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Australia cracks down on pedophilia
New offences and tougher penalties targeting live-streamed child abuse and online grooming were announced in Australia Tuesday in a bid to crack down on the growing role of technology in pedophilia.
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Photo of Australian intel chief, Duterte stirs debate
Australia on Aug. 24 defended its most senior intelligence chief after he was pictured posing with a clenched fist alongside Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, an image rights groups said undermines criticism of Duterte's war on drugs.
Turkish police say working with Australia on foiled Etihad bomb plan
Turkish police have said they were working with Australian authorities to investigate a foiled plot to bomb an Etihad Airways flight using explosives which Canberra said were flown in from Turkey.
In a statement issued late on Aug. 5, police said they had contacted Australian authorities as soon as they received news of the foiled plot.
Britain 'makes pitch for massive Australia warship contract'
Britain's defense secretary made a strong push on July 26 to build Australia's next fleet of warships, saying the frigates he proposes are best placed to hunt "Russian and Chinese submarines" amid regional tensions.
Australia to accept first Central American refugees
Australia will accept several dozen Central American refugees within the next few months, two sources familiar with the process told Reuters, the first transfers under a controversial refugee swap arrangement agreed with the United States.
UN accuses Australia of backtracking on asylum
The U.N. refugee agency accused Australia yesterday of reneging on an agreement to settle some vulnerable asylum seekers held in controversial offshore detention centres, but Canberra said no such agreement existed.
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Australia centralizes national security agencies
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on July 18 Australia's domestic security bodies, including the police and the national spy agency, will be centralized under a single minister as Canberra tackles the rising threat of "lone wolf" attacks.
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Australian PM says Melbourne siege 'a terrorist attack'
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on June 6 police were treating a deadly siege in the southern city of Melbourne as an "act of terrorism" after a claim by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) that one of its fighters was the gunman responsible.
Space junk can destroy satellites, scientists say
At least 170 million pieces of rapidly-moving space junk are now circulating in Earth's orbit and this debris may even lead to a "catastrophic avalanche of collisions" and destroy all working satellites and even threaten economies, scientists said.
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US Sen. McCain: Putin a bigger threat than ISIS
Russian President Vladimir Putin is a bigger threat to world security than the Islamic State group, US senator John McCain has told the ABC.
The Republican also admitted in an exclusive interview with 7.30 that President Donald Trump sometimes made him “nervous”.
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