Flydubai co-pilot: Australian links probed after 'axe attack' on captain
Australian authorities are investigating a flydubai co-pilot's "links to Australia" after he attacked the captain on a Tel Aviv-bound flight.
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news.sky.com
04.10.2026
Australian minister says Canberra ‘on the same page’ as Ottowa on closer EU ties
Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell says Australia "will take great interest" in Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's bid for a "unique alliance."
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japantimes.co.jp
15.09.2026
First H5 bird flu death of endangered Australian sea lion recorded amid fears for small population
South Australian authorities say case discovered on Kangaroo Island is first for species of which less than 12,000 animals remain the
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theguardian.com
13.09.2026
Big tech companies will have to pay to publish Australian news content under new laws
Australia has passed a law requiring major tech platforms such as Google and Meta to strike deals with Australian news publishers or pay a levy on their advertising revenue.
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npr.org
21.08.2026
Penny Wong condemns ‘insulting’ decision to clear IDF over Gaza strikes that killed Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom
Foreign minister says Australia is ‘outraged’ after Israeli government decided not to pursue criminal proceedings over 2024 triple drone strike on humanitarian convoy
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theguardian.com
19.08.2026
Australia confirms first diphtheria death amid worst outbreak in decades
Most cases are in the Northern Territory with some also in Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland.
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bbc.com
26.05.2026
Police investigating Flydubai co-pilot’s Australia ties
Australian police and intelligence join the list of those probing the incident.
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aljazeera.com
04.10.2026
US, Australia suspend consular services in Brazil ahead of election
U.S. consular services and the Australian embassy have closed in Brazil due to security concerns
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abcnews.com
03.10.2026
Australia news live: eSafety warns online gaming can cause ‘serious harms’ to children; Atlassian to power solar farm
import Australia works in tandem with AITim Ayres, the minister for industry and innovation, was asked thi
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theguardian.com
02.10.2026
Underlying causes of recurrent bacterial vaginosis identified by Australian scientists
Melbourne researchers behind previous BV transmission breakthrough turn attention to understanding why some cases are harder to cure Australian scientists have identified two contributors to recurrent
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theguardian.com
01.10.2026
Australia raises interest rates to 15-year high
Reserve Bank of Australia lifts benchmark rate to 4.6 percent amid stubborn inflation.
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aljazeera.com
29.09.2026
Melbourne human rights activist disappears in Cambodia as wife urges Albanese government help
Tran Hiep, a 50-year-old Australian Vietnamese anti-human trafficking campaigner, not heard from since 18 SeptemberThe wife of an Australian activist missing in Cambodia has implored the federal gover
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theguardian.com
29.09.2026
Stuck between superpowers: How Australia navigates the China-US rivalry
Australia is increasingly concerned about China's military might - but Beijing is also its biggest trade partner.
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bbc.co.uk
28.09.2026
Australian court rejects bid to prosecute Britain's King Charles for genocide
Three Australian appellate judges have rejected an activist’s landmark bid to prosecute Britain’s King Charles III over the alleged genocide of Indigenous people
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abcnews.com
28.09.2026
Has China received US F-35 parts by diverting an Australian shipment?
Australia and US investigate F-35 parts mistakenly sent to Hong Kong amid concerns over sensitive military technology.
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aljazeera.com
24.09.2026
OpenAI agents hack Australian government health data
Rogue OpenAI agents accessed an Australian government health data website, obtaining non-public information.
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aljazeera.com
24.09.2026
OpenAI's breach of Australian health department website prompts rebuke
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was extremely concerned about OpenAI 's breach of an Australian health department website that the artificial intelligence company took too long to reveal.
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npr.org
24.09.2026
OpenAI agent hacked Australian government website, Albanese says
OpenAI took three months to alert the Australian government about the breach.
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japantimes.co.jp
24.09.2026
OpenAI AI agent breached Australian government website, PM says
An AI agent developed by OpenAI gained unauthorised access to an Australian government website in June, accessing public and non-public files in what Prime Minister Anthony Albanese described as the f
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france24.com
24.09.2026
Angus Taylor pledges to repeal swathe of climate policies, saying ‘Australia has done its bit’
Several measures were previously introduced or supported by Coalition, prompting claim Liberals and Nationals would ‘let climate change rip’
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theguardian.com
23.09.2026