to treat some mental health conditions. Approved psychiatrists can now prescribe MDMA to those suffering post-traumatic stress disorder and magic […]
A “major player” in Australia’s organised crime network was shot in a busy Sydney shopping area, police say. The 48-year-old, who was targeted in a car park at 08.30 local time on Tuesday, died at […]
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