Australia shuts dozens of east coast beaches
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Officials said the father and son accused of killing 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month would have been barred from gun ownership under the new laws.
The Canadian tourist who was found dead on a beach in Australia earlier this week surrounded by a pack of dingoes likely drowned, according to preliminary autopsy results.
Critics said the government had rushed the legislation, along with a bill targeting hate speech, in the wake of the mass shooting in Sydney.
Australia’s Parliament has passed new gun restrictions and begun debating proposed anti-hate speech laws after two shooters killed 15 people at a Jewish festival in Sydney last month in an attack that authorities say was inspired by the Islamic State
Australia has enacted new laws for a national gun buyback, tighter background checks for gun licenses, and a crackdown on hate crimes in response to the country’s worst mass shooting in decades at a Jewish festival last month.
Baseball has roots Down Under dating back to the 1850s, when American gold miners played on the gold fields of Ballarat, a city about 70 miles northwest of Melbourne. Nearly two centuries later, 38 Aussies have played Major League Baseball,
Scientists previously thought hopping was impossible for Protemnodon goliah.
Equipped for advanced electronic warfare and surveillance, the MC-55A Peregrine is a cornerstone of RAAF modernization plans.