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• Fourth shark attack in three days rocks Australia as authorities close beaches and deploy drumlines - A string of shark attacks near Sydney prompted beach closures across New South Wales. The latest victim attacked at Point Plomer suffered only minor cuts.
• Australian boy fighting for life after shark attack, rescued by friends in Sydney Harbor waters - A 12-year-old boy is fighting for his life after a catastrophic shark attack in Sydney Harbor. He was rescued by heroic friends who leaped from a cliff to save him.
• Woman wakes up with 8-foot python coiled on her chest while sleeping: 'Don't move' - A Brisbane woman calmly removed an 8-foot carpet python from her bedroom after waking to find the non-venomous snake on top of her chest Monday night.
• Key accuser in Alexander brothers rape case dies just one week before federal trial begins: report - Kate Whiteman, who first accused Oren and Alon Alexander of rape, has died in Australia. The twins, along with their older brother, await their criminal trial this month.
• Australia removes 4.7M kids from social media platforms in first month of historic ban - Australia says millions of underage social media accounts were shut down in the first month after a sweeping new ban on users under 16 took effect.
• Foreign ambassador to leave US post after Trump criticism - Australia's ambassador to the U.S. will leave his post early after Trump said "I don't like you either" following previous criticism from the diplomat.
• Johnson meets with Muslim man who confronted, disarmed Bondi Beach attacker - Ahmed Al-Ahmed, the Muslim hero who confronted and disarmed one of the antisemitic gunmen at the Bondi Beach Hanukkah event meets House Speaker Johnson.
• Australian journalist says government unity calls 'mean nothing' after Hanukkah terror attack in Sydney - After Sydney's Dec. 14 antisemitic attack, journalist says PM's unity rhetoric is meaningless without real consequences as Jews remain 'terrified.'
• Bondi Beach suspects filmed antisemitic video manifesto, Australian investigators say - Father-son duo accused in Bondi Beach shooting allegedly created antisemitic manifesto with Islamic State ideology, Australian investigators reveal.
• Israeli diaspora minister says Australia should have seen 'writing on the wall' before terror attack - Israel’s Amichai Chikli said Australian officials overlooked rising antisemitism and extremist rhetoric ahead of the Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack, criticizing the focus on gun laws.