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FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese reacts during a meeting with Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, October 18, 2022. Lukas Coch/Pool via REUTERS

Australia's hate speech, gun law reforms face free speech concerns

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has recalled Parliament from its summer break to sit next Monday and Tuesday with the hope that a combined bill that authorises a gun buyback and lowers the bar for...

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Australia shifts Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Bhutan to highest-risk category for student visa 

Flameless candles are lit for the victims of a mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, December 20, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Australian arts festival decision to bar Palestinian author after Bondi attack spurs boycott

A teenager poses holding a mobile phone displaying a message from TikTok as law banning social media for users under 16 in Australia takes effect, in Sydney, Australia, December 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hollie Adams

550,000 Meta accounts blocked under Australia's social media ban

A teenager poses holding a mobile phone displaying a message from TikTok as law banning social media for users under 16 in Australia takes effect, in Sydney, Australia, December 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Hollie Adams

Australia's teen social media ban: Early signs of change, workarounds and uncertainty

The Longwood fire grew to 28,000 hectares on Thursday. Photo: Collected/VicEmergency

Australian bushfires raze homes, cut power to tens of thousands

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New Zealand kicks off 2026 with fireworks, global celebrations subdued

A CCTV footage shows Naveed Akram and his father, Sajid Akram, both suspects in the shooting attack during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, carrying items wrapped in blankets, while exiting 103 Brighton Avenue, Campsie, New South Wales, Australia, in this still image taken from a court document released on December 22, 2025. NSW Police/Handout via REUTERS

Homemade bombs thrown before Bondi mass shooting, but failed to detonate, police tell court

Influencer Zachery Dereniowski gives a check of 2,533,585 dollars to Ahmed al Ahmed, the bystander who is hailed as the "Bondi hero" after he charged at one of the gunmen and seized his rifle during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia in this screengrab taken from social media video released 19 December, 2025

Australia's 'Bondi Hero' handed $1.65 mln collected from fundraising

Mourners carry the casket of 10-year-old Matilda, the youngest victim of a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach targeting an event for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Sunday, at Chevra Kadisha Memorial Hall, in Sydney, Australia, on 18 December 2025. Photo: Hollie Adams/Reuters

Australia promises new hate laws as youngest Bondi Beach shooting victim is laid to rest

Two people embrace as police officers stand guard outside Bondi Pavilion following the attack on a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 15, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Flavio Brancaleone

Australia's gun laws riddled with loopholes and workarounds: Experts

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How Australia's tightening laws compare globally

Footage shows a man falling to the road after attempting to disarm one of the gunman of the deadly shooting incident at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video. JENNY/via REUTERS

Man and couple who died trying to stop Bondi Beach attackers praised for heroic efforts