Aboriginals were the target of a terror attack on an Australia Day rally, police said on Thursday. More than 2,500 people had gathered at a rally in Perth, which was protesting against Britain’s “invasion” of Australia, when a man allegedly threw a bomb filled with screws and ball bearings into the crowd.

A 12-year-old Australian boy who had been clinging to life after a shark attack last week died from severe injuries suffered when a suspected bull shark took a single bite while he was swimming in the famous Sydney Harbour.