A national Newspoll, conducted April 15–18 from a sample of 1,236, gave Labor a 51–49 lead, unchanged from the previous Newspoll in late March. Primary votes were 38% Coalition (up one), 33% Labor (up one), 12% Greens (down one), 7% One Nation (steady) and 10% for all Others (down one). Anthony […]
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Just days after the deadly Westfield Bondi attacks, a second knife attack in Sydney has generated widespread shock and grief. This time, a 16-year-old entered an Assyrian church and rushed forward to stab the popular bishop presiding over a service, together with a priest who rushed to his defence. The shocking events were […]
Australia’s Ahmadiyya community united in grief on Sunday evening, commemorating the victims of Saturday’s tragic Bondi Junction massacre. Among the six lives lost was Faraz Tahir, a 30-year-old security guard at Westfield shopping centre. Queensland man Joel Cauchi, 40, went on a stabbing spree, claiming Tahir’s life. Tahir, who sought […]
Joel Cauchi, a 40-year-old man from Queensland, has been identified as the man behind a fatal stabbing spree at Westfield shopping centre in Sydney’s Bondi Junction on Saturday. Cauchi’s rampage claimed the lives of six people and left at least a dozen others wounded. Among the victims was 38-year-old Ash […]
Police are investigating the life, background, and connections of a man responsible for the brutal murder of six people following a stabbing spree at Sydney’s bustling Bondi Junction Westfield on Saturday afternoon. The 40-year-old suspect was killed in a confrontation with a senior police officer, sparking a frenzied mass evacuation. […]
Amidst the scorched landscapes and parched earth of Zambia, a nation reeling from the grip of its worst drought in over two decades, lies an opportunity for transformation. In an exclusive conversation with BACKCOVERNEWS.COM, Dr. Elias Munshya, Zambia’s High Commissioner to Australia, unveiled a vision of hope amidst the devastation, […]
The Albanese government came to power with a promise to be “strong on borders without being weak on humanity”. But there was little humanity in parliament yesterday as the government tried to force through some of the most draconian migration laws this country has seen in decades. The draft legislation was distributed […]
The Universities Accord final report calls for meaningful steps to increase the numbers of Indigenous graduates and Indigenous leaders in higher education. In post-referendum Australia, this is more important than ever. The philosophy of “nothing about us without us” runs through the report, with recommendations for Indigenous leadership in policies, programs, funding and […]
Labor’s Jodie Belyea won the Dunkley by-election in Victoria on Saturday, with Liberal contender Nathan Conroy conceding defeat. Prior to the announcement of results, the Liberal Party had harboured hopes of securing the seat in Melbourne’s southeastern region, viewing it as a potential catalyst for exerting pressure on the government […]
