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June 19, 2020

Australia blames China for months-long cyber attacks

Sources familiar with the reports say only one country could pull off such an attack.

June 15, 2020

Facebook accused of banning users who shared post showing Aboriginal people in chains

Multiple Facebook users had their accounts blocked or banned last weekend for sharing an article that featured an image of Australian Aboriginals in chains.

June 10, 2020

Australian teenager, 14, with non-verbal autism found on freezing mountain after two days

William Callaghan, 14, became separated from his family during a walk at Mount Disappointment, in Victoria, on Monday.

June 7, 2020

Jason Day: 5 things to know about the golfer

What should you know about Jason Day?

June 7, 2020

Australian surfer, 60, killed in shark attack involving 10-foot great white

A 60-year-old surfer in Australia was attacked and killed by a 10-foot great white shark on Sunday, according to officials. 

June 6, 2020

George Floyd, BLM protests take place on 3 continents

The demands for police reform and justice for George Floyd have become a global movement.

June 2, 2020

Australia joins protests against Floyd’s death, demand investigations on police brutality against Aboriginals

Hundreds of Australians marched in solidarity through downtown Sydney on Tuesday demonstrating against the death of George Floyd and demanding the country look at police brutality within its borders.

May 31, 2020

Bindi Irwin reveals why she kept her father's last name after getting married

Bindi Irwin has decided not to change her name after getting married.

May 28, 2020

Australian man acquitted after 2 allegedly enter wrong home with machetes for 'sexual fantasy,' scare stranger

Two men snuck into a bedroom with machetes after being hired to carry out a stranger's sexual fantasy of being tied up in his underwear and stroked with a broom, only to discover they had got the wrong address.

May 28, 2020

China's national security bill for Hong Kong threatens liberties, autonomy: US, Western powers

Shortly after China’s legislature endorsed a national security law for Hong Kong on Thursday, the United States, and the governments of Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom issued a joint statement arguing the legislation would “curtail the Hong Kong people’s liberties, and in doing so, dramatically erode Hong Kong’s autonomy and the system that made it so prosperous.”