Australian police have launched an investigation after a car was set alight and houses were vandalised with anti-Israel graffiti in Sydney. The incident has been condemned by Prime Minister Anthony…
Tag: Australia
Australia: Champion cyclist Rohan Dennis pleads guilty over wife’s car death
Former world champion cyclist Rohan Dennis has pleaded guilty over a car incident in Australia which killed his wife, fellow Olympian Melissa Hoskins. Hoskins died in hospital on 30 December…
Australia: Melbourne synagogue fire ‘likely’ terror act – police
A fire which ripped through Melbourne’s Adass Israel synagogue is being treated as a likely terror attack, Australian police say.Three suspects are being hunted over Friday’s early-morning blaze, which left…
Australia: Worshippers flee arson attack at synagogue
Worshippers have been forced to flee an Australian synagogue after it was set on fire in what the prime minister has condemned as an “act of hate”. Firefighters were called…
Australia: Poisonous snake slithers up driver’s leg on motorway
A driver had to make an unexpected stop on a Melbourne motorway after she looked down to find a deadly snake inside her car – and slithering up her leg.The…
Australia: Suspect in 1977 murders extradited from Italy
A man wanted over one of Australia’s most infamous cold cases, dubbed the Easey Street murders, is on his way back to the country after being extradited from Italy. Suzanne…
Australia: Police arrest 13 in largest cocaine bust in country’s history
Australian police have arrested 13 people in what authorities described as the largest-ever cocaine bust in the country’s history. The Australian Federal Police (AFP) said on Monday that they had…
Australia: Childcare worker who abused more than 60 girls jailed for life
A former childcare worker dubbed “one of Australia’s worst paedophiles” has been sentenced to life in prison for raping and sexually abusing almost 70 girls. Ashley Paul Griffith, 47, confessed…
New Zealand: Crashed navy ship was left on autopilot
A New Zealand naval ship which crashed into a coral reef before it caught fire and sank had been left on autopilot, an official inquiry has found. Crew members of…