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Djokovic court hearing hit by tech glitches as music and porn played

An Australian court suffered technical difficulties while hearing the world tennis number one's virtual appeal against his visa being cancelled.

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Australia police use pepper spray to disperse Djokovic supporters

Police use pepper spray to disperse supporters of Serbia's Novak Djokovic outside the offices of his legal team as a car leaves the building, after the tennis champion earlier in the day won a court battle to overturn the cancellation of his visa on Covid health grounds.

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Djokovic fans celebrate outside lawyer's office

Tennis star Novak Djokovic won a court battle to stay in Australia to contest the Australian Open despite not being vaccinated against COVID-19, but the government threatened to cancel his visa a second time.

Sport

Djokovic given brief reprieve after Australian visa cancelled

Earlier, the Serbian tennis star said he had been cleared to play after receiving a medical exemption to travel to Melbourne.

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Australia

'Welcome 2022!': Sydney sees in New Year with dazzling fireworks show

The Australian city shrugged off a COVID surge with a spectacular Harbour Bridge display, while in New Zealand Auckland's celebration was a far more low-key affair.

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Fire damages Australia's Old Parliament House

A fire damaged the front doors and exterior of Australia's Old Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday.

United Kingdom

Australia, Britain sign free trade agreement

Britain has touted the deal as its largest “from scratch” to be finalised.

Australia

Five children die in bouncy castle accident in Australia

Five children died and four others were in critical condition on Thursday after falling from a bouncy castle.

World News

Calm returns to Solomon Islands after deadly protests and riots

Police found three bodies and arrested more than 100 people in three days of unrest, sparked by concerns about the nation's increasing links with China.

Australia

Australia adds Hezbollah and neo-nazi group The Base to terror list

The Australian government listed Hezbollah as a "terrorist organisation", extending an existing ban on armed units to the entire organisation. It also listed the far-right group "The Base" as a terror group.

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Power plant chimneys demolished in Australia

Two chimney towers and a boiler house at a decommissioned coal-fired power plant in Australia were demolished on Wednesday.

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Billions of corals born on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

Australia's Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of color as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes.

Culture news

Why Kylie Minogue's gold hot pants now belong to a museum

The singer revealed that much of her early 00s wardrobe resides at an Australian performing arts centre, along with a preservation project at London's Victoria & Albert Museum.

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Millions of crabs paint Christmas Island red

Millions of red crabs have started the long crawl marking their annual migration to the coast of Christmas Island.

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Pro- and anti-vaccine protests across Australia

Pro-vaccine and anti-jab rallies took place in Melbourne on Saturday as Victoria state's government looks to pass a controversial law which would grant it specific powers during a pandemic.

Food and Drink

Meet the first winemaker in the world to sell his stock as NFTs

Barrels of Neldner Road single-vineyard wines are being offered as individual NFTs on OpenSea. Euronews spoke to trailblazer Dave Powell to find out why.

Australia

'Our family is whole again': Joy as missing girl, 4, found alive

Her disappearance both horrified and captivated Australia.

World News

'Intentional deceit': French ambassador slams Canberra over AUKUS deal

France's ambassador blasted Australia for scrapping a submarine deal in favour of an AUKUS pact.

World News

Australia's PM says he won't take 'sledging' from France on submarines

Australian PM Scott Morrison said he wouldn't take "slurs" or "sledging" from France after Emmanuel Macron said he was lied to over a submarine deal.

Australia

Australians reunite as border reopens after 20-month ban

Sydney’s international airport came alive with tears and laughter on Monday as Australia’s border opened for the first time in 20 months.