New South Wales Rural Fire Service firefighter Elisabeth Goh monitors a hazard reduction burn in Sydney, Australia, September 10, 2023. REUTERS/Cordelia Hsu
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Australia braces for severe bushfires as Sydney swelters under record September heat
Crowds march during a "Walk for Yes" rally in Melbourne on September 17, 2023. Thousands joined "Walk for Yes" events in major cities, ahead of the referendum that could grant Indigenous Australians a constitutionally enshrined right to be consulted on policies that affect them -- a "Voice to Parliament". (Photo by William WEST / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)
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Three generations of First Nations men share their views on Australia’s referendum
Higor Fiuza and his carpet python Shiva were frequently seen at beaches on the Gold Coast, a tourist hotspot on the country's east coast.
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Surfing snake lands pet owner in trouble with Australian wildlife officials
Chris Dawson and team arrive at NSW Supreme Court on August 30, 2022 in Sydney, Australia. Dawson, a former Newtown Jets rugby league player, is accused of murdering his wife Lynette and disposing of her body in January 1982.
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Teacher who killed wife sentenced for abusing 16-year-old student
Homicide investigators have opened an inquiry into the death of a 47-year-old woman shot by police with a taser in a suburb close to the Australian city of Newcastle.
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Second Australian woman this year dies after being shot by police taser
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Huge bushfire sweeps through central Australia near popular tourist town
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‘MeToo’ for mothers: Australian inquiry hears troubling accounts of birth trauma
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These small cookiecutter sharks sank an inflatable catamaran and sparked a dramatic rescue
Emeralds says he's stopped thinking about freedom since the minister circumvented a court order in 2021 that would have seen him released to a private home.
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Mute asylum seeker detained for 10 years takes his case to Australia’s High Court – but even victory won’t free him
Three people on board a catamaran were rescued on its way to Australia on Wednesday after "several shark attacks" left their vessel partially sunken and stranded in the middle of the night at sea.
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Three men rescued from waters off Australia after sharks attack inflatable catamaran
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Former childcare worker charged with over 1,600 counts of abuse in Australia
ROCKHAMPTON, AUSTRALIA - JULY 12: An Australian MRH-90 helicopter is seen landing at the Williamson airfied in the Shoalwater Bay Training Area as part of Battle Group Pegasus on July 12, 2017 in Rockhampton, Australia. Exercise Talisman Sabre, a biennial combined Australian and United States (US) training activity, is the largest combined military exercise hosted by the Australian Defence Force. The battle group consists of around twenty-four rotary wing aircraft from the Australian Army's 16th Aviation Brigade, the US Army's 25th Combat Aviation Brigade and the Royal New Zealand Air Force. Aircraft include US Army Blackhawks and Apaches attack helicopters, Australian MRH-90, chinooks and tiger helicopters along with New Zealand NH-90 helicopters. (Photo by Ian Hitchcock/Getty Images)
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Four Australian army aircrew dead after helicopter crash during joint wargames with US
Pod of pilot whales off Cheynes Beach in Western Australia.
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Officials make ‘hard decision’ to euthanize whales after mass stranding in Western Australia
Former Marine pilot Daniel Duggan is fighting extradition to the United States from Australia
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Ex-US Marine accused of training Chinese military pilots fights extradition to the US
Police search for missing Belgian hiker in Tasmania Australia
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‘No sign’ of Belgian hiker missing in Tasmania as police call conditions ‘not survivable’
A whale swims alongside a kayaker in the water at Sydney's Bondi Beach.
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