Backbencher Andrew McLachlan describes the 23 children as ‘innocents’ victimised by their parents’ ‘tragic attraction to a horrible ideology’ ...

Federal government struggling to assist some of the 115,000 Australians in the region, including as many as 24,000 in the United Arab Emirates ...

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SYDNEY — A father and son are accused of killing at least 15 people and injuring at least 40 in the shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, Australian officials said, designating the attack ...