The vandalism unfolded in Sydney, Melbourne and Canberra. Australia Day is a divisive holiday that critics see as a symbol of racism and oppression.

Sydney restaurateur Judith Lewis couldn’t save the mezuzah, a framed parchment inked with Hebrew prayers, that was hanging in her family’s café when arsonists set it alight in the early hours one Sunday in late October.

Australia Day is being celebrated all over the country this Sunday. In Sydney, traditional ceremonies took place at dawn in various locations including Bondi beach and Barangaroo. The Sydney Opera House was also lit up with traditional paintings.

Australians mark January 26 in different ways, from heading to the beach to attending reflection ceremonies. Here are some of the ways the day is being spent in 2025.

Some 15,000 new Australians have been recognised in citizenship ceremonies across the country on Australia Day.

A new kind of real estate war is breaking out on Australia’s famous shorelines, with a debate over the fairness of staking a claim in the country’s “town squares.”

The parasitic infection presents as gastroenteritis, which usually comes with cramping abdominal pain, fever, watery diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

Record-breaking ocean heat has taken a devastating toll on one of the world’s greatest natural wonders, with coral bleaching on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef reaching “catastrophic” levels, a new study has found.

As 15,000 New Citizens are sworn in on Australia Day, millions of residents are firing up the barbecues and catching rays on the beach to celebrate the national holiday.

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Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country.

The Australian government said on Thursday it would buy A$50 million dollars ($31.36 million) of debt from the largest creditor of collapsed airline Regional Express Holdings to have more control during a voluntary administration process.