Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel, the Australian bishop who was stabbed at a Sydney church on Monday, has said he forgives the attacker. In an audio message, the bishop said he was “recovering quickly” and urged the community to remain calm.
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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands. Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world’s sixth-largest country.
Westfield Bondi Junction – the centre that was the scene of the deadly mass stabbing attack – will reopen to shoppers on Friday. Six people, five women and one man, were stabbed to death on Saturday. Two people remain in intensive care. There’ll be heightened security at the mall, with more police and mall security on site.
Monday’s Sydney church stabbing has been declared a religiously motivated “terrorist act” by Australian police. A bishop, a priest and churchgoers were attacked during mass at the Assyrian Christ The Good Shepherd Church. A 16-year-old boy has been arrested.
Joel Cauchi, 40 – the man who went on a stabbing attack in a Sydney shopping mall appears to have targeted women, police say. Cauchi attacked people at the busy Westfield Bondi Junction complex on Saturday. He stabbed and killed six people – five women and 1 man, with a long blade.
Joe Biden has said he is considering a request from Australia to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange – the founder of Wikileaks.
Penny Wong, Australia’s foreign minister, has suggested the country could recognise Palestinian statehood, to increase momentum towards peace. However, Hamas could have no role in its governance, Wong said.
Australia’s leading television network has refuted claims that it engaged in the payment of sex workers and illegal substances to secure an interview with an alleged rapist. Former Seven Network producer Taylor Auerbach made the allegations while providing testimony in a defamation lawsuit.
Five packages wrapped in plastic, suspected to contain cocaine, have washed ashore on Sydney beaches. Discovered by beach visitors at Freshwater and Curl Curl on Monday, these parcels, totalling 5kg in weight, were confiscated by law enforcement.
Singer Taylor Swift’s father, Scott Swift, has been cleared of all charges after he was accused of assaulting a cameraman in Australia.
According to the beneficiary, Rolls-Royce, Aukus funding will help create more than 1,000 new jobs in Derby. The project will see the construction of new office space as well as manufacturing facilities.
Oliver Bearman could race at Australian Grand Prix if Carlos in fit!
Uber has reached an agreement to pay A$271.8 million (£140 million) to resolve a lawsuit in Australia, according to a law firm for taxi operators and drivers.
Following a collapse at a gold mine in Australia, one man has lost his life while another remains critically injured. The incident occurred when falling rocks struck the pair 500 meters (1,640 feet) underground at the Ballarat site, near Melbourne, on Wednesday afternoon local time.
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Rugby player Spencer Leniu has been suspended for eight weeks for racially abusing another player, Ezra Mam during a game. He said: “I really am sorry to Ezra and his people. I can’t believe I used that word but I really didn’t mean it.”
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A video circulating online shows two of the children tied up and crying, prompting outrage from state officials. The footage also shows onlookers urging the man to let the kids go.
“The charge relates to an incident involving a police officer who was responding to a complaint involving a taxi fare on 30 January 2023 in Twickenham,” a Metropolitan Police spokesperson said.
While racist incidents from crowds are not uncommon in Australian sports, conflicts between players are rare.
The judge sentenced him to three years in juvenile detention, saying that “good luck” had “prevented a tragic outcome.”
Condolences have poured in for Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, the suspected victims of a murder in Australia at the hands of a police officer.
They were discovered in two surf bags at a rural property over 100 miles from Sydney where they were last seen, days after being reported missing.
“We are highly confident that we have found Luke and Jesse,” stated New South Wales (NSW) Police Commissioner Karen Webb.
Investigators say Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were murdered at the hands of a serving police officer in a Sydney residence last Monday.
