EDITED BY KALAHAN DENG 1. Massive Snake Eating Massive Bat! Just the mere sight of these two creatures could give you a nightmare! Oh Australia, why do you house the largest of all scary creatures? Croc-Eating Pythons True enough, Australia has been a popular place for animals with their climate. But no one knew that this python will be eating ...

REPORTED BY KALAHAN DENG Zulfikar Mohamad Shariff arrested for allegedy promoting and glorifying Islamic State on Facebook. An Australian citizen has been ordered detained without trial in Singapore for two years for allegedly supporting Islamic State, and for his alleged role in “radicalising” two other Singaporean citizens. A statement issued by the Singapore Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday said ...

Australia’s reinvigorated hopes of again emerging as a subcontinent slayer begin in earnest on Tuesday when Steve Smith’s men confront a rebuilding Sri Lanka in the island nation. The Sri Lankans were winless in their recent tour of England but, despite slipping to seventh on the International Cricket Council’s rankings, are expected to be a more potent unit in the ...

Many Australians have met migrants working in occupations far below their skills level: the dentist working as a cleaner; the former university lecturer driving a taxi. But the tide appears to be turning for at least some of Australia’s skilled migrants, with new research showing that those arriving with tertiary qualifications in the past five years are twice as likely ...

Whatever the final seat count, the 2016 election has gone badly wrong for Malcolm Turnbull. This was meant to be the election that would award him a resounding mandate and provide sufficient numbers in the combined House of Representatives and Senate to pass key legislation easily. But, at best, Turnbull will be forming a government with only a narrow majority. ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil Global markets are braced for further volatility this week, but the direct impact on Australia of Britain’s decision to exit the European Union should not go too far beyond the hit to investor sentiment for now say economists. The yield on three-year Australian debt slumped to an unprecedented 1.5% as ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil APN has found a buyer for its Australian Regional Media (ARM) business , with News Corp agreeing to purchase the newspaper arm of the media company for $36.6 million. ARM includes 12 regional daily newspapers in New South Wales and Queensland, 60 community newspapers and over 30 regional news websites. ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil A recent password hack of 360 million accounts on the social media platform MySpace has prompted the Australian Federal Police (AFP) to warn users to delete old and unused accounts. MySpace announced in a blog posted on its website that user login data was made available on an online hacker ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil On Monday NSW Treasurer Gladys Berejiklian announced mortgage duty, share transfer duty and non-real transfer duty, worth up to $1.8 billion over the forward estimates, will be scrapped when the budget is delivered on June 21. “This is a decision we’ve been able to take because we’re a responsible government,” she said. ...

Exclusive to The Middle East Online Edited by Nelly Tawil Hundreds of people have gathered in Sydney in remembrance of the victims of the deadliest gun massacre in modern US history – worse than the 2007 Virginia Tech massacre where 33 died, and the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre where 28 died. It is also the worst terror attack on U.S. ...