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Neo-Nazi group banned in Australia under hate laws
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (731+ words) By chief digital political correspondent Clare Armstrong, ABC News A Neo-Nazi organisation will be listed as a hate group in Australia, making it illegal to support the group in any way. On Friday, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke announced that…...
Tourism operators worry trans-Tasman flight cuts to impact last-minute bookings
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (574+ words) Cuts to trans-Tasman flights due to higher fuel costs have tourism operators worried on the impact it will have on last-minute bookings. Last month, Qantas said it would cut domestic flights as it flagged as much as NZ$966m in extra…...
Three ISIS-linked women arrested after arriving back in Australia from Syria via Doha
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (1079+ words) By Bridget Rollason, Leonie Thorne, Judd Boaz and Melissa Brown, ABC A woman linked to ISIS is facing a terrorism charge and two others are accused of slavery offences after returning to Australia on Thursday night from Doha. The women…...
'Completely unprecedented': Women linked to ISIS charged with 'crimes against humanity"
1+ week, 10+ hour ago (1581+ words) By Stephanie March and Emily Clark, ABC News The ABC can reveal new details about the alleged treatment of a Yazidi woman who says she was held captive in the home of ISIS-linked Australians in Syria, including two women who…...
ISIS-linked families land in Australia nearly two weeks after leaving Syrian camp
1+ week, 1+ day ago (802+ words) By correspondent Bridget Rollason and Leonie Thorne, ABC An ISIS-linked woman and a child who arrived in Sydney from Syria via Doha this evening have been taken to a local police station by officers. The woman and a child were…...
Cop impersonator Charlie Simonsen-Kemp and his exhaustive ruse
1+ week, 2+ day ago (895+ words) In what varied between harmless, bizarre and vulgar, a man with a penchant for impersonating police used his facade to reel in unsuspecting teen girls. Charlie Terry Simonsen-Kemp's apparent obsession with being a police officer mostly centred on telling people…...
Kidnappings and arson attacks prevalent as new targeted crime wave leaves Melbourne club owners scared
1+ week, 2+ day ago (976+ words) By Allysia Thomas-Sam and Melissa Polimeni, ABC Drive-by shootings, kidnappings and acts of arson. Since early April there have been almost 20 of these attacks committed against Melbourne pubs and clubs. Now threatening messages have further stoked fear within the industry....
Hayden Tasker was trying to end his life when he killed Nelson police officer, court told
1+ week, 4+ day ago (767+ words) Hayden Tasker was drunk, annoyed about life and motivated by anger toward police before he drove into two officers in Nelson, killing one and critically injuring another, a court has heard. Tasker, 33, is on trial at the Christchurch High Court…...
Kumanjayi Little Baby's family calls for calm following Alice Springs riots
1+ week, 6+ day ago (1151+ words) By Jason Walls and Kylie Stevenson, ABC This article contains content some readers may find distressing. Kumanjayi Little Baby's kinship grandfather has called for calm on behalf of her family after rioting broke out in Alice Springs on Thursday night…...
Jake Lambert, the British comedian on everyday life and laughing at epilepsy
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (274+ words) Comedian Jake Lambert is touring New Zealand Photo: Supplied Making jokes about a medical condition - even if it's your own - can sometimes fall flat. But British comedian, Jake Lambert, has managed to weave material related to his epilepsy into his…...