One of the Bondi Beach gunmen was assessed several years ago by Australia's domestic spy agency, who found there was "no threat of him engaging in violence".
The man held as a "person of interest" in the Brown University shooting that left two students dead and nine injured will be released from custody, authorities say.
Tighter rules around gun ownership could be rapidly rolled out in Australia after a licensed firearm user and his son killed at least 15 people in a terrorist attack.
Director Rob Reiner, who made films including 'Stand By Me' and 'The Princess Bride', has been found dead with his wife in their Los Angeles home, in what police say is an apparent homicide.
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon says the terror attack at Bondi Beach yesterday "appears to have been an act of antisemitism in all its ugliness and cruelty".
A tourist has been charged with eight counts of attempted murder after allegedly ploughing his car into pedestrians in what Queensland police say was a deliberate hit-and-run.
Dramatic footage has emerged of a crash involving a logging truck and a car carrying a woman and her 1-year-old son on Dunedin's Southern Motorway last week.
Unsuccessful Dunedin mayoral candidate Andrew Simms has declared campaign costs of $45,000 and has stumped up tens of thousands more for his teammates.
A bystander captured on video tackling and disarming an armed man during Sunday's deadly attack at Sydney's Bondi Beach has been hailed as a hero whose actions saved lives.