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Australian Police and New Zealand Police announce they have concluded a joint illicit drug operation that resulted in 1,611 arrests and 2,962 charges nationwide. The police also confiscated almost 1400 kg of illicit drugs and over 2,500 cannabis plants, worth 93 million AUD (US$63 million).
2024-08-27

Two teenagers are arrested in Batemans Bay, NSW, Australia, for killing 14 kangaroos two days ago. The animals were found slaughtered on two different roads.
2021-10-11

Thousands of people are reported stranded on a local beach awaiting evacuation near Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia, as bushfires enter the coastal town. Four people are reported missing. Elsewhere, a volunteer Fire and Rescue NSW firefighter died battling a bushfire near the town of Jingellic.
2019-12-30

The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) becomes the first jurisdiction in Australia to legalize the recreational use of cannabis. From January 31, 2020, adults within ACT will be allowed to have 50 grams of the drug and can grow up to four cannabis plants at home.
2019-09-25

Two people are dead, and two others were wounded in a drive-by shooting outside a nightclub in Melbourne, Australia.
2019-04-14

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull loses spill motion and resigns.
2018-08-24

A gunman, who killed one man, injured two others, and was holding three people hostage, is found dead when an armed tactical response police team storms a building in the Ingleburn industrial area in suburban Sydney, Australia. All hostages were unharmed. [http:--www.smh.com.au-nsw-police-ambulances-rush-to-scene-of-shooting-in-sydneys-south-20160307-gnc6zf.html ("The Sydney Morning Herald")] [http:--www.stuff.co.nz-world-australia-77620675-Sydney-shooting-Police-still-negotiating-with-gunman-after-triple-shooting (Stuff.co.nz)] [http:--www.klfm967.co.uk-news-world-news-1908521-reports-of-hostages-after-australia-shooting- (Sky News via KLFM)]date=August 2019
2016-03-7

Australia raises security for its Parliament after conducting raids that arrest dozens of suspected terrorists.
2014-09-19

State Emergency Service volunteers respond to more than 3000 calls for help after Melbourne, Australia is hit by a series of storms bringing rainstorms, hail and a tornado.
2011-12-25

Law enforcement agencies in Victoria, Australia, the United Kingdom and Spain conduct raids in relation to allegedly corrupt behaviour by the currency subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
2010-10-6