Australia already has some of the world’s toughest gun laws, but the Bondi mass shooting could lead to even tougher rules as the realization spreads that they aren’t strong enough to prevent bloodshed.

Wildfires in New South Wales have burned through vast areas of bushland, forcing authorities to issue top-level evacuation warnings as extreme heat intensified fire conditions across the state.

At least 11 people were shot and killed Sunday in a targeted attack on a Jewish holiday celebration, to mark the start of Hanukkah, in Australia's Bondi Beach.

Australia vowed yesterday to enact even stricter gun laws as it began mourning the victims of its worst mass shooting in almost 30 years. The police accused a father and a son of killing 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach.

Officials suspect a father and son of killing 15 people on a popular Australian beach, shocking a country where gun violence is rare.

SYDNEY, Dec 6 (Reuters) - Wildfires in Australia's New South Wales burnt through thousands of hectares of bushland on Saturday, prompting the authorities to urge evacuations at the highest danger rating for thousands of residents in the nation's most-populous state.

Racing New South Wales (RNSW) is “a regulator that’s lost its way” and has misunderstood its role in moving to appoint an administrator to the Australian Turf Club (ATC), a lawyer for the club has argued.