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Aruba: news

Rossi wins, Smith third in Australia

Sunday, October 19th 2014, 8:37
related countries: Australia, United Kingdom

Italian Valentino Rossi wins the Australian MotoGP as Britain's Bradley Smith takes third, his first podium finish.
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VIDEO: Activists blockade Australian port

Friday, October 17th 2014, 13:22

Hundreds of climate change protestors have attempted to disrupt shipments of coal from a port north of Sydney using their canoes, kayaks and surfboards to form a blockade.
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Activists blockade Australian port

Friday, October 17th 2014, 10:42

Hundreds of South Pacific climate change protestors use canoes and surfboards to disrupt shipments of coal from a port north of Sydney.
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Flanagan wins Man Booker Prize

Wednesday, October 15th 2014, 8:14

Australian author Richard Flanagan wins the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for his wartime novel The Narrow Road to the Deep North.
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New South Wales hit by strong storms

Wednesday, October 15th 2014, 5:47

More than 14,000 homes are left without power in Sydney and across New South Wales as a powerful storm batters the eastern Australian coast.
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Australian chain pulls 'racist' top

Monday, October 13th 2014, 15:23
related countries: Australia

A singlet bearing a slogan seen by many as racist is removed from Woolworths shelves in Australia after it was "inadvertently" stocked.
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Abbott to 'confront' Putin on MH17

Monday, October 13th 2014, 7:26
related countries: Malaysia, Russia

Australian PM Tony Abbott says he will confront Russian President Vladimir Putin over the shooting down of a Malaysian passenger plane in July.
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VIDEO: Australian woman emerges from bush

Thursday, October 9th 2014, 15:15

A missing Australian woman has survived 17 days lost in the northern Queensland bush, local reports say. Here's a quick look at the story.
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HK lawmakers want CY Leung probe

Thursday, October 9th 2014, 11:22
related countries: Hong Kong

Hong Kong's chief executive is facing mounting pressure over payments he received from an Australian firm which were not made public.
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Australian lost in bush for 17 days

Thursday, October 9th 2014, 7:39

An Australian woman has survived 17 days lost in the bush in northern Queensland with no food, local reports say.
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Wotif shareholders agree Expedia bid

Thursday, October 9th 2014, 6:34

Shareholders in Australian online travel firm Wotif approve its takeover by online travel giant Expedia.
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HK leader given 'secret' payment

Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 14:39
related countries: Hong Kong

Hong Kong's chief executive, CY Leung, received millions from an Australian publicly-listed firm, according to Fairfax media.
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Canberra ranked 'best place to live'

Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 2:37
related countries: Australia
related places: Canberra

The Australian Capital Territory of Canberra ranks as the best place in the world to live, according to a report by the OECD.
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Rio Tinto rejected Glencore merger

Tuesday, October 7th 2014, 7:23

Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto says it rejected a takeover bid by rival firm Glencore in August.
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Australia PM urges burka ban rethink

Friday, October 3rd 2014, 9:33

Australian PM Tony Abbott urges a rethink of plans to ban women who cover their faces from sitting in the main public galleries of parliament.
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Australia inquiry into Nauru 'abuse'

Friday, October 3rd 2014, 9:22
related countries: Nauru

The Australian government orders an inquiry into claims of sexual abuse and incidents of self-harm at an asylum-seeker centre on Nauru.
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Australia approves strikes on IS

Friday, October 3rd 2014, 3:51
related countries: Iraq

The Australian cabinet gives its approval for fighter jets to join US-led air strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq.
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Australian winemaker TWE shares drop

Monday, September 29th 2014, 10:31
related countries: Australia

Shares in the world's biggest listed winemaker, Australia's Treasury Wine Estates (TWE), plunge after it rejects two separate multi-billion takeover offers.
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Shot Australian 'may have had help'

Thursday, September 25th 2014, 2:40

A teenage terror suspect shot dead after he stabbed two Australian police officers may not have acted alone, a top police officer says.
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Australian migrants struggle to find work

Wednesday, September 24th 2014, 23:55
related countries: Australia

Struggling to find a job in Australia
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Shot Australian 'was terror suspect'

Wednesday, September 24th 2014, 6:49

A teenager shot dead after he stabbed two police officers was a "known terror suspect" whose passport had been cancelled, Australian officials say.
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Australian 'terror suspect' killed

Tuesday, September 23rd 2014, 15:25

A teenager said to have made threats to Australian PM Tony Abbott is shot dead after stabbing two police in Melbourne, reports say.
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Abbott: Security before some freedom

Monday, September 22nd 2014, 7:18

Australian PM says the "delicate balance" between freedom and security may shift as he seeks powers to tackle Islamists, after terror raids last week.
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Tipsy Australian 'repels' crocodile

Saturday, September 20th 2014, 9:08

An Australian hunter says he fought off a crocodile by poking the reptile in the eye, admitting he was tipsy during the attack.
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Australia boosts parliament security

Friday, September 19th 2014, 3:44

Security is being upgraded at the Australian parliament following "chatter" suggesting extremists could target it for attack, the PM says.
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Australia in 'beheading plot' raids

Thursday, September 18th 2014, 15:48

Police carry out anti-terrorism raids in Sydney sparked by intelligence that Islamist extremists were planning random killings in Australia.
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Australia want Lions 2017 tour game

Thursday, September 18th 2014, 10:25
related countries: Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom

The Australian Rugby Union wants the British and Irish Lions to start their 2017 tour of New Zealand in Australia.
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Goldfish has brain operation

Monday, September 15th 2014, 17:46

An Australian goldfish called George is recovering from successful microsurgery in which a large tumour was removed from his brain.
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Abbott governs from indigenous area

Monday, September 15th 2014, 8:27

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is spending a week governing the country from a remote indigenous community in the Northern Territory.
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VIDEO: Australian fears over IS at home

Monday, September 15th 2014, 5:05

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has announced plans to take passports from Australians who may be planning to travel to fight with Islamic State.
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Radio donation to hoax nurse family

Saturday, September 13th 2014, 8:04
related countries: United Kingdom

An Australian radio station donates A$500,000 to relatives of a UK nurse who killed herself after taking a hoax phone call relating to the Royal Family.
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Royal hoax call nurse 'very upset'

Thursday, September 11th 2014, 17:31

A nurse found dead after answering a prank call to a hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated was "very upset" afterwards, an inquest hears.
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Australia police in explosives error

Thursday, September 11th 2014, 8:11

Australian police apologise after leaving a device containing explosives in a bag at Sydney Airport for nearly a month.
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Australia shootings: Body found

Wednesday, September 10th 2014, 8:26
related countries: Australia

Australian police find a body and a gun near a rural New South Wales farmhouse where a woman and her three children were found dead.
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Jacobson makes Booker shortlist

Tuesday, September 9th 2014, 11:24
related countries: United Kingdom

Former Booker winner Howard Jacobson is among the three British writers, two Americans and an Australian to make this year's shortlist.
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VIDEO: Man dies in Australia shark attack

Tuesday, September 9th 2014, 10:21
related countries: Australia
related places: Byron Bay

A 50-year-old man has been killed in a shark attack off a beach in Byron Bay, the most easterly point on the Australian mainland, officials say
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VIDEO: Man dies in Australia shark attack

Tuesday, September 9th 2014, 7:06
related countries: Australia
related places: Byron Bay

A 50-year-old man has been killed in a shark attack off a beach in Byron Bay, the most easterly point on the Australian mainland, officials say.
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Door open for new champions - Cilic

Sunday, September 7th 2014, 23:47
related countries: United States

US Open finalist Marin Cilic says Stan Wawrinka's Australian win opened the door for the next generation of champions.
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VIDEO: Parents 'emotional' as deaf baby hears

Saturday, September 6th 2014, 18:53

The Australian parents of a deaf baby boy have described the "overwhelming" moment their son heard their voices for the first time.
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Australia Iranian asylum-seeker dies

Friday, September 5th 2014, 12:25

An Iranian man who had been seeking asylum in Australia, but developed septicaemia after a cut on his foot at an offshore detention centre, dies.
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Abbott in India over uranium deal

Thursday, September 4th 2014, 3:31
related countries: India

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott arrives in India for a two-day visit, with a deal on uranium sales high on the agenda.
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Deep sea 'mushroom' is a breed apart

Wednesday, September 3rd 2014, 21:43

A mushroom-shaped deep sea animal discovered off the Australian coast has defied classification within the tree of life.
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Australian actor Bill Kerr dies

Friday, August 29th 2014, 9:44

Australian actor Bill Kerr, "the boy from Wagga Wagga" who became one of Tony Hancock's radio sidekicks in the 1950s, dies in Perth at 92.
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Billabong upbeat despite more losses

Thursday, August 28th 2014, 8:36

Australian surfwear firm Billbabong reports another annual loss but says its turnaround plan "is gaining traction".
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Australia ups anti-terror efforts

Wednesday, August 27th 2014, 7:11
related countries: Iraq, Syria

New counter-terrorism units have been set up at two Australian airports, PM Tony Abbott says, amid concern over Australians fighting in Iraq and Syria.
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Lockheed Martin in space junk deal

Wednesday, August 27th 2014, 6:50
related countries: United States

US defence giant Lockheed Martin is teaming up with an Australian technology firm to track space debris that can damage multi-billion dollar satellites.
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Australia tycoon makes China apology

Tuesday, August 26th 2014, 6:58
related countries: China

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer apologises for calling the Chinese government "mongrels", after widespread criticism of his comments.
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Australia sued over asylum detainees

Tuesday, August 26th 2014, 6:06
related countries: Christmas Island

Asylum-seekers detained on Christmas Island, including a six-year-old child, sue the Australian government over inadequate health care.
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Australian airlines grant phone use

Tuesday, August 26th 2014, 1:13

Travellers on Qantas and Virgin Australia will be able to use their mobile phones and other electronic devices during flights from Tuesday.
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Australian is oldest Channel swimmer

Thursday, August 21st 2014, 9:15

A 70-tear-old Australian man has set the record for the world's oldest person to swim the English Channel.
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Australian winemaker reports a loss

Thursday, August 21st 2014, 1:47
related countries: China, United States

Australian winemaker Treasury Wine Estates has reported its first annual loss due to slower sales in China and oversupply in the US market.
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Cronulla Sharks face doping claims

Wednesday, August 20th 2014, 9:18

Seventeen past and present players from Australian rugby league side Cronulla Sharks face doping allegations.
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VIDEO: Australia MP's verbal attack on China

Tuesday, August 19th 2014, 10:55
related countries: China

Australian MP Clive Palmer has been criticised after he launched an extraordinary attack on the Chinese government, live on national TV.
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Arrests over PNG asylum-seeker death

Tuesday, August 19th 2014, 10:29
related countries: Australia, Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea police have charged two men with the murder of a man seeking asylum in Australia, Australian media reports say.
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Australian PM comments 'offensive'

Saturday, August 16th 2014, 12:42
related countries: United Kingdom

Scotland's first minister says the Australian prime minister's negative comments on Scottish independence were "foolish and hypocritical".
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VIDEO: Barrier Reef 'an economic dilemma'

Wednesday, August 13th 2014, 14:33
related countries: Australia

The outlook for Australia's Great Barrier Reef is poor, a new report says. The BBC's Matt McGrath said the Great Barrier Reef posed a "difficult economic dilemma" for the Australian government.
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Australian banks face class action

Tuesday, August 12th 2014, 6:11

Australian legal firm Maurice Blackburn files class actions against five banks over late credit card fees worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
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'Tractor beam' created in water

Monday, August 11th 2014, 14:10

Australian physicists have discovered how to control the movement of a floating object using wave patterns.
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Australian winemaker in bidding war

Monday, August 11th 2014, 4:23
related countries: Australia

The world's biggest listed winemaker, Australia's Treasury Wines Estates, receives a second multi-billion-dollar takeover bid.
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Australia boy 'holds severed head'

Monday, August 11th 2014, 4:18
related countries: Australia, Syria

Australia's PM condemns an image showing a boy, reportedly the son of an Australian ex-terror convict, holding the severed head of a Syrian.
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Gammy's parents 'wanted to take him'

Monday, August 11th 2014, 3:38
related countries: Thailand

An Australian couple deny abandoning a baby born with Down's syndrome to a surrogate in Thailand and say they will fight to get him back.
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