An Australian father has been charged with murdering three of his children and attempting to kill the rest of his family in a house fire.

Australia said it had more than doubled the visa fee for international students, the latest move by the government to rein in record migration that has intensified pressure on an already tight housing market.

Australian home prices rose in June for a seventeenth straight month, as tight supply outweighed demand-side pressures of high interest rates, a cost of living squeeze and tight lending conditions, property consultant CoreLogic said.

Adding partners to the AUKUS defense project would be “complicated,” a senior Australian diplomat said, saying he did not believe the U.S. Congress is open to expanding the pact involving Australia, the U.S. and Britain.

Australia and China will take steps to improve military communication to avoid incidents, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said after meeting Premier Li Qiang, in the first visit to the country by a Chinese premier in seven years.

Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese Premier Li Qiang will meet in the first such visit to the country by a Chinese premier in seven years, with trade ties, regional security and a jailed Australian writer on the host’s agenda.

Australia’s Qantas Airways, opens new tab said on Thursday it will acquire the remaining 49% stake in online travel business TripADeal for A$211 million ($140.6 million) as the airline seeks to capitalize on strong demand for holiday bookings.

Violence against women is an “epidemic” in Australia, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Saturday, as thousands attended rallies in Sydney and other major Australian cities urging tougher laws on gendered violence.

A knife attack during a service at an Assyrian church in Sydney was a terrorist act motivated by suspected religious extremism, Australian police said.

At least four people were wounded, including a bishop with a global online following, in a knife attack during a service at a church in a suburb of Sydney yesterday, police and witnesses said, triggering clashes between angry residents and police.

The man who went on a stabbing rampage in a Sydney shopping centre appears to have targeted women, police say.

One of the victims of the Sydney mall stabbing rampage was on the phone to her boyfriend when the attack happened.