Police will be using metal detectors to catch people with knives within months, but the government believes laws to combat this crime will help change public attitudes.
The Australian government is facing increasing pressure to reopen the Australian embassy in Ukraine – which stood empty and cost $520,000 – while the opposition uses a high-profile visit to the war-torn country to promise it will restore the outpost in Kyiv. Shadow Foreign Minister Simon Birmingham said the move would underline Australia's continued support … Read more