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Firefighters warned millions of Australians of "catastrophic" bushfire dangers on Thursday as they battled multiple blazes stoked by a heatwave blanketing the country.Firefighters are already trying to contain blazes dotted across the states of Victoria and New South Wales.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a royal commission into antisemitism, weeks after a deadly attack at a Jewish holiday event in Bondi Beach.

Meteorologists say midweek will be most critical period as multiple states likely to experience consecutive days of extreme heat

Australia will hold a Royal Commission inquiry into the Bondi Beach mass shooting in which 15 were killed, the country's most powerful public inquiry, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Thursday.

After the country barred children under 16 from using social media, many parents have been asking whether similarly tough action is needed in their own countries.

Amid a surge of violent protests in Iran, Australia on Wednesday urged its citizens to leave the country immediately, warning

Australia is on track for a significant expansion of desalination capacity — converting seawater to freshwater — to meet the needs of a swelling population at a time of declining average rainfall.

The bowling, batting and fielding performances feature highly on the all-time lists for Aussies in the Ashes, underscoring Australia’s dominance in the 4-1 series win that was completed on Day 5 of the fifth test with a five-wicket in Sydney.

Australian authorities declared a state of disaster Saturday after bushfires destroyed houses and razed vast belts of forest in the country’s southeast.