December, 2025 - TA NEA

Melbourne teens being recruited ‘Airtasker-style’ to commit violent crimes

Melbourne is facing a growing youth crime crisis, with teenagers being groomed by criminal networks to carry out violent acts in public. Some are promised payment for car hijackings, motor vehicle theft, and jewellery robberies, while others are allowed to keep items…

24 December, 2025

OPINION

Bondi has exposed a national security gap Australia can no longer ignore

One week after the Bondi Beach massacre, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced a review into Australia’s intelligence and law enforcement agencies. While the move acknowledges public concern, it also highlights a deeper and more uncomfortable truth: Australia’s national security architecture failed,…

24 December, 2025

GREECE

Holiday traffic normalizes after Tuesday’s gridlock

After yesterday’s disruptions, traffic on the Athens–Lamia and Athens–Corinth highways is expected to return to normal today, Wednesday, as farmers and traffic police coordinated to improve vehicle flow ahead of Christmas. On Tuesday, drivers faced queues of up to 20 kilometres due…

24 December, 2025

WORLD

Libyan military chief killed in Falcon 50 jet crash in Ankara

A private Falcon 50 jet crashed near Ankara on Tuesday evening, killing all five people on board, including Libya’s Chief of the General Staff, General Mohamed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad. The aircraft had departed from Ankara Esenboğa Airport en route to Tripoli when…

24 December, 2025

AUSTRALIA·VICTORIA

Former liberal MP Dr Katie Allen dies aged 59

Former federal Liberal MP Dr Katie Allen has died at the age of 59, only months after publicly revealing she was battling a rare and aggressive form of cancer. Dr Allen represented the Melbourne seat of Higgins from 2019 until 2022, when…

24 December, 2025

VICTORIA

Victoria rules out double demerits over Christmas but police warn drivers

Victorian motorists will not face double demerit points during the Christmas and New Year holiday period, with the state maintaining its long-standing position against the use of a double demerits scheme. Unlike New South Wales, the ACT and Western Australia, Victoria does…

24 December, 2025

AUSTRALIA

Sussan Ley: “Stand with those who are hurting” this Christmas

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has used her first Christmas message in the role to deliver a unifying appeal to Australians, urging the nation to stand together in the wake of the devastating Bondi Beach terror attack. In a statement released on Tuesday…

24 December, 2025

AUSTRALIA

Albanese faces mounting pressure to call a federal royal commission into the Bondi massacre

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is facing mounting political pressure over his refusal to establish a federal royal commission into the Bondi massacre, as public concern intensifies over the government’s handling of anti-Semitism in Australia. A new YouGov poll, conducted between December 17…

24 December, 2025

AUSTRALIA

Melbourne teens being recruited ‘Airtasker-style’ to commit violent crimes

24 December, 2025

GREECE·WORLD

Mitsotakis meets Abbas in Ramallah: Greece supports peace in Gaza

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday in Ramallah, ahead of his visit to Jerusalem and participation in the Greece–Cyprus–Israel trilateral summit. Support for the Palestinian Authority and humanitarian aid Mitsotakis reiterated Greece’s support for…

23 December, 2025

CYPRUS·GREECE·WORLD

Trilateral Summit sends clear message to Ankara: “Do not even think of reviving empires”

A strong geopolitical message was sent from Jerusalem on Monday following the completion of the 10th Trilateral Summit between Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a pointed warning to those “who believe they can revive empires,” in an…

23 December, 2025

WORLD

Israeli Foreign Minister urges Jews to move to Israel amid rising antisemitism in the West

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar has urged Jews living in Western countries to relocate to Israel, warning that antisemitism is on the rise across Europe, North America and Australia. Speaking on Sunday during a public ceremony marking the final night of Hanukkah,…

22 December, 2025

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December 2025- Page 3

Melbourne teens being recruited ‘Airtasker-style’ to commit violent crimes

Bondi has exposed a national security gap Australia can no longer ignore

Holiday traffic normalizes after Tuesday’s gridlock

Libyan military chief killed in Falcon 50 jet crash in Ankara

Former liberal MP Dr Katie Allen dies aged 59

Victoria rules out double demerits over Christmas but police warn drivers

Sussan Ley: “Stand with those who are hurting” this Christmas

Albanese faces mounting pressure to call a federal royal commission into the Bondi massacre

Melbourne teens being recruited ‘Airtasker-style’ to commit violent crimes

Mitsotakis meets Abbas in Ramallah: Greece supports peace in Gaza

Trilateral Summit sends clear message to Ankara: “Do not even think of reviving empires”

Israeli Foreign Minister urges Jews to move to Israel amid rising antisemitism in the West

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