Australia and Pacific
-
‘Hero’ who disarmed Bondi gunman recovers in hospital as donations pour in
Donations for a Sydney man who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at…
Read More » -
Australia to toughen gun laws as it mourns deadly Bondi attack
SYDNEY: Australia’s leaders agreed to toughen gun laws after attackers killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach,…
Read More » -
After Bondi shooting, Australia reopens question of gun licence limits
After Australia’s worst mass shooting in 1996, it took the government 12 days to ban semi-automatic weapons, organise a gun…
Read More » -
Gunmen kill 11 at Australia’s Bondi Beach Jewish holiday event
Gunmen opened fire at a Jewish holiday celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing at least 11 people in…
Read More » -
Mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach event kills 12
SYDNEY: At least 12 people were killed and almost 30 wounded when gunmen fired on a holiday event at Sydney’s…
Read More » -
Australia’s social media youth ban draws US applause, UN warning, and global debate
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Thursday took aim at young people parading themselves on social media a day after…
Read More » -
Australia says the world will follow social media ban as Meta starts blocking teens
Australia’s internet regulator said a teen social media ban would be the first domino to fall in a global push…
Read More » -
How Australia plans to ban under-16s from social media
Sydney, Australia, will soon ban under-16s from the likes of Facebook and TikTok, a world-first move of huge interest to…
Read More » -
Australia arrests dozens in coal port protest
SYDNEY: Australian police said that they had arrested dozens of people during climate protests that claim to have halted two…
Read More » -
Australian teenagers ask High Court to block social media ban
A constitutional challenge against Australia’s social media ban on children younger than 16 has been filed in the nation’s highest…
Read More »
