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AUSTRALIAN POLICE INVESTIGATE EXTREMIST VIEWS OF COP KILLERS

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Australian police are investigating the extremist views of three people who shot and killed two officers and a neighbor at a rural property before they were killed hours later by police in a gunfight.

In all, six people died in the violence Monday in Queensland state. The killers have been identified as former school principal Nathaniel Train, 47, his brother Gareth, 46, and sister-in-law Stacey, 45.

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TWO POLICE OFFICERS AMONG THREE KILLED IN AUSTRALIA SHOOTING

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Two police officers were among three people killed in a shooting in the Australian state of Queensland, authorities said on Monday, and a hunt for the offenders was underway.

Queensland Police ordered residents of the remote rural community of Wieambilla, about 270 kilometres west of the state capital Brisbane, to remain indoors until further notice while they hunted the killer or killers.

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CHRISTCHURCH MOSQUE MURDERER APPEALS LIFE SENTENCE

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The Australian white supremacist who murdered 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019 will appeal his conviction and life sentence, a court official told AFP Tuesday.

Armed with an arsenal of semi-automatic weapons, Brenton Tarrant attacked Friday worshippers at two mosques in March 2019, livestreaming the killings as he went.

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AUSTRALIA CLIMATE CHANGE FAILINGS VIOLATED INDIGENOUS RIGHTS - UN WATCHDOG

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Australia violated the rights of indigenous people by failing to adequately protect them against the effects of climate change, a United Nations watchdog has ruled, ordering Canberra to pay compensation.

In a ground-breaking decision, the UN Human Rights Committee ruled in favour of indigenous Torres Islanders who had filed a complaint against Australia over its failure to adapt to climate change.

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NEW ZEALAND MAY BECOME A REPUBLIC BUT NOT ANYTIME SOON, ARDERN SAYS

New Zealand will not actively take any measures to become a republic in the short-term after the death of Queen Elizabeth, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said, though she expects the Pacific nation will eventually become one.

"I've never sensed the urgency. There's so many challenges we face. This is a large, significant debate. Don't think it's one that would or should occur quickly," Ardern told reporters on Monday when asked whether the change in the British monarch will spark talks of republicanism in the country.

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