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A Sydney high school teacher has been arrested and charged with raping a student and multiple sexual offenses, sparking public outrage as she continues to receive a government salary.

Sydney authorities have declared a total fire ban as an unseasonably hot heatwave, driven by El Niño, pushes temperatures 13 degrees Celsius above average, raising wildfire risks.

Lea Stewart, who was critically injured by a great white shark at a beach in Sydney, recounts for the first time how she fought it off. She told the Australian "60 Minutes" that she thought of her baby daughter at the time: "In my head it was like - 'You ugly f***er, you're not taking me away from her!'". Her left arm, which she sacrificed in advance to save herself, was amputated, and she is now...

18-year-old Lily Hooper went for a hike in a national park in New South Wales and did not return. Her body was located in the forest after eight days of frantic searches. The Premier announced in parliament that she had been found alive, and her father arrived at the scene with a guitar and cookies. Half an hour later, the mistake was corrected: "It is devastating."

7-year-old Samar Britwan survived the terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, but her 10-year-old sister Matilda was murdered. This October, she will participate alongside activist Ben Carso, who will host the central ceremony marking October 7. The family is working to commemorate her through memorial pins that have now reached Israel.

The state of New South Wales has launched a reform aimed at significantly reducing the amount of private weapons in the hands of citizens. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated: "We must do everything in our power to ensure that the antisemitic attack at Bondi is not repeated; this includes significant gun reform at a national level."

After documenting medical workers threatening to murder Israeli patients, Max Viper is heading to Sydney to testify in court and is requesting urgent assistance in funding close protection due to fears for his life.

The New South Wales Court of Appeal has ruled that a video featuring two former Sydney hospital employees making violent threats against Israelis will be admissible as evidence. The trial is scheduled to begin later this month.

The Supreme Court of Australia has overturned a lower court ruling that had banned the use of a viral video as evidence in the case against Sarah Abu Lebdeh and Ahmad Rashad Nadir. The recording, which captures the medical workers threatening Israeli patients, will now be used in their upcoming trial.

Six months after the terror attack at Bondi Beach in Sydney, a 67-year-old woman has been charged for hurling antisemitic remarks at Jewish leaders at the memorial site. The incident occurred as Australia's Royal Commission into Social Cohesion held hearings on the rise of antisemitism in the country.