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Police video shows the accused double murderer handing himself in at Bondi police station on February 23, 2024.

The ex-police officer’s double murder trial has heard he called a helpline to report bullying and trauma on the drive to Bondi police station.

Storms rolled through south-east Queensland on Tuesday, with a lightning strike closing an airport runway for more than eight hours.

Mitchell Starc turned the Test match around for Australia.

Lynda Ben-Menashe, president of the National Council of Jewish Women Australia, travelled to Israel to cast her vote.

Senator Dave Sharma, Australia's former ambassador to Israel, weighs in on the possible consequences of today's election.

Eswatini probably does not register on most people’s mental maps. Its relatively recent name might sound unfamiliar as many people still know it as Swaziland. That it demands attention from pundits like yours truly has much to do with it being the only African country that still formally recognises Taiwan. It is also the continent’s only absolute monarchy. The two facts are closely connected. Recognising Taipei makes little sense when every one of eSwatini’s neighbours recognises Beijing, but it...

A mix of astronomical and tidal events are converging with unusually warm waters off Southern California's coast to push the tides higher than ever before, sending surges of water into beach cities like Newport Beach and Redondo Beach.

Alibaba has won a preliminary court order blocking a US restriction that drove away its Washington lobbyists, after a federal judge found the Chinese technology giant was likely to succeed in challenging the measure on free-speech grounds. US District Judge Eumi K. Lee ruled on Monday that the government had failed to provide sufficient evidence to justify the restriction, which effectively forces lobbying firms to choose between representing Alibaba and clients seeking Pentagon...

The 2027 US defence bill, covering more than US$1 trillion in proposed defence spending, will be one of the most closely watched pieces of legislation when Congress returns after the midterm elections, with efforts to counter China running through nearly every corner of the text. The US House of Representatives passed its version of the bill, known as the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA), in July. The bill faces a tougher path in the US Senate, where a July procedural vote to begin...

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Police are investigating whether a burnt-out car found nearby in Thomastown shortly afterwards is linked to the shooting.