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Australia

Arcs in and about Australia from the outlets we track, each followed from its first story to its last, with who covered it.

Place · 792 stories · 3,647 articles · earliest story we hold Mar 1, 2016

Right nowactive arcs, newest development first

All arcs4 named arcs in 2024

Year: changes this list, the board and the stories below.

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Active · 1

Gone quiet · 3

On a timeline

every arc in 2024 at its own dates · opens on month
Jan 1 – Dec 31, 20241 arc shown · 3 more this year
  • Each row is an arc
  • A mark is a story, on the day it was first reported
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Australia's wave of antisemitic attacks and its finding that Iran directed some

2 of 6 stories this year · gone quiet

Australian police seek three suspects in synagogue blaze · 5 articles, Dec 6Melbourne synagogue attack to be investigated as a terrorist incident · 13 articles, Dec 6
The Israel-Hamas war: hunger, famine and the fight over aid to Gaza · Oct 9, 2023 – Jul 24, 2026The Israel-Hamas war: the push to recognize a Palestinian state · Dec 12, 2023 – Sep 17, 2026Julian Assange's plea deal and his return to Australia · Feb 19 – Oct 1, 2024

Coverage over timeindependent sources per week, by side, every year we hold

Feb 2016Apr 2018May 2020Jul 2022Aug 2024Sep 2026

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Point at or tap a week to see its count by side.

Every week as a table
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Feb 29, 20160101
Jan 1, 2024814769
Jan 8, 2024163214196
Jan 15, 202413211
Jan 22, 202411161290
Jan 29, 2024710434
Feb 5, 2024411343
Feb 12, 2024818689
Feb 19, 2024819375
Feb 26, 2024916684
Mar 4, 2024318450
Mar 11, 2024112311125
Mar 18, 2024514458
Mar 25, 20249101162
Apr 1, 2024265315296
Apr 8, 2024133611155
Apr 15, 2024234016229
Apr 22, 202414111084
Apr 29, 2024246315319
May 6, 202420219114
May 13, 2024316249
May 20, 202412307138
May 27, 202424316149
Jun 10, 202409231
Jun 17, 202417737
Jun 24, 2024263521232
Jul 1, 2024210227
Jul 8, 2024210238
Jul 15, 202456740
Jul 22, 202481812108
Jul 29, 202407111
Aug 5, 202459022
Aug 12, 20241224497
Aug 19, 2024815163
Aug 26, 202435119
Sep 2, 2024311326
Sep 9, 2024510229
Sep 16, 202410299137
Sep 23, 202426122
Sep 30, 2024345430462
Oct 7, 202419160
Oct 14, 202427525
Oct 21, 202412245120
Oct 28, 202416222
Nov 4, 2024716768
Nov 11, 2024722576
Nov 18, 202413266108
Nov 25, 2024132910137
Dec 2, 2024311230
Dec 9, 2024513357
Dec 16, 2024616270
Dec 23, 2024414855
Jan 6, 202504314
Jan 13, 202513171285
Jan 20, 2025413763
Jan 27, 20251021689
Feb 3, 202569327
Feb 10, 202533011
Feb 17, 2025311746
Feb 24, 202558123
Mar 3, 2025817465
Mar 10, 20251018386
Mar 17, 20251001
Mar 24, 2025813444
Mar 31, 202516119
Apr 7, 2025212347
Apr 14, 202505012
Apr 21, 2025413869
Apr 28, 202568335
May 5, 20251216866
May 12, 20251419
May 19, 20251207
Jun 9, 202513211
Jun 30, 202510277142
Jul 7, 2025810534
Jul 14, 20252139
Jul 21, 2025211624
Jul 28, 202516115
Aug 4, 2025511240
Aug 11, 202512287122
Aug 18, 20250123
Aug 25, 2025412744
Sep 1, 2025214433
Sep 8, 2025616254
Sep 15, 20258237102
Sep 22, 2025918753
Sep 29, 2025132816150
Oct 13, 20250011
Oct 20, 2025510330
Oct 27, 202517225
Nov 3, 20253309
Nov 10, 202522110
Nov 17, 2025311131
Nov 24, 2025511437
Dec 1, 202525119
Dec 8, 2025184315270
Dec 15, 2025174419280
Dec 22, 202527018
Dec 29, 202555221
Jan 5, 20262103
Jan 12, 202616334
Jan 19, 2026520371
Jan 26, 20261126
Feb 2, 202646629
Feb 9, 20262217
Feb 16, 202621113
Feb 23, 202617018
Mar 2, 20261019963
Mar 9, 202623112
Mar 23, 202624010
Mar 30, 20260011
Apr 6, 20261228
Apr 13, 202658647
May 4, 202655215
May 11, 202623818
May 18, 202649233
Jun 1, 20261117
Jun 8, 20260101
Jun 15, 2026716242
Jun 22, 202606314
Jun 29, 2026103610241
Jul 6, 20266198168
Jul 13, 2026143921292
Jul 20, 2026244227451
Jul 27, 202668837
Aug 3, 20261217
Aug 10, 20267225130
Aug 17, 2026183512197
Aug 24, 2026145116238
Aug 31, 202610285118
Sep 7, 2026235914351
Sep 14, 202611289141
Sep 21, 2026225019285
Sep 28, 20261217366

Stories before June 28, 2026 come from archived pages, so who covered them is limited to the outlets we recovered for that period.

Everything else200 stories in 2024 not part of any arc, newest first

Stories about Australia that are not part of any arc yet

  1. Dec 272 sailors die in the stormy first night of the Sydney to Hobart yacht race, organizers say5 articles · 5 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  2. Dec 23Former Marines pilot who worked in China to be extradited to U.S., says Australia government6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right
  3. Dec 15Australia says 'Bali Nine' prisoners have returned home7 articles · 7 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  4. Dec 2Australian police arrest 13, seize 2.3 tons of cocaine from a fishing boat in Queensland13 articles · 12 independent sources
    1 left, 4 center, 1 right
  5. Dec 1Australian woman finds deadly tiger snake at her feet while driving 50 miles per hour8 articles · 8 independent sources
    0 left, 2 center, 0 right
  6. Nov 28Conservative influencer Candace Owens gets barred from New Zealand weeks after a ban from Australia6 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 1 right
  7. Nov 28‘Narco sub’ bound for Australia seized in massive international anti-drug operation7 articles · 6 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 1 right
  8. Nov 28– Dec 5Australia is banning social media for people under 16. Could this work elsewhere — or even there?65 articles · 40 independent sources
    11 left, 14 center, 7 right
  9. Nov 27Police officer who shocked woman, 95, with a Taser found guilty of manslaughter12 articles · 11 independent sources
    1 left, 4 center, 1 right
  10. Nov 25– 29Australian Senate passes a social media ban for young children58 articles · 36 independent sources
    4 left, 17 center, 3 right

Stories that name Australia

  1. Dec 23– 25King Charles praises those ‘who dedicate their lives to helping others’ in Christmas speech32 articles · 22 independent sources
    1 left, 6 center, 5 right
  2. Dec 23– 24Burt, beloved crocodile from ‘Crocodile Dundee,' dies at over 90 years old22 articles · 18 independent sources
    2 left, 3 center, 4 right
  3. Dec 20Raygun takes legal action to prevent musical about her from using her name12 articles · 7 independent sources
    1 left, 1 center, 2 right
  4. Dec 20LA Zoo hatches first-ever perentie lizards, one of largest lizard species in the world11 articles · 9 independent sources
    0 left, 3 center, 0 right
  5. Dec 17– 1814 dead and hundreds injured in magnitude 7.3 quake in Vanuatu. Some people are trapped in rubble55 articles · 33 independent sources
    5 left, 12 center, 1 right
  6. Dec 10– 14How to catch the Geminids, one of the strongest meteor showers of the year44 articles · 26 independent sources
    4 left, 7 center, 3 right
  7. Nov 27LAX airport security seize allegedly meth-caked cow onesie5 articles · 4 independent sources
    1 left, 2 center, 1 right
  8. Nov 21– 23American tourist among those killed in mass alcohol poisoning in Laos36 articles · 24 independent sources
    6 left, 10 center, 3 right
  9. Nov 21– 26Methanol poisoning: how Laos horror happened21 articles · 14 independent sources
    4 left, 6 center, 2 right
  10. Nov 20– 23Moscow bans adoption of Russian children to countries that allow gender transition8 articles · 8 independent sources
    1 left, 5 center, 0 right

Local coverage

  1. Apr 18Sydney shopping mall reopens after stabbing attack – DW6 articles · 5 independent sources
    2 left, 0 center, 0 right
  2. Apr 15Horrified worshipers watch online and in person as a bishop is stabbed at a church in Sydney20 articles · 11 independent sources
    1 left, 6 center, 1 right
  3. Apr 13Chaos at a Sydney mall as 6 people stabbed to death, and the suspect fatally shot12 articles · 9 independent sources
    1 left, 3 center, 1 right
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