Australia’s largest aluminium smelter last week received a $2.5 billion (US$1.8 billion) taxpayer-backed lifeline, securing operations and thousands of Hunter Valley jobs for another decade.The federal and New South Wales (NSW) governments will support a new 10-year power arrangement after Tomago Aluminium’s existing electricity...

Police inspect a crime scene in Sydney, Australia, on April 29, 2016. Brook Mitchell/Getty ImagesA 27-year-old man has been charged after a woman was allegedly stabbed with scissors, and a 10-year-old boy assaulted in Melbourne’s central business district.The incident occurred around 1 p.m. on...