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A bishop and three worshippers have been attacked in another stabbing rampage to rock Sydney, as riot police have been called in to quell mounting tensions in the city's west. Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel was preaching at Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley in Sydney's west on Monday just after 7pm when a man dressed in black walked up to the altar and allegedly stabbed him multiple times. Horrifying footage of the incident, which was being broadcast live on the church's YouTube page, shows Bishop Emmanuel look up in astonishment as the attacker suddenly rains down blows on his...

A Sydney university student claims he was sent 'thousands' of messages after he was wrongly identified as the knifeman behind a horrific attack that saw six innocent shoppers killed. Ben Cohen, a 20-year-old first-year computing science student at the University of Technology, was accused of stabbing shoppers at Bondi Junction Westfield on Saturday afternoon. New South Wales Police Minister Yasmin Catley has since identified 40-year-old Queensland man Joel Cauchi as the man who attacked shoppers with a knife.

The hero cop who took down a knifeman, ending his killing spree can be revealed. NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott came face-to-face with the 40-year-old man dressed in a Kangaroos rugby league jersey and brandishing a knife as she responded to the fatal stabbings of six people in Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon. Witnesses said the officer only had time to yell “put it down” before the knifeman charged her. After the man lunged at Inspector Scott, she shot him dead. NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said Inspector Scott was “doing well under the circumstances” on Saturday evening. “She...

The Voice to Parliament has been defeated. South Australia has been called for No.

The world’s eyes were on Sydney the night of October 9 as demonstrators lit flares and burned Israeli flags on the steps of the Opera House while chanting “Gas the Jews”. Hundreds of demonstrators had met at Sydney’s Town Hall to snake their way down to Circular Quay and through to the Opera House. One Jewish counter-protestor was arrested “for his own safety”. Another — an Anglican priest — was chased by thugs and had to find sanctuary behind a police van.The protestors were there following the massacre of more than one thousand Jews in Israel, the rape of Jewish...

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says he will resign, effective from 5pm tomorrow.

One of Australia’s ‘living treasures’ is celebrating his 90th birthday and community leaders have lined up to give war hero Keith Payne their best wishes. Born at Ingham in 1933, the veteran rescued 40 wounded men from no man’s land while under heavy fire from a North Vietnamese force near the Cambodian border. For his bravery, Warrant Officer Class II Keith Payne was awarded Australia’s highest military honour, the Victoria Cross, by Queen Elizabeth II aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia in 1970.

Three US marines have been killed in a horror helicopter crash during military exercises in northern Australia, with five others in a serious condition. The Boeing MV-22B Osprey, with 23 people on board, went down on Melville Island in the Tiwi Islands at 9.43am local time on Sunday. Five marines were flown from the scene to Royal Darwin Hospital, arriving just before 3pm local time, with the other 18 treated at the site of the crash. 'Recovery efforts are ongoing,' the Marine Rotational Force Darwin said. 'The cause of the incident is under investigation. 'Further details will be provided as...

The ABC has confirmed multiple military personnel have been rescued from an aircraft crash site on the Tiwi Islands, north of Darwin. There are no reports of fatalities. CareFlight and NT Police have confirmed they are both responding to the incident on the remote Melville Island, 60km off the coast from Darwin. The Northern Territory government's fire incident map shows emergency services were notified about the aircraft crash at 9.43am this morning. A Defence spokesperson said the "aircraft incident" occurred during Exercise Predator’s Run 2023. "Initial reports suggest the incident involves United States defence personnel and that Australian Defence Force...

An emergency incident is unfolding at Sydney International Airport after a flight was turned back within hours of departing. The Australian Federal Police was called to the airport on Monday evening to respond to the incident, a spokeswoman confirmed. "An update will be provided at an appropriate time," the spokeswoman said. There are reports a passenger is being unruly inside a plane stopped on the tarmac. Malaysia Airlines flight MH122 left for Kuala Lumpur at 1.06pm but landed back on the Sydney runway at 3.47pm, flight tracking website FlightAware shows. An airport spokesman said emergency agencies were being supported in...

The new USS Canberra will be the first American navy warship to be commissioned in an allied country, with the combat vessel set to join the US fleet. Australian navy chief Vice Admiral Mark Hammond said July's historic event would show the deep ties between the United States and Australia, and provide an opportunity to reflect on their shared history. "This is a unique demonstration of respect by the US for the officers and sailors of the Royal Australian Navy," the vice admiral said. Members of the US Navy and USS Canberra crew will be hosted in Sydney to mark...

Renowned Australian actor and satirist Barry Humphries has died at the age of 89. He was best known for his comic alter egos Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson, but also appeared in more than 20 films and authored numerous books and stage plays. A statement from Humphries's family said he passed away peacefully in Sydney while surrounded by family. "With over seventy years on the stage, he was an entertainer to his core, touring up until the last year of his life and planning more shows that will sadly never be. "His audiences were precious to him, and...

The prime minister has declared Australia will maintain "100 per cent sovereignty" over its future nuclear-powered submarines as multiple leaks from both the United Kingdom and United States suggest two types of boats will be acquired under the AUKUS partnership. Numerous media reports from both sides of the Atlantic, citing American and British officials, say Australia will buy the US-designed Virginia-class submarine as a stopgap, and then a future UK-designed boat under a multi-billion-dollar deal. According to news outlets including Reuters, Bloomberg, the Guardian and the Wall Street Journal, Australia's "optimal pathway" will first involve the rotation of US nuclear...

Nicola Sturgeon is to resign as Scotland's first minister after more than eight years in the role. The Scottish National Party leader is expected to make the announcement at a hastily-arranged news conference in Edinburgh. It is not thought that her departure will be immediate, allowing time for a successor to be elected. A source close to Ms Sturgeon - the longest-serving first minister - told the BBC that she had "had enough".

This funeral is less a sad farewell to a great friend and more a joyous tribute to a great hero. It’s the celebration of a wonderful life, a once-in-a-generation gathering of the people of faith to re-dedicate ourselves to the ideals George Pell lived for, and to draw strength from each other for the struggles ahead.He was a priest, a bishop and the prefect of a Vatican Secretariat, but he was never a mere functionary. In each of these roles a thinker, a leader, a Christian warrior, and a proud Australian who wanted our country and our civilisation to succeed.In...

A tiny but potentially deadly radioactive capsule has been found in WA’s outback, after it sparked a frantic search and unprecedented public health warning spanning hundreds of kilometres. It had been likened to 'finding a needle in a haystack' WA Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson said it was found just outside Newman this morning. "I do want to emphasise this is an extraordinary result," he said at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon.

Jacinda Ardern has announced her shock resignation as New Zealand Prime Minister, while also calling an election on October 14. Ms Ardern choked back tears on Thursday as she said she did not have the energy to seek re-election. She said her final day in office will be February 7. "I know what this job takes. And I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice," she said. Ms Ardern said she had the support of her family to continue, but they were also on board with her decision. She said she would be...

Cardinal George Pell had told friends of his desire to spend his final years in Australia, but in the end, he would spend some of his last days furiously working on a fierce criticism of the Vatican.Only after his death have his recent critical writings of the church and its leader been revealed, including claims he anonymously published scathing pieces under a pseudonym."The most recent articles that have come out that have been critical, quite critical of the Francis papacy," Elise Anne Allen, from the Catholic news site the Crux, told the ABC."One thing Pope Francis appreciated about him at...

George Pell, an innocent man, spent 405 days in prison after two great institutions failed to discharge their responsibilities in a proper manner: the justice system and the media. ..... The clearest lesson from the Pell affair is the need to bolster the presumption of innocence. This is the golden thread that is supposed to run through the justice system, protecting us from the kind of hysteria that almost destroyed the cardinal. ..... In the Pell case, many of those in public life – and that includes the media – forgot that they had an interest in upholding the presumption...

Vatican journalists are reporting Australia’s most senior Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, has died following complications from hip replacement surgery. The Herald Sun has sought confirmation from a number of Cardinal Pell’s representatives. He was 81. Since being acquitted of child sexual abuse offences by the High Court in 2020 Pell had spent time between Rome and Sydney. Despite having convictions on five child sexual abuse charges over the abuse of two choir boys quashed by the High Court, the Cardinal was being sued by the father of one of the boys. The boy died of a heroin overdose in 2014...