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He Plunged From Cliff in 1988. 34 Years Later, an Admission

Australia's Scott White confesses in court to killing American Scott Johnson

(Newser) - Update: An Australian man has admitted to murdering an American mathematician who fell to his death from a cliff in Sydney in 1988, reports the AP . Scott White admitted in court that he killed Scott Johnson, whose death was initially ruled a suicide. The 27-year-old Johnson was gay, and prosecutors...

Judges Reveal Reasons for Djokovic's Deportation

They backed idea that 'he might foster anti-vaccination sentiment'

(Newser) - Amid uproar in Serbia , the three Australian judges who allowed Novak Djokovic to be deported from the country on the eve of the Australian Open are now sharing their reasoning: Essentially, they backed the idea that the presence of the top-ranked men's tennis player, unvaccinated against COVID-19, would set...

Djokovic: Yes, I Tested Positive, Then Went to Interview

He admits not isolating was an 'error'

(Newser) - Novak Djokovic knew he'd tested positive for COVID-19 when he attended a newspaper interview and photo shoot in Serbia last month, saying Wednesday he made an "error of judgment" and should have immediately gone into isolation. In a statement posted to his social media accounts regarding "continuing...

Judge Makes Decision in Novak Djokovic Case
Novak Djokovic Runs
Into Another Problem
UPDATED
Jan 11, 2022 11:21 AM CST

Novak Djokovic Runs Into Another Problem

Tennis star may have submitted false information on travel declaration before entering Australia

(Newser) - Update: The Novak Djokovic saga continues. Australian officials are now investigating whether the tennis star submitted a bogus travel declaration before entering the country. Djokovic declared he hadn't traveled in the 14 days prior to arriving in Australia, but social media posts suggest he was in Spain and Serbia...

New Details Emerge in Djokovic's Detention Case

Serbian tennis star, facing deportation in Australia, had COVID last month, lawyers say in court filing

(Newser) - The mystery of whether or not Novak Djokovic has actually received the coronavirus vaccine has now been cleared up, and we now also know more about his experiences with COVID. On Saturday, his lawyers submitted court documents that revealed the 34-year-old Serbian tennis star had had COVID in December and...

Amid Aussie Mess, Djokovic Has a Message for Fans

Serbian tennis star is feeling the love as he tries to clear up visa/vaccine hubbub before Australian Open

(Newser) - Novak Djokovic still isn't revealing whether he's been vaccinated, but he's now speaking out to family and fans supporting him as he's caught up in a visa commotion Down Under. The Serbian tennis star, who was denied entry to Australia this week ahead of the Australian...

Djokovic Transferred to Immigration Detention Facility

He's fighting deportation from Australia

(Newser) - Novak Djokovic spent a day confined to a hotel room waiting for a court to deal with the prospect of a possible deportation from Australia. The 20-time Grand Slam singles winner will spend at least another night there, in immigration detention, as he fights against the deportation move. With his...

Djokovic Is Having Trouble Getting Into Australia
Australia Says Djokovic 
Will Be Sent Back
UPDATED
Jan 5, 2022 4:44 PM CST

Australia Says Djokovic Will Be Sent Back

Tennis star's visa has been canceled

(Newser) - Update: This file has been updated with the decision to cancel Djokovic's visa. Novak Djokovic landed in Melbourne just before midnight Wednesday local time—but the world's top-ranked tennis player wasn't allowed to actually enter Australia. The Serbian star spent the night at Tullamarine Airport due to...

Amber Heard Sticks It to Australia With New Dog&#39;s Name
Amber Heard Sticks It to
Australia With New Dog's Name
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jan 1, 2022 7:00 AM CST

Amber Heard Sticks It to Australia With New Dog's Name

It's a cheeky nod to her 2015 mess in the country

(Newser) - It's not every day a celebrity's dog's name gets an international reaction, but Amber Heard would be a logical exception. You'll recall the actress found herself in a giant mess after illegally bringing her Yorkshire terriers Pistol and Boo into Australia on a private jet in...

Cruz Rants Against 'Killjoys' After Mixing Up US, Australian States

He thought dancing ban was in Washington state, not Western Australia

(Newser) - Sen. Ted Cruz deleted a tweet after mixing up Washington state and another WA—Western Australia. The Republican senator retweeted a screenshot in which a WA Government account confirmed that dancing was banned at all New Year's events, PerthNow reports. "Blue-state Dems are power-drunk authoritarian kill-joys," wrote...

Days After 10K Broke Record, Australia Has 32K New Cases

PM says country is stronger despite lockdowns, fires, floods, mouse plagues

(Newser) - New coronavirus infections soared again in Australia on Friday to a record of more than 32,000, just days after surpassing 10,000 for the first time. Experts say the explosion is being driven by the highly contagious omicron variant and a recent relaxation of restrictions in Sydney and other...

Lab Gives Incorrect COVID Results to Hundreds

Massive mix-up in Australia included 400 people who actually tested positive

(Newser) - A pathology service in Sydney, Australia, had to scramble to correct a major error over the holiday weekend after telling 400 people who had tested positive for COVID that their tests were negative. Almost a thousand more people were told their tests were negative when in fact the results weren’...

Charges Filed After an Alleged 'Koala Massacre'

21 animals were found dead in February 2020, more were euthanized

(Newser) - An Australian landowner and an earthmoving business face 126 animal cruelty charges apiece in connection with a February 2020 incident that one conservation group dubbed a "koala massacre." CNN reports the individual and company are accused of causing "unreasonable pain or suffering to dozens of koalas,"...

5 Kids Killed, 4 Hurt in Bounce House Disaster
6 Kids Killed, 3 Hurt
in Bounce House Disaster
UPDATED
Dec 20, 2021 12:00 AM CST

6 Kids Killed, 3 Hurt in Bounce House Disaster

It was blown more than 30 feet into the air at primary school fun day in Australia

(Newser) - Update: A sixth child has died after an unimaginable accident in Australia last week. Chace Harrison, 11, was taken off life support Sunday, the BBC reports. The other children killed were Addison Stewart, 11, and Zane Mellor, Jye Sheehan, Jalailah Jayne-Maree Jones, and Peter Dodt, all 12. Three other children...

Chasing Taylor Swift on the Charts: These Birds

Album featuring songs of endangered birds debuts at No. 5 on Australian sales chart

(Newser) - An album sung by birds has surpassed offerings from ABBA and The Weeknd in becoming the first album of its kind to debut in the top five on Australia's music charts. Songs of Disappearance from BirdLife Australia, the nation's largest bird conservation organization, includes the birdsongs of 53...

Artist: 'Metaverse' Insta Handle Blocked After FB Name Change

Australia's Thea-Mai Baumann used the 'metaverse' handle, then suddenly got blocked

(Newser) - For nearly a decade, Thea-Mai Baumann, once the owner of an augmented-reality company called Metaverse Makeovers, used the Instagram handle "metaverse" to showcase her creative work. Last month, however, the Australian artist says she suddenly wasn't able to access her Insta, and she suspects Facebook's recent rebranding...

As Diplomatic Boycott Grows, China Jabs: 'Nobody Cares'

Britain, UK, Canada will do as the US is doing with the Olympics

(Newser) - Update: Add Canada to the list of nations instituting a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Games. "We are extremely concerned by the repeated human rights violations by the Chinese government," Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in announcing the boycott Wednesday, per the AP . Our original story from ...

Survey: US Is World's 4th-Drunkest Country

Australia came top in global survey

(Newser) - Australians are either the drunkest people in the world or the people most likely to be honest about how often they get drunk, according to the latest Global Drug Survey . The survey of 32,000 people in 22 countries found that while Australians drank alcohol around twice a week on...

Quarantine Hotel Unusable After Guest Allegedly Sets Fire

31-year-old has been charged with arson

(Newser) - An hotel quarantine facility that was home to 163 occupants as of Sunday had one guest who stood out—and who allegedly set fire to the hotel that day. "We did have some issues with that female occupant that we were managing," the Queensland Police Acting Chief Superintendent...

Great Barrier Reef Just &#39;Gave Birth&#39;
Great Barrier Reef
Just 'Gave Birth'
in case you missed it
Nov 28, 2021 4:33 PM CST

Great Barrier Reef Just 'Gave Birth'

Mass coral spawning is a sign of hope after bleaching

(Newser) - The conditions were perfect for what ABC Australia calls "the world's biggest sex event." From one section of the 1,429 mile-long Great Barrier Reef, marine biologist Gareth Phillips described witnessing a "magical" scene "with the water like glass and beautiful light coming from the...

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