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The bullet-riddled car of nine-year-old West Australian girl shot dead by police while travelling with her family in Pakistan. June 14, 2026

‘This news is really shocking’: Australian girl, 9, killed in Pakistan

Local media reported the family, from the Perth suburb of Kewdale, was mistaken for armed robbers the police were pursuing.

  • Jenny Schon and Michael Philipps

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The flight touched down in Merauke, South Papua.

Australian fugitives and pilot who flew them to Indonesia sentenced

The trio have been sentenced over a “black flight” from Queensland to a remote and dangerous Indonesian province late last year.

  • Julius Dennis
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From Kylie to Bluey: Let me tell you about Australia’s secret superpower

I’ve come to know that my adopted country is a global influencer. We have much to cherish – and preserve.

  • Nick Bryant
Broadway star Ainsley Melham performing at the 2026 Australian Theatre Festival gala in New York on May 11.

‘This showbusiness thing is hard’: The Aussies hustling to make it on Broadway

New York’s theatre scene is teeming with Australians who have made huge sacrifices to chase a dream of making it in the Big Apple. That’s reason to celebrate.

  • Michael Koziol
Victoria Police officer Matthew Paton died after a fall during a trek near Machu Picchu.

‘We adored him’: Family mourns police officer who died after 400-metre fall on Peru’s Inca trail

Victorian police officer Matthew Paton died while trekking with a group on the way to Machu Picchu.

  • Alexander Darling
Israeli troops approach flotilla.

‘Really terrifying’: Families in the dark as Israel detains Aussies on Gaza aid flotilla

The 11 Australians were among 426 people taking part in a 54-vessel flotilla from 39 countries aiming to challenge a naval blockade of Gaza.

  • William Ton and Kat Wong
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The illicit flight touched down in Merauke, South Papua.

Australian fugitives smuggled to South Papua were in the tobacco game, prosecutors say

Two men wanted by NSW police, and an Australian pilot, have been detained in Indonesia for six months.

  • Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
A Spanish passenger is sprayed with disinfectant by Spanish government officials before boarding a plane after disembarking from the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship on Sunday.

Australians to be quarantined for three weeks after travelling on hantavirus cruise

Five Australian residents and one New Zealander will be held in a facility outside of Perth after being aboard a cruise on which three others died.

  • Nick Newling and Rachel Rasker
Zahra Ahmed and her son Ibrahim, pictured in 2019.

Islamic State wives’ return is no threat, but our cruelty to their kids is shameful

The four women face some of the toughest counter-terrorism laws in the democratic world upon their return. I worry for their children, the victims of callous indifference from our politicians.

  • Ben Saul
Keo Sinorlai said the Tiger business bought rubbing alcohol from pharmacy in VIentiane, Laos and diluted it with water until it was 40%.

Shuttered Laos ‘distillery’ implicated in methanol deaths denies responsibility

A woman linked to the business said they bought high-strength alcohol from a pharmacy and mixed it with water.

  • Zach Hope