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Aruba: news

Australian boxer dies after fight

Tuesday, September 15th 2015, 9:04

Australian boxer Davey Browne Jr dies in hospital in Sydney four days after being knocked out in a title fight.
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VIDEO: Tony Abbott: 'This is a tough day'

Tuesday, September 15th 2015, 5:13

The ousted Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has acknowledged that his government was not perfect - one day after his Liberal Party toppled him as leader - but he said he was proud of what had been achieved.
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Australian PM challenged for leadership

Monday, September 14th 2015, 11:18

Australian PM Tony Abbott is challenged for his job by senior minister Malcolm Turnbull, who says Australia needs "a new style of leadership".
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Abbott dismisses challenge 'gossip'

Monday, September 14th 2015, 1:17

Australian PM Tony Abbott says he will not get caught up in "gossip" as he again faces speculation against a challenge to his leadership.
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Murray loses US Open doubles final

Saturday, September 12th 2015, 17:26
related countries: France, United Kingdom, United States
related places: New York, Pierre

Britain's Jamie Murray and Australian John Peers are beaten by French pair Nicolas Mahut and Pierre-Hugues Herbert in New York.
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US man 'posed as Australian jihadist'

Friday, September 11th 2015, 16:24
related countries: United States
related places: Florida

A 20-year-old from Florida who posed as an Australian jihadist is charged with helping to plan an attack on a 9/11 memorial in Missouri.
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Australia and FBI bust drug ring

Friday, September 11th 2015, 2:06
related countries: United States

An Australian music promoter, an American businessman, and three other men have been arrested over an alleged international drug ring.
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Australia in IS fight for 'years'

Wednesday, September 9th 2015, 23:52

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop says the country's military involvement in the fight against IS in the Middle East could last for "years".
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Australian dies in Norway cliff fall

Tuesday, September 8th 2015, 4:29
related countries: Norway

A 24-year-old Australian exchange student has fallen to her death from the famous Trolltunga cliff in Norway.
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49ers select ex-rugby league star

Sunday, September 6th 2015, 8:56

Former Australia rugby league player Jarryd Hayne is named on NFL team San Francisco 49ers' roster.
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Shane Warne's warning to Nick Kyrgios

Thursday, September 3rd 2015, 6:35

Ex-cricketer Shane Warne writes to tennis player Nick Kyrgios, telling his fellow Australian not to waste his talent.
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Abuse 'ignored' at top Australia school

Thursday, September 3rd 2015, 6:05
related countries: Australia

Former students of an elite Australian school say sexual abuse complaints were ignored, as an inquiry into child sex abuse hears evidence.
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Rudd drawn into Clinton email saga

Wednesday, September 2nd 2015, 9:03

Kevin Rudd "hoped for a sympathetic call" from Hillary Clinton after being ousted as Australian PM in 2010, a recently released email says.
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Australian growth unexpectedly slow

Wednesday, September 2nd 2015, 4:36
related countries: Australia

Australia's growth is slower than expected in the second quarter of the year, as the economy struggled to gain momentum.
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Dyson Heydon will not step down

Monday, August 31st 2015, 6:42

The head of an Australian Royal Commission into union corruption will not step down amid allegations of bias.
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Fish and snake battle caught on film

Monday, August 31st 2015, 5:21

An Australian spear fisherman captures one of the world's most venomous fish and a deadly snake in the middle of a fight for life.
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AFL star Adam Goodes booed again

Sunday, August 30th 2015, 23:21

Indigenous Australian football star Adam Goodes is subjected to booing once again, just weeks after his treatment sparked a debate about racism.
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Anger at Australia visa check plan

Friday, August 28th 2015, 16:53
related countries: Australia
related places: Melbourne

Australian officials cancel plans to check visas on the streets of Melbourne as part of a crime crackdown, amid protests and social media outrage.
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Murray to face Kyrgios in US Open

Thursday, August 27th 2015, 17:29
related countries: United States

Britain's world number three Andy Murray is drawn against Australian Nick Kyrgios in the first round of the US Open.
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Gillard back flips on gay marriage

Thursday, August 27th 2015, 4:19

Former Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard reverses her position on gay marriage, saying she now supports it.
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Dumoulin takes Vuelta a Espana lead

Wednesday, August 26th 2015, 20:32

Tom Dumoulin is the new Vuelta a Espana leader after Australian Caleb Ewans won his first Grand Tour stage.
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UK director takes on top Sydney job

Wednesday, August 26th 2015, 0:25
related countries: United Kingdom

The man who led one of the biggest turnarounds in UK theatre has taken on one of the top jobs in Australian theatre.
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Vatican 'failed' sex abuse victims

Monday, August 24th 2015, 23:51

An Australian royal commission hears claims the Catholic Church failed to properly deal with child sex abuse victims.
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VIDEO: Fashion houses buying crocodile farms

Monday, August 24th 2015, 23:16

Australian crocodile farms are being bought up by high end fashion chains such as Louis Vuitton and Hermes who treasure the prized skins.
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Abbott visits Eddie Mabo grave

Monday, August 24th 2015, 5:04

Tony Abbott becomes the first Australian prime minister to visit the grave of Indigenous land rights campaigner Eddie Koiki Mabo.
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'Invincibles' opener Morris dies at 93

Saturday, August 22nd 2015, 7:11

Australian Test great Arthur Morris, a key member of Don Bradman's 'Invincibles' side, dies aged 93.
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'Foreign fighters' stopped at airport

Thursday, August 20th 2015, 6:33

Australian authorities say they stopped seven young Australians at Sydney airport suspected of travelling to the Middle East to fight last week.
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Kirkpatrick guilty of child abuse

Thursday, August 20th 2015, 6:07

Australia's Maggie Kirkpatrick, who starred in the TV drama Prisoner Cell Block H, is found guilty of sexually abusing a teenage girl.
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Development appeals 'damaging jobs'

Wednesday, August 19th 2015, 4:24

Australian environmental groups say a government proposal to limit who can mount legal challenges against major developments is a corruption risk.
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Australia robber makes daring escape

Tuesday, August 18th 2015, 10:30

A maximum security prisoner stages an audacious escape in the Australian state of New South Wales by tying bed sheets together to scale a wall.
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Rogers to quit Tests after the Ashes

Tuesday, August 18th 2015, 9:17

Australia batsman Chris Rogers confirms he will retire from Test cricket at the end of this Ashes series.
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Same-sex marriage bill introduced

Monday, August 17th 2015, 1:55

Australian Liberal backbencher Warren Entsch introduces his controversial same-sex marriage bill to parliament.
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Crook smashes ton against Aussies

Saturday, August 15th 2015, 19:09
related countries: Australia

Australian all-rounder Steven Crook scored a quick-fire century for Northants against Australia at Wantage Road.
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Major blow for US film download case

Friday, August 14th 2015, 6:01
related countries: United States

An Australian court rules a US company must pay a huge bond if it wants the details of Australians who illegally downloaded the film Dallas Buyers Club.
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Sorry Kyrgios fined for Wawrinka jibe

Thursday, August 13th 2015, 20:55

Nick Kyrgios apologises after being fined £6,400 for a comment he made to Stanislas Wawrinka about his girlfriend.
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IS 'hit list' claims investigated

Thursday, August 13th 2015, 0:14

Authorities are investigating claims a group linked to the so-called Islamic State has published Australian officials' personal data.
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VIDEO: Will Australia vote on gay marriage?

Wednesday, August 12th 2015, 13:03

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has blocked a free vote for government MPs on any same-sex marriage bills but said the issue should be "put to the people" after the next election.
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Australia's anti-tampon tax rap

Wednesday, August 12th 2015, 12:44

Australian activists lobbying to drop a controversial tax on women's sanitary goods - known as the tampon tax - fire their latest salvo with a rap video.
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VIDEO: Australia PM speaks out on gay marriage

Wednesday, August 12th 2015, 10:27

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has blocked a free vote for government MPs on any same-sex marriage bills but said the issue should be "put to the people" after the next election.
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Australian gays 'might never marry'

Wednesday, August 12th 2015, 9:18
related countries: Australia

Australia's opposition leader Bill Shorten says Australians must choose between Prime Minister Tony Abbott and same-sex marriage.
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Australia defend Ashes preparations

Tuesday, August 11th 2015, 12:24

The Australian Cricketers' Association defends the presence of players' wives and girlfriends on the Ashes tour.
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Ash cloud grounds Bali-bound flights

Friday, August 7th 2015, 11:47

Australian flights to and from the holiday island of Bali are halted due to a persistent volcanic ash cloud.
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Australia PM lifts Q&A programme ban

Friday, August 7th 2015, 5:14

Australian government MPs will soon reappear on the national broadcaster's popular Q&A TV show after the Prime Minister lifts his ban.
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Adam Goodes 'spear' auctioned online

Wednesday, August 5th 2015, 6:02

The race row over Australian footballer Adam Goodes shifts to online auction house eBay with a mock sale of his "spear".
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VIDEO: Motorbike that can 'surf' on water

Tuesday, August 4th 2015, 3:40

Australian stunt biker Robbie Maddison has found a way to surf on his motorbike.
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Australian PM in constitution row

Tuesday, August 4th 2015, 0:58

Tony Abbott rejects a proposal to consult Indigenous people first about recognising them in the nation's constitution.
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VIDEO: Iraqi forces are 'ready to defend'

Monday, August 3rd 2015, 8:12
related countries: Iraq, New Zealand

Australian and New Zealand forces are training Iraqi soldiers in the hope that their guidance will help in the fight against Islamic State militants.
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Australian Speaker Bishop quits

Sunday, August 2nd 2015, 23:51

The speaker of the lower house of the Australian parliament, Bronwyn Bishop, resigns over an expenses scandal.
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Murray and Peers win Hamburg doubles

Sunday, August 2nd 2015, 12:12

Great Britain's Jamie Murray and Australian partner John Peers win the doubles at the Hamburg Open.
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Team Sky's Porte to join BMC Racing

Saturday, August 1st 2015, 9:37
related countries: United States

Australian cyclist Richie Porte will leave Team Sky to join the American BMC Racing team on a one-year deal in 2016.
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Debris 'very likely' part of MH370

Friday, July 31st 2015, 14:31
related countries: India, Indian Ocean, Reunion

It is "very likely" debris found on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion is that of the missing flight MH370, a top Australian official tells the BBC.
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Etihad sued over obese passenger

Friday, July 31st 2015, 8:56

An Australian plane passenger, who says he suffered back pain after being seated next to an overweight man, is suing Etihad Airways.
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AFL captains rally around Goodes

Friday, July 31st 2015, 7:27

The captains of all 18 Australian Rules football clubs call on fans to stop booing Sydney Swans player Adam Goodes amid a racism row.
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Second Australian punches shark

Friday, July 31st 2015, 4:36

An Australian surfer punches a shark to fend off an attack off New South Wales, say police, in what a witness calls a "Mick Fanning replay".
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Abbott weighs in on expenses scandal

Friday, July 31st 2015, 3:11

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott weighs in on an expenses scandal that has embroiled the government for the past three weeks.
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The reinvention of an Australian circus

Thursday, July 30th 2015, 0:35

A routine that is all jazz, ballet and acrobatics
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Daughter used in 'paedophile ring'

Wednesday, July 29th 2015, 6:12

An Australian man is one of eight men charged with 503 child sex offences against his 13-year-old daughter.
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Taunts reignite AFL racism row

Wednesday, July 29th 2015, 4:05

AFL star and Indigenous Australian Adam Goodes takes time off amid a row about "racist" booing, as the code again tries to tackle the issue.
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Australia pushing for MH17 tribunal

Wednesday, July 29th 2015, 0:55

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop is in New York to push for an independent criminal tribunal into the MH17 crash.
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Australian farmers fight huge mine

Sunday, July 26th 2015, 6:55

Australian farmers fight back as mines eat into prime land
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Australian nurse on terror charges

Sunday, July 26th 2015, 4:57
related countries: Turkey

Australian nurse Adam Brookman is charged with terrorism offences after he voluntarily returned to the country from Turkey.
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