Australia

A council in Sydney’s south-west has moved to shut down an illegal prayer hall run by a censured preacher as the city reels from a terror attack in Bondi.

A love story that should have ended in happily ever after has ended in tragedy in Bondi as the heartbroken girlfriend of one victim shares their love story.

A ‘missing piece’ in Australia’s counter-terrorism approach may have allowed the Bondi attacker to slip through the cracks.

Naveed Akram, the 24-year-old alleged Bondi Beach terrorist, is being held at one of the most notorious prisons in Australia. This is what it is like inside the complex.

A man has been charged with murder after a body was found inside a cabin at a popular holiday destination in Adelaide’s south.

Australian drivers face double demerit points and eye-watering fines as states crack down on dangerous driving during the festive season.

Life is slowly returning to normal for locals following the dismantling of tributes for the 15 innocent people slain in the Bondi Beach terror attack.

A reptile catcher who was called out to help paramedics with a possible snake bite was left stunned when faced with a Eastern Brown Snake that ended up in a place he ‘still can’t quite believe’. 

‘Globalise the intifada’ has been chanted at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney after NSW Premier Chris Minns pushed for the slogan to be banned as part of changes to hate speech laws.

The ‘wonderful’ teacher was living and teaching in Australia before her shock death.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Toli Chowki, a neighbourhood in India, fears being blamed for an atrocity that happened thousands of kilometres away.

From Coles and Woolworths to Westfield and Bunnings, here’s when major Aussie stores will open and close over Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year’s.

AARON PATRICK: NSW Premier Chris Minns won over his state with empathy and honesty. The Prime Minister’s bureaucrat speak turned Australian Jews against him.

The accused Bondi Beach terrorists allegedly planned their deadly attack for months, recording their ‘justification’ for the atrocity in front of an IS flag and carrying out a late-night recon mission.

From shocking crimes that are still unravelling to national scandals, these are the stories Australians couldn’t scroll past this year.