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  Australian Girl, 9, On Pak Vacation Killed After Cop 'Mistakenly' Shoots Her

  A cop, thinking that the robbers were fleeing in the family's vehicle, "mistakenly" fired his gun, resulting in the death of the 9-year-old and injuring her brother and father, police said.

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  11-Foot Shark Mauls Woman In Sydney, She Grabs Onto Paddleboat To Escape

  The 35-year-old suffered serious leg and arm injuries in the attack at 11:15 am off Coogee Beach, a police statement said.

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  Cockroach Kingpin In Australia Caught With 1,00,000 Illegal Insects In Record Bust

  The Madagascar hissing species is one of the world's biggest cockroaches, measuring 2 to 3 inches in length.

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  Chinese Spies Posing As HRs On LinkedIn To Recruit Assets, Warn US, Allies

  The warning marks one of the clearest public statements the "Five Eyes" intelligence partners have ever made about an active, ongoing foreign intelligence operation targeting everyday job seekers.

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  Quad To Launch Fuel Security Forum To Protect Energy Flow In Indo-Pacific

  The four nations announced the creation of a Quad Fuel Security Forum - a high-level coordination body designed to facilitate crisis response, policy alignment, and market analysis during periods of acute energy stress.

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  5 Kg Heroin Found In Punjabi Singer's Thar, Drug Racket Linked To Australia

  Harbir Singh Sohal was allegedly a "courier" in a drug supply network that was being operated from Australia, the police said.

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  Promised To Return For Dinner, Never Did: Indian Man Dies In New Zealand

  Concern grew when he stopped answering calls before police arrived at the family's home later that night to tell her that her husband had died in a crash.

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  Man Dies After Shark Attack On Australia's Great Barrier Reef

  A 39yearold man has died after being attacked by a shark at the Great Barrier Reef on Sunday, police said, the second fatal shark attack in Australia this month.  The

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  Photographer Charged With Stealing From Bondi Shooting Victim

  Australian police said Thursday they had charged a man with allegedly stealing from a victim during last year's deadly mass...

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  Qantas Flight Diverted After Man Bites Flight Attendant

  The man was met by local authorities on arrival and has been slapped with a no fly ban on all Qantas planes.

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  Diver Mauled To Death By 16-Foot Shark In Australian Tourist Hotspot

  The 38-year-old man had been spearfishing with a friend when he was attacked on a coral reef off Rottnest Island near Australia's southwest coast.

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  2 Women Linked To Islamic State Arrested For Slavery At Australian Airport

  They returned to Australia after allegedly sneaking into Syria to join the Islamic State's self-declared caliphate in the early 2010s.

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  Iran War, Oil Crisis Has 'Enormous Impact' In Asia-pacific: Japan PM

  Roughly one-fifth of the world's oil normally flows through the Strait of Hormuz, where shipping has been throttled by Iran since its war with the US.

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  Australia Proposes To Tax Meta, Google, TikTok To Fund Journalists

  The proposed News Bargaining Incentive would charge major platforms that choose not to strike commercial deals with news publishers a 2.25% tax on their Australian revenue.

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  India Is "Top-Tier Security Partner": Australian Envoy To NDTV

  The Australian National Defence Strategy places a great deal of importance on India, referring to the South Asian nation as "a top-tier security partner".

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  Qantas Pilot Dumps Fuel Over Ocean, Returns After Mid-Air Medical Emergency

  The captain decided to turn the aircraft around so the passenger could receive urgent medical treatment as quickly as possible.

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  2 Australian States Offer Free Public Transport As Fuel Prices Rise Amid Iran War

  Australia faces elevated fuel supply risks, with several hundred service stations reporting shortfalls, and disruptions in delivery reported in the agriculture and mining sectors.

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  Australia Broadcaster Sees 1st Strike Over Pay, Work Conditions In 20 Years

  Hundreds of staff at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation began a one-day strike on Wednesday, the first walkout in 20 years, over pay and working conditions, disrupting live news coverage at the public broadcaster.

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  Australia PM Asked To "Get Out", Heckled At Mosque For Supporting Israel

  Protesters heckled at Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday during a visit to Australia's largest mosque for his past pro-Israel remarks.

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  China Accuses Australia And New Zealand Of "Colonial-Style Arrogance"

  China condemned Australia and New Zealand on Wednesday for "colonial-style arrogance" and poor treatment of Indigenous people after a joint statement by the two nations raised concerns over Beijing's rights record.