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Australian writers’ festival boss resigns after Palestinian author barred

Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah had her invitation to Australia's leading Adelaide Festival rescinded by organisers.

Australia’s ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd to step down early

Mr Rudd, a former Australian prime minister, is returning to head the Asia Society think tank and will finish his posting in March.

Australia recalls Parliament early to pass hate speech, gun laws

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese laying flowers at the scene of the country's deadliest mass shooting in nearly three decades, in Bondi Beach on Jan 8.

Australian firefighters warn of ‘high-risk’ bushfire season

Smoke rises from a burning forest on a hillside behind a home near Longwood as bushfires continue to burn under severe fire weather conditions in Victoria on Jan 9.

Arts festival in Adelaide faces exodus after dropping Palestinian Australian author

Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah had her invitation to Australia's leading Adelaide Festival rescinded by organisers.

Meta shuts 544,000 accounts for kids under Australia’s social media ban

Meta said it had removed 331,000 underage accounts from Instagram, 173,000 from Facebook, and 40,000 from Threads in the week to Dec 11.

Cyclone Koji downgraded to storm after crossing Australia’s north-east coast

Human remains found amid Australia bush fires, police say

The Longwood bushfire burns, in a location given as Longwood, Victoria, Australia on Jan 7.

‘Extreme and dangerous’ weather: Australian bushfires raze homes, cut power to tens of thousands

The Longwood bushfire has been burning for several days.

New Zealand’s rare flightless parrot begins breeding again

This mating season is the 13th in the past 30 years, with the bird breeding every two to four years.

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