A lake in a Melbourne park has naturally turned pink, drawing throngs of admirers keen to snap a rosy picture. All photographs subject to copyright as marked. Source: Read Full Article

This is our 100th Australia Letter. Thanks for reading and subscribing! For our next 100, we’ll be drawing in new writers and new approaches. Sign up to get it by email and tell us what you think: [email protected]. ___ In 2015, Al-Jazeera’s Investigative Unit had a question: what did the National Rifle Association say about […]

On Friday, Australia had its worst mass shooting since the nation overhauled its gun control laws more than 20 years ago. The suspected murder-suicide of a family of seven in Western Australia has inevitably revived discussion of the laws, often described as among the strongest in the world. Brought in following a 1996 massacre in […]

A Muslim group is to sue social media platforms which allowed footage of the Christchurch massacre to be streamed, it said yesterday. The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM), one of the main groups representing Muslims in France, accused Facebook and YouTube of inciting violence. It added the companies had disseminated material that encouraged […]

New Zealand has sparked controversy after the chief censor banned the 74-page manifesto written by the man who slaughtered 50 people at two mosques in the city of Christchurch. The ban means anybody caught with the document on their computer could face up to 10 years in prison, while anyone caught sending it could face […]

Around the world, natural environments are being “rewilded” with native animals once banished by habitat destruction and pests. Australia has joined the trend. In 1841, the Western Quoll officially disappeared in New South Wales (NSW). Once found across almost three-quarters of Australia, a devastating loss of habitat and relentless attacks by feral cats and foxes […]

Cardinal George Pell is awaiting sentencing for sexually abusing two boys in 1996. The verdict, which he is appealing against, has stunned and divided Australia in the past week. It has sparked strong reactions from the cardinal’s most prominent supporters, some of whom have cast doubt on his conviction in a wider attack on Australia’s […]

New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern has vowed never to speak the name of the alleged Christchurch gunman and said the person responsible would face the “full force of the law”. In an impassioned speech to the country’s parliament, Ms Ardern implored others “to speak the names of those who are lost, rather than the […]

The Australian terrorist who filmed himself killing 50 worshippers at two mosques in New Zealand has asked to represent himself in court, prompting concerns the trial could become a platform to promote his far-right ideology. Brenton Tarrant, a white supremacist who gunned down his victims with a semi-automatic rifle at the Al Noor and Linwood […]

Police have raided two homes in Australia as part of the investigation into the attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Fifty people died and dozens were injured in the twin shootings on Friday. Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, has been charged with murder. He is believed to have acted alone in carrying out the […]