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6 December 2024 – Antisemitism in Australia
Two people are injured in an arson attack on a synagogue in Melbourne, Australia. (DW) (The Australian Jewish News)
2 December 2024 – Maritime drug smuggling into Australia
Australian Federal Police announces they have arrested thirteen men, including the vice president of the outlaw Comanchero Motorcycle Club and two teenagers, for illegally smuggling 2.34 tonnes of cocaine into the country after their fishing boat broke down off the coast of Urangan, Queensland, Australia. (Al Jazeera) (RNZ) (ABC News)
29 November 2024 – 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season
The death toll from the floods and landslides in North Sumatra, Indonesia, increases to 31, with ten others injured, and dozens of others missing. (DW)
28 November 2024 – 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season
Landslides and flash floods caused by Cyclone Robyn kill at least 27 people and injure dozens of others in North Sumatra, Indonesia. (Reuters)
28 November 2024 –
The Australian House of Representatives passes a bill to restrict social media access for people under the age of 16 years. (NBC News)
25 November 2024 – 2024–25 Australian region cyclone season
Sixteen people are killed and six others are missing in flash floods caused by Tropical Low 01U in Sumatra, Indonesia. (AP) (The Irish Examiner)