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‘Gravy Day’ is an Australian tradition inspired by an unlikely Christmas song by Paul Kelly

NEW YORK — To many Australians, Saturday is more than just Dec. 21. It’s “Gravy Day,” all because of a lyric in one of the most unlikely Christmas songs ever written. The prisoner is writing, as the song says in its second line, on the 21st of December, “and now they’re ringing the last bells.” The inspiration behind ‘Gravy Day’ …

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Five heroin traffickers return to Australia after almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons

The Hindu

“Five Australians who spent almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons for heroin trafficking returned to Australia on Sunday under a deal struck between the two Governments,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The five were among a gang of nine Australian smugglers arrested in the Indonesian tourist island of Bali in 2005 as they attempted to smuggle 8.3 kilograms of heroin …

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Bali Nine prisoner release a 'positive step' in Indo-Australia relations

ABC

Rachel Mealey: After nearly 20 years behind bars in Indonesia, the last of the so-called Bali Nine prisoners have spent their first night free and back in Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says there's no expectation Australia repay Indonesia, but experts say the diplomatic situation is likely more complex than that, as Oliver Gordon reports. Oliver Gordon: It's being described …

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5 heroin traffickers return to Australia after almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons

Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — Five Australians who spent almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons for heroin trafficking returned to Australia on Sunday under a deal struck between the two governments, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. “Australia respects Indonesia’s sovereignty and legal processes and we appreciate Indonesia’s compassionate consideration of this matter,” Albanese said. Indonesia’s senior law minister, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, said …

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‘Bali Nine’: Indonesia releases remaining five Australians from the drug gang

CNN

CNN — The remaining five Australians from the infamous heroin-trafficking “Bali Nine” gang have returned home after Canberra struck a deal with Indonesia to end their two decades of imprisonment overseas. “I am pleased to confirm that Australian citizens, Si Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj, Matthew Norman, Scott Rush and Martin Stephens have returned to Australia this afternoon,” Australian Prime Minister …

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Remaining Bali Nine members return to Australia after 19 years in Indonesian prison

ABC

The remaining five members of the Bali Nine have returned to Australia after spending two decades in Indonesian prisons, saying they are “immensely grateful” to the country's new president for making it happen. In a joint statement with Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, Mr Albanese also thanked the Indonesian government for its cooperation in facilitating …

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Five ‘Bali Nine’ ring members return to Australia after 19 years in prison

Al Jazeera

Diplomatic efforts have resolved a saga that strained relations between the two countries. Five members of the Australian “Bali Nine” drug ring have returned from Indonesia after 19 years in jail following diplomatic efforts between the two countries this month to strike a repatriation deal. “Australia shares Indonesia’s concern about the serious problem illicit drugs represent,” Albanese said. Indonesia’s Senior …

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Papua New Guinea gains a team in Australian rugby league in diplomatic push aimed at curbing China

Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — Papua New Guinea will gain its own team in Australia’s rugby league in a soft diplomacy deal announced Thursday linked to limiting Chinese influence in the South Pacific. China has pursued its own bilateral security pact on policing with Papua New Guinea and with other South Pacific island nations which U.S. allies including Australia fear could undermine …

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Papua New Guinea is granted a National Rugby League team from 2028

The Independent

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Papua New Guinea is granted a National Rugby League team starting in 2028

Associated Press

SYDNEY — A team from rugby league hotspot Papua New Guinea will enter the National Rugby League beginning in 2028 after officially being granted a license on Thursday. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his Papua New Guinean counterpart James Marape met in Sydney to shake hands over the deal, the culmination of two years of planning. “A Papua New …

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Australia, PNG unveil deal for Papua New Guinea team to enter NRL in 2028

ABC

Australia and Papua New Guinea have unveiled a long-awaited deal handing PNG its own NRL team, confirming the league's most ambitious expansion since formation, and notching what the federal government is hailing as a major strategic victory. "Rugby league is the national sport of Papua New Guinea and PNG deserves a national team," he said. Neither leader would be drawn …

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Why the NRL's expansion into Papua New Guinea is the most ambitious and complex move in rugby league history

ABC

There has been plenty of smoke around Papua New Guinea's entry to the NRL, but that didn't make it any less striking as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, PNG Prime Minister James Marape and NRL boss Peter V'landys confirmed there would be fire to go with it. PNG team to enter NRL under long-awaited deal with Australia Photo shows A man …

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Vandals paint anti-Israel graffiti, burn car in Sydney

Raw Story

Two suspects daubed anti-Israel graffiti and torched a car in a Sydney suburb on Wednesday, police said, sparking "outrage" from Australia's government days after a Melbourne synagogue was set ablaze. "The incident in Sydney is an outrage and another anti-Semitic attack," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. A body representing Australia's Jewish community said the Sydney graffiti and car burning was …

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Australian PM condemns anti-Israel graffiti in Sydney as ‘outrage’ and ‘hate crime’

The Independent

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Albanese visits Jewish museum

ABC

Samantha Donovan: Hello, welcome to PM. Also, Syria has an interim Prime Minister to guide the country after the ousting of the Assad regime and meet the biologist on a mission in one of Antarctica's most remote areas. Sarah Maunder: No arrests have been made in relation to today's attack in Sydney, but police say they want to speak to …

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Sweden mulling online access age limits

China Daily

Danish Minister of Justice Peter Hummelgaard, Minister of Justice in Sweden Gunnar Strommer, Minister of Justice in Norway Emilie Enger Mehl, and the Minister of Justice for the Faroe Islands Bjarni K. Petersen hold a doorstep about the recruitment of children and young people via social media for organized crime, at the Ministry of Justice in Copenhagen, Denmark, Dec 9, …

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Vandals burn a car and spray graffiti in latest antisemitic attack in Australia

Associated Press

MELBOURNE, Australia — Vandals torched a car and sprayed graffiti with anti-Israel slogans including an apparently misspelled “Kill Israiel” on Wednesday in a Sydney suburb that is home to Australia’s largest Jewish community. Premier Chris Minns, the Sydney-based leader of the New South Wales state government, described the attack as an attempt to “intimidate the Jewish community in Sydney.” “This …

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Albanese visits Addas Israel Synagogue

ABC

Samantha Donovan: Hello, welcome to PM. Lexie Jeuniewic : Wading through a sea of flashing cameras this afternoon, the Prime Minister makes his way to Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne's South East to meet with Jewish community members. Stephanie Smail: In the wake of the report's release, the Queensland Police Commissioner, Steve Gollschewski, has launched a firm defence of the …

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Melbourne, Australia: Adass Israel Synagogue attack to be investigated as a terrorist incident

CNN

CNN — An arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne last week is being investigated as terrorist incident, Australian officials said Monday, as the government announced it was establishing a new task force to combat antisemitism. Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Shane Patton on Monday said the “horrific, callous and targeted” attack was “likely a terrorist incident” and would be investigated …

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Australia’s PM launches anti-Semitism task force after synagogue arson

Al Jazeera

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces task force as police say they are treating attack as ‘terrorism’. Australia’s prime minister has announced the launch of a police task force on anti-Semitism following a spate of attacks aimed at Jewish people, including an arson attack at a synagogue. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made the announcement on Monday as police said they were …

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Outspoken conservative political commentator Freya Leach marries NSW Young Liberals secretary Cooper Gannon in Sydney - days after unleashing on Anthony Albanese

Daily Mail

An outspoken political commentator had reasons to celebrate on Sunday. Freya Leach, 21, well known for her critical views, walked down the aisle at a Sydney church this weekend with new groom, NSW Young Liberals secretary Cooper Gannon. An outspoken political commentator had reasons to celebrate on Sunday Freya Leach, 21, well known for her critical views, walked down the …

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Rohit Sharma casually flaunts travel watch worth over ₹63 lakh in Australia

Hindustan Times

Many celebs, such as actor Shah Rukh Khan, are known for having an insane collection of luxury watches. How much does Rohit Sharma's watch Patek Philippe is a luxury Swiss watch brand, one of the oldest in the world. As expected, Rohit's contemporary, elegant, and casual travel watch, the Aquanaut Travel Time Reference 5164, has a whopping market price of …

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Netanyahu Links Melbourne Arson Attack to ‘Anti-Israeli’ Stance

Live Mint

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested the Australian government’s “extreme anti-Israeli” stance helped incite an apparent arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue this week. The fire at the Adass Israel synagogue in the early hours of Friday in the suburb of Ripponlea was “an abhorrent act of antisemitism,” Netanyahu said in a statement posted on X. Victoria police are still …

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Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu links Melbourne synagogue firebombing to UN vote

ABC

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has tried to link a Melbourne synagogue firebombing to Australia's UN vote earlier this week, as Australian leaders condemn the incident. The Israeli prime minister said he hoped state authorities would use "their full weight to prevent such anti-Semitic acts in the future", before criticising the Albanese government. Shadow Home Affairs Minister James Paterson described …

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‘Gravy Day’ is an Australian tradition inspired by an unlikely Christmas song by Paul Kelly

Five heroin traffickers return to Australia after almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons

Bali Nine prisoner release a 'positive step' in Indo-Australia relations

5 heroin traffickers return to Australia after almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons

‘Bali Nine’: Indonesia releases remaining five Australians from the drug gang

Remaining Bali Nine members return to Australia after 19 years in Indonesian prison

Five ‘Bali Nine’ ring members return to Australia after 19 years in prison

Papua New Guinea gains a team in Australian rugby league in diplomatic push aimed at curbing China

Papua New Guinea is granted a National Rugby League team from 2028

Papua New Guinea is granted a National Rugby League team starting in 2028

Australia, PNG unveil deal for Papua New Guinea team to enter NRL in 2028

Why the NRL's expansion into Papua New Guinea is the most ambitious and complex move in rugby league history

Vandals paint anti-Israel graffiti, burn car in Sydney

Australian PM condemns anti-Israel graffiti in Sydney as ‘outrage’ and ‘hate crime’

Albanese visits Jewish museum

Sweden mulling online access age limits

Vandals burn a car and spray graffiti in latest antisemitic attack in Australia

Albanese visits Addas Israel Synagogue

Melbourne, Australia: Adass Israel Synagogue attack to be investigated as a terrorist incident

Australia’s PM launches anti-Semitism task force after synagogue arson

Outspoken conservative political commentator Freya Leach marries NSW Young Liberals secretary Cooper Gannon in Sydney - days after unleashing on Anthony Albanese

Rohit Sharma casually flaunts travel watch worth over ₹63 lakh in Australia

Netanyahu Links Melbourne Arson Attack to ‘Anti-Israeli’ Stance

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu links Melbourne synagogue firebombing to UN vote