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A pro-Palestine protest outside Sydney Town Hall on Monday.

‘Globalise the intifada’ chanted at pro-Palestine protest

‘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.

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Beloved teacher and athlete Sarah Halpenny, who passed away in Melbourne on December 14.

‘Beloved’ Irish teacher dies unexpectedly in Australia

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

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People walk on a street in Toli Chowki, an area of the southern Indian city of Hyderabad with many Muslim residents, Dec. 19, 2025. A neighborhood in India fears being blamed for a distant atrocity; the attacker killed at last week’s Hanukkah celebration in Australia came from a Muslim area whose residents have long gone abroad to seek better lives. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)

Inside the neighbourhood where Bondi terrorist grew up

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

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One supermarket chain has consistently had the best bargains for Christmas shoppers. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Your massive guide to Christmas opening hours for 2025

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.

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Anthony Albanese and Chris Minns

Bondi tragedy reveals a great leader and exposes a poor one

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.

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Photographic evidence released by the courts.

How accused Bondi terrorists carefully planned vile attack

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.

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The top 7 Australian news stories everyone clicked on in 2025

The 7 Australian news stories everyone clicked on in 2025

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

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Alleged Bondi gunman Naveed Akram has been released from hospital and sent to a correctional facility in NSW.

Bondi terror suspect sent from hospital to jail

The man accused of orchestrating the Bondi terror attack, which claimed the lives of 15 innocent victims, has been released from hospital.

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Naveed Akram holding a firearm months prior to the Bondi attack.

Bondi Beach terror attack: Police reveal fact sheet

A newly released police fact sheet outlines in chilling detail how the Bondi Beach massacre happened.

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New evidence released after the Bondi Beach terror attack.

REVEALED: New evidence shows extraordinary Bondi terror pics

New details about Naveed and Sajid Akram have been revealed as a fact sheet showing bombs, CCTV footage and evidence obtained from the accused’s phone are released.

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Australians are set to spend an insane amount this Christmas. NewsWire/ Scott Powick

Christmas spending sparks grim rate warning

Australian household spending is tipped to soar over the festive period. But experts are sounding the alarm on what this could mean for interest rates ahead of the Reserve Bank meeting in February.

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Verena Akram has reportedly signed Sajid Akrem's body over to the NSW Government for a destitute burial.

Dead Bondi terrorist’s body bombshell after wife’s move

The estranged wife of dead Bondi Beach terrorist Sajid Akram has made a bombshell move over his body, also revealing new details about their relationship and living arrangements over the last six months.

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The Federal Government has announced a national gas reservation scheme.  (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Labor unveils gas reservation scheme amid energy cost crisis

Australia will keep more of its gas for the domestic market under a new reservation scheme launched by the Federal Government.

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Christmas carols in one state turned to chaos when a man allegedly pulled out a 30cm knife during the family event.

Man with 30cm knife arrested at Christmas carols event

Christmas carols in one state turned to chaos when a man allegedly pulled out a 30cm knife during the family event.

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Dan Elkayam, a young French Jewish man who died in the shooting. Twitter

‘Young martyr’: Bondi attack victim remembered at emotional funeral

An emotional mourner has called for a royal commission into the horrific Bondi massacre as hundreds remember a young man slain in the attack as a ‘holy martyr’.

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