MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Parliament on Tuesday passed new gun restrictions and began debating proposed hate speech laws after two gunmen killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month in an attack authorities say was inspired by the Islamic State group. The gun laws create new restrictions on gun ownership and … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An investigation that has extended to the Philippines of two men accused of shooting 15 people at a Sydney Jewish festival has found no evidence they were part of a “wider terrorist cell,” police said Tuesday. Sydney residents Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, spent most of November … Read more
In 2015, David Hole was searching in Maryborough Regional Park near Melbourne, Australia. Armed with a metal detector, he discovered something out of the ordinary – a very heavy, reddish rock resting in some yellow clay. He took it home and tried his best to open it, sure enough there was a gold nugget inside … Read more