Australia

No tsunami threat to Australia after Darwin is shaken by a 6.4 magnitude earthquake

The Meteorological Office has reported no tsunami threat to Australia after a capital was shaken by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake. Darwin residents have been shaking after the city was shaken by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake shortly after noon on Friday. The quake struck at 11.36 on the coast of Timor-Leste (12.06 Darwin time) and was …

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“Sprinkling it like confetti”: Sydney schoolgirl brings tens of thousands of dollars to school

A 7th grader at Epping Boys High brought tens of thousands of dollars in cash to the school and bought luxurious gifts for his friends, sent them shopping and bought game vouchers and computers. School principal Jessica Schadel wrote to parents on Tuesday to warn them of a problem in the 7th cohort that could …

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How the Prime Minister’s “Italianness” exposed the nation’s greatest gift

As the “Italianness” of the Prime Minister exhibited the nation’s largest gift Sydney Morning Herald How it happened: The Biloela family will return to Queensland; Darren Chester will challenge Barnaby Joyce for the Nationals lead; Peter Dutton became the liberal leader of The Age How David Pocock and the rights of the territory undid Senator …

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The odds against Dutton are redone, as the Coalition faces three difficult years

Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size For the first few months after becoming the Labor leader after the party’s shock defeat in the 2019 election, Anthony Albanese maintained his usual Friday morning appearances on Nine’s Today. Every week, as described by one of Albanese’s advisers, then-Home Secretary Peter Dutton would show …

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Racial controversy over plant genetics conference puts Australian scientists on notice

What does the postponement of a plant genetics conference in the Australian tropics have to do with the death of a black American at the hands of the American police? They couldn’t seem further away, but there’s a thread that binds them together, a thread that turned into a burning wick. In late January, an …

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Veronica Nelson was a kind woman. An investigation has revealed that he died of a “horribly unworthy” death in prison

Veronica Nelson was a proud Aboriginal woman with a deep love for her culture and family. Veronica Nelson’s family has given permission to use her image. “You would come before her, you know, she wouldn’t have much to help the little ones or the elderly, a very kind young woman,” is how Uncle Colin Walker, …

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Police are looking for six men after a man was violently beaten in Sydney’s CBD

A 25-year-old man is in life support with severe brain injuries after being hit in Sydney’s CBD earlier this week. A police search of six men linked to a violent coup at the Sydney CBD is underway earlier this week. Officers were called at the corner of George and Liverpool Streets around 2.10am on Monday, …

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