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  • People walk beside a van with their belongings for departure at the Roj camp in al Malikiyah, Syria, on February 15, 2026. These families, who had been affiliated with ISIS, are among 11 Australian families repatriated from the Roj camp. The transfer operations faced challenges and obstacles, leading to the families being returned to the camp until the issue is resolved. (Photo by Amjad Kurdo / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images)
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    Australia refuses to repatriate ISIS-linked citizens in Syria as escape attempt fails
  • People relax at Manly Beach in Sydney, Australia on August 30, 2020.
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    ‘Off-putting’ and ‘confronting’: Bikinis banned on Sydney bus after modesty complaints
  • J3TYWY Lincoln's Rock also known as Flat Rock in the Blue Mountains national park near Sydney,Australia
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    A K-pop star, a cliff edge and 2,000 daily visitors: How one Australian beauty spot spiraled into crisis
  • Austin Appelbee pictured during a media interview on February 3.
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    ‘We need a helicopter.’ Australian teen’s emergency call after swimming to rescue family released
  • Police detain protesters during a protest against the visit of Israel's President Isaac Herzog in Sydney, Australia, on Monday.
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    Clashes in Sydney over Israeli president’s visit as police disperse mass protests
  • PARIS, FRANCE - JANUARY 27: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY - For Non-Editorial use please seek approval from Fashion House) (L–R)   A$AP Rocky, Margaret Qualley, Michel Gondry, Nicole Kidman applaud from the front row at the Chanel Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2026 show during Paris Fashion Week on January 27, 2026, in Paris, France. (Photo by Peter White/Getty Images)
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  • This image taken from video shows Austin Appelbee being interviewed in Gidgegannup, Australia, Tuesday Feb. 3, 2026. (ABC via AP)
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    Australian teen swam hours to shore to get help for mother and siblings swept out to sea
  • Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez gives a speech during the World Governments Summit in Dubai on February 3, 2026. Spain will seek to ban social media for under-16s to protect them from harmful content such as pornography and violence, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on February 3, in the latest such move by governments. Australia established a world first in December when it banned young teenagers from some of the world's most popular platforms, including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok while France and Portugal have also sought to follow suit. (Photo by FADEL SENNA / AFP via Getty Images)
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    ‘We will protect them from the digital Wild West.’ Another country will ban social media for under-16s
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  • People stand next to warning signs in place, and beaches are closed after a surfer suffered a shark attack today at Dee Why Beach in Sydney, Australia, on January 19, 2026.
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    Four shark attacks in two days. Why Australia’s beaches are so dangerous this year
  • Aerial view of Fraser Island, K'gari
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  • KAYENTA, ARIZONA - JUNE 23: In an aerial view, the Kayenta Solar Plant is seen on June 23, 2024 in Kayenta, Arizona. In late February, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that it would begin plans to provide $76.5 million in federal financing to the Navajo Nation's Red Mesa Tapaha Solar Farm in southeast Utah. The move is intended to provide tribal lands with greater accessibility to power grids and further generate energy sales for the nonprofit Navajo Tribal Utility Authority. The nonprofit oversees and provides power to approximately 40,000 homes within the Navajo Nation, spanning portions of southeast Utah, northeast Arizona and northwestern New Mexico. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)
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  • MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 18: McDonald's Fawkner is seen re-opened on May 18, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. McDonald's has closed 12 restaurants across Melbourne for deep cleaning after an external delivery driver tested positive for COVID-19.  The precautionary decision to close the stores was made after a truck driver delivering supplies to the restaurants while asymptomatic later tested positive for coronavirus. All staff have been asked to self isolate not to return to work for 14 days. The restaurant closures come after the closure of the Fawkner and Craigieburn McDonald's restaurants due to COVID-19 cluster outbreak last week. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)
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    McDonald’s shortens breakfast time in Australia as bird flu causes egg shortage
  • Australia restricts vape sales to pharmacies in ‘world-leading’ move to cut nicotine use
  • Australia drops legal fight against X over church stabbing video
  • Qantas CEO: ‘We let our customers down’ on canceled flights scandal
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