Police in Australia arrested 16 terror suspects, including a radical Muslim cleric accused of leading a cell dedicated to “violent jihad", in a string of raids in the early hours of today and said they had foiled a catastrophic terror attack.

POLICE in Australia arrested 15 terror suspects in a string of raids early today and said they had foiled a major terror attack.

Police in Australia arrested 15 terror suspects in a string of raids in the early hours of Tuesday and said they had foiled a major terror attack.

POLICE officers working to defuse disputes involving Australian Aborigines have been left red-faced after receiving a consignment of uniforms which labelled them ‘alcos’ - Aussie slang for alcoholics.

A SEX crimes detective has been suspended over allegations he owned child pornography, police said yesterday, as they revealed that two more suspects in Australia’s biggest crackdown on Internet paedophilia rings had committed suicide.

Australian Police have discovered the remains of what may have been two homemade bombs used by arsonists to set tinder-dry forests on fire.