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Meraj Zafar, a 23-year-old Australian who murdered his teenage wife Arnima Hayat and placed her in a bathtub with acid in 2022, seen here in CCTV footage. Photo: YouTube/7NEWS Australia

Australian man who tried to dissolve teenage wife’s body in acid bath jailed

Meraj Zafar was previously issued a restraining order for threatening Arnima Hayat’s father over his intention to marry the victim.

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Malaysian man caught trying to smuggling ‘pink cocaine’ into Australia

11 Feb 2025 - 10:30AMvideocam

Australia plans ‘long-term managed retreat’ from Cocos Islands

10 Feb 2025 - 3:39PM

Australia makes its case against US tariffs on steel, aluminium

‘Thousands of good-paying American jobs’ have been created by Australia’s steel and aluminium exports, its trade minister said on Monday.

10 Feb 2025 - 1:03PMvideocam

Freshly cut slabs of steel are seen at the BlueScope steelworks in Port Kembla, Australia, last year. Photo: Reuters

Ageing Australians face a homeless retirement as rents soar

Most Australian retirees who privately rent have been pushed into poverty and don’t have enough savings to keep paying, a new report shows.

10 Feb 2025 - 9:03AM

New Zealand makes ‘golden visa’ simpler, drops English test to woo immigrants

The changes are expected to create more local jobs and give the country’s sluggish residential property market a shot in the arm.

9 Feb 2025 - 12:23PM

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Pacific nations

Can China fill a US-sized void in the Pacific after Trump’s foreign aid freeze?

China could boost involvement through economic and climate adaptation projects to help Pacific nations meet development needs, analysts say.

9 Feb 2025 - 8:00AM

An aerial view of Bikar Atoll in the Marshall Islands, the central Pacific. Photo: National Geographic Pristine Seas / AFP

Over 100 venomous snakes found in Australian man’s backyard

Pregnant red-bellied black snakes tend to pile on top of each other; two of the adults gave birth to 29 babies as they were being rounded up.

8 Feb 2025 - 1:38AM

Cook Islands’ new passport move, China deal leave New Zealand ‘blindsided’

Foreign Minister Winston Peters expresses concern over Pacific nation’s independent plans, including a proposed pact with Beijing.

7 Feb 2025 - 11:43AM

Australia roiled by antisemitic attacks amid claims of foreign influence

The government has approved measures in the House of Representatives for new hate crime offences protecting race, religion and gender.

6 Feb 2025 - 6:40PMvideocam

Men stand outside the Adass Israel Synagogue after a firebombing in Melbourne in December 2024. Photo: AP

Southeast Asia’s poorest nation ‘holding off’ Chinese interest in huge gas field

East Timor would prefer to work with Australia and Japan over Chinese firms that have expressed interest in the field, its president said.

5 Feb 2025 - 10:05PM

An aerial view of East Timor’s capital, Dili. Photo: Shutterstock

Australia bans Chinese AI DeepSeek from government devices

DeepSeek was being immediately removed from all government systems on national security grounds, Australia’s home affairs minister said.

5 Feb 2025 - 9:26AMvideocam

Australia follows US, Britain in sanctioning extremist network ‘Terrorgram’

‘Terrorgram’, which primarily operates on the Telegram social media site, has been accused of promoting violent white supremacy.

3 Feb 2025 - 3:48PM

Sydney cars, houses sprayed with antisemitic graffiti

The spate of attacks has put pressure on the government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who faces re-election later this year.

2 Feb 2025 - 8:55PM

New South Wales Police Deputy Commissioner David Hudson. Photo: Reuters

Australian police probe if explosives stashed for antisemitic ‘terrorism’

Caravan discovered in outer suburban Sydney contained industrial explosives and notes listing ‘Jewish entities’.

30 Jan 2025 - 3:42PM

People and vehicles near where a caravan containing explosives was found on the side of a road in the Sydney suburb of Dural. Photo: Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP

Is China losing its taste for Australian wine? Industry frets over demand

‘Chinese wine consumption is much lower than it was before the import tariffs were imposed’, said a researcher for Wine Australia.

29 Jan 2025 - 1:05PM

Tourists can now ‘work from home’ from New Zealand under new visa rules

From Monday, New Zealand’s visitor visa allows people to work remotely while travelling in the country.

27 Jan 2025 - 2:31PM

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Australia Day protesters support Aboriginal groups, deface statues

Tens of thousands of people across the country joined protests in support of Aboriginal groups, who say the date is not one to celebrate.

26 Jan 2025 - 6:22PM

An Aboriginal Australian protestor marches during the annual ‘Invasion Day’ protest through the streets in Sydney on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Thousands in Australia queue for plant’s ‘amazing’ stink of death

The corpse flower exudes a fragrance evoking gym socks and rotting garbage, in the 24 hours that it blooms.

23 Jan 2025 - 6:01PM

New Zealand takes a page from Singapore’s investment playbook to spur growth

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said a new agency will be set up to provide tailored support to foreign investors.

23 Jan 2025 - 11:00AM

New Zealand ‘wants all tourists’ as it prioritises sector

This is a move away from the previous Labour government’s plans for higher-value visitors.

22 Jan 2025 - 7:11PM

New Zealand’s Sky Tower in Auckland. Most international tourists to New Zealand pay an International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy of NZ$100 (US$57). Photo: AP

Cat from New Zealand left on plane in Australia flies there and back again

Mittens, 8, was only supposed to take a one-way flight from Christchurch to Melbourne. She ended up being airborne for over 10 hours.

22 Jan 2025 - 2:25PM

Mittens the cat plays with a Donald Trump toy in Melbourne, Australia. Photo: Margo Neas via AP

Australian cruise ship operator denies staff dressed in Ku Klux Klan fancy dress

P&O Cruises Australia said the staff, who appeared in all-white jumpsuits and cone-shaped hats, were actually dressed as ‘snow cones’.

22 Jan 2025 - 5:21PM

Trump challenged by New Zealand mayor after he claims US ‘split the atom’

Nick Smith, the mayor of Nelson, challenged Trump’s claim Americans split the atom, stating the feat was actually achieved by New Zealand physicist Ernest Rutherford.

21 Jan 2025 - 5:17PM

Australia’s US$1.2 billion plan to make aluminium ‘green’

PM Anthony Albanese said the move aims to position Australia as a leader in ‘green metals’ and capitalise on the growing global demand for sustainable materials.

20 Jan 2025 - 10:20AM

Molten iron is poured by a factory worker in Geelong, Australia. Photo: EPA-EFE/FIle

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