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Australia sex row cadets charged

Friday, April 29th 2011, 6:25

Two cadets are charged over a sex scandal at an Australian defence academy, in a row which led to a review of the military's treatment of women.
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Anzac Day marked at services

Monday, April 25th 2011, 8:27
related countries: Australia Australia, South Korea South Korea, New Zealand New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand remember their war dead on Anzac Day, with the leaders of both countries attending ceremonies abroad.
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Probe over Australia asylum riot

Friday, April 22nd 2011, 8:33
related countries: Australia Australia
related places: Sydney, Villawood

Australian police question 22 people after Wednesday's riot at the Villawood immigration detention centre in Sydney.
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Rioters burn Sydney asylum centre

Thursday, April 21st 2011, 7:19

Detainees at an Australian immigration detention centre in Sydney riot and set fire to a number of buildings.
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Australian dollar hits new record

Thursday, April 21st 2011, 6:54
related countries: United States United States

The Australian dollar rises to a record high against the US dollar as producer prices came in better than expected.
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VIDEO: Australia sinks navy ship to create reef

Wednesday, April 13th 2011, 8:29

Hundreds of onlookers were treated to a fireworks display as a decommissioned Australian navy frigate was scuttled off the coast of New South Wales.
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Aussie Watson breaks sixes record as Bangladesh routed

Monday, April 11th 2011, 10:12
related countries: Bangladesh Bangladesh

Shane Watson smashes a world-record 15 sixes on his way to recording the highest individual one-day innings by an Australian as Bangladesh are crushed by nine wickets.
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Life term for Australia bridge death father

Monday, April 11th 2011, 3:46

An Australian man is jailed for life for throwing his daughter to her death from Melbourne's highest bridge in a fit of rage over a custody battle.
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Australia ends Singapore ASX bid

Friday, April 8th 2011, 5:22
related countries: Singapore Singapore

The Australian government has blocked a takeover bid from the Singapore Exchange for the Australian bourse the ASX
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Australian unemployment rate dips

Thursday, April 7th 2011, 6:42
related countries: Australia Australia

Australia's unemployment rate fell to 4.9% in March, its lowest level since December 2008, pushing its currency to fresh highs.
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Australian rats scurry to desert

Thursday, April 7th 2011, 3:54
related countries: Australia Australia

A mass migration of rats is under way into the deserts of Australia after a run of high rainfall seasons, scientists say.
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Australia defence cadet sex probe

Wednesday, April 6th 2011, 4:13

Australian police investigate claims by a female cadet at the country's defence academy that a fellow cadet ran a live broadcast of them having sex.
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Australia to block bid for bourse

Tuesday, April 5th 2011, 10:09
related countries: Singapore Singapore

The Australian government says it will reject a bid for the stock exchange from the Singapore bourse on "national interest" grounds.
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VIDEO: Woman survives six-storey car plunge

Monday, April 4th 2011, 12:58

An Australian woman has survived a six storey fall from a parking garage in Melbourne.
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Australian disasters to cost $9bn

Monday, April 4th 2011, 6:02
related countries: Australia Australia

The natural disasters that hit Australia will cost its economy A$9bn ($9.4bn; £5.8bn), according to the Treasury department.
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McLaren chief cools expectations

Friday, April 1st 2011, 14:43

McLaren chief Martin Whitmarsh urges caution despite the team's mpressive start to the season in the Australian Grand Prix.
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Men At Work song appeal rejected

Thursday, March 31st 2011, 9:58

Australian band Men At Work lose an appeal against a court ruling that their hit Down Under was partially copied from a folk song.
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Australian dollar at 29-year high

Wednesday, March 30th 2011, 6:17
related countries: United States United States

The Australian dollar has risen to a 29-year high against the US dollar as demand for commodities continues to grow.
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Australian PM's computer 'hacked'

Tuesday, March 29th 2011, 8:48

Australian PM Julia Gillard's parliamentary computer and those of at least two senior ministers are suspected of being hacked, reports say.
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Vettel beats Hamilton in opener

Sunday, March 27th 2011, 10:51
related countries: Bermuda Bermuda
related places: Hamilton

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel wins the season-opening Australian Grand Prix from McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton and Renault's Vitaly Petrov.
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Live - Australian Grand Prix

Sunday, March 27th 2011, 4:35
related countries: Bermuda Bermuda

Red Bull's world champion Sebastian Vettel wins the Australian Grand Prix ahead of Lewis Hamilton.
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Vettel blasts to Australian pole

Saturday, March 26th 2011, 10:11
related countries: Australia Australia

Sebastian Vettel unleashes an electrifying display of pace to capture the first pole of the new season for Red Bull in Australia.
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Live - Australian GP qualifying

Saturday, March 26th 2011, 3:57

Red Bull world champion Sebastian Vettel qualifies on pole for the opening race of the 2011 season in Melbourne.
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McLaren fight back to the front

Friday, March 25th 2011, 9:55

McLaren's Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton head Ferrari's Fernando Alonso in second practice at the Australian Grand Prix.
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BHP to spend $9.5bn in Australia

Friday, March 25th 2011, 2:10
related countries: Australia Australia

BHP Billiton, the world's biggest miner, says it will expand its Australian iron ore and coal mining projects.
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Live - Australian GP practice

Friday, March 25th 2011, 1:05

McLaren's Jenson Button sets the fastest time in practice ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton in second practice at Albert Park.
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McLaren upbeat for Australian GP

Thursday, March 24th 2011, 9:49
related countries: Bermuda Bermuda

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are optimistic they can fight for victory in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix.
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Riots at Australia asylum centre

Friday, March 18th 2011, 8:17
related countries: Australia Australia, Christmas Island Christmas Island

Australian police fire tear gas to subdue rioting asylum seekers at the Christmas Island detention centre following days of unrest there.
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Aussies overwhelm minnows Canada

Wednesday, March 16th 2011, 17:38
related countries: Canada Canada

Australian openers Shane Watson and Brad Haddin put on 183 as the World Cup holders easily chase down a target of 212 to beat Canada in Bangalore.
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Rio Tinto ups bid for Riversdale

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 14:50

Mining giant Rio Tinto ups its bid for Riversdale in its latest attempt to woo shareholders in the Australian coal miner.
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Australian angler grabbed by croc

Thursday, March 10th 2011, 3:46

An Australian angler is recovering in hospital after fighting off a saltwater crocodile that tried to drag him into a creek.
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Former mayor denies mafia reports

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 12:24
related countries: Italy Italy

An ex-mayor of the west Australian city of Stirling denies Italian reports linking him to the feared 'Ndrangheta mafia.
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Australian music gift for Obama

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 11:33
related countries: United States United States

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard gives Barack Obama an MP3 player loaded with a "best of" Australian music mix as a souvenir of her first official visit to the US.
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Australian Moran guilty of murder

Wednesday, March 9th 2011, 3:58

Gangland matriarch Judy Moran, mother and wife to four victims of underworld killings, is found guilty of murdering her brother-in-law Des "Tuppence" Moran.
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Button pessimistic for opening GP

Tuesday, March 8th 2011, 17:48

Jenson Button believes McLaren will not be able to challenge rivals Red Bull and Ferrari at the season-opening Australian Grand Prix on 27 March.
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Former Fiji minister seeks asylum

Monday, March 7th 2011, 12:29
related countries: Australia Australia, Fiji Fiji

Former Fijian government minister Samisoni Tikoinasau says he will seek asylum in Australia after being arrested and beaten in Fiji, an Australian newspaper reports.
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India compensation after 33 years

Friday, March 4th 2011, 10:28
related countries: India India
related places: Delhi

An Indian court awards $1m in compensation to an Australian woman, 33 years after she was paralysed in a fall at a Delhi hotel swimming pool.
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VIDEO: Runaway train rolls onto road

Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 16:27

A freight train has careered off the tracks near a busy road, narrowly missing drivers in the Australian state of New South Wales.
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Australian editor in Burma court

Thursday, March 3rd 2011, 11:28
related countries: Burma Burma
related places: Rangoon

A court hearing is underway in Rangoon in the trial of Ross Dunkley, the Australian owner of the Myanmar Times newspaper arrested on immigration charges.
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Australian economy picks up pace

Wednesday, March 2nd 2011, 3:38
related countries: Australia Australia

Australia's economic growth picked up pace in the fourth quarter of 2010, despite the severe floods, figures show.
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Dragons beat Wigan in World Challenge

Sunday, February 27th 2011, 21:01

Australian champions St George Illawarra Dragons hold on to win the World Club Challenge for the first time with a comeback victory over Wigan.
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World Club Challenge - latest score

Sunday, February 27th 2011, 19:14

Wigan Warriors face Australian side St George Illawarra Dragons at the DW Stadium.
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Djokovic to play Federer in Dubai

Friday, February 25th 2011, 16:41

Novak Djokovic will face Roger Federer in Saturday's Dubai Championships final after both were victorious on Friday.
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Ben Elton's Australian show axed

Thursday, February 24th 2011, 10:11
related countries: Australia Australia, United Kingdom United Kingdom

British comic Ben Elton's new show in Australia is axed after three episodes, it is announced.
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Drunk Australia sailors condemned

Tuesday, February 22nd 2011, 11:29

Sailors aboard an Australian naval ship engaged in "predatory" behaviour and drunken misconduct while deployed in Asia in 2009, a retired judge reports.
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BHP Billiton moves into shale gas

Tuesday, February 22nd 2011, 9:39
related countries: United States United States

Anglo-Australian miner BHP Billiton agrees to buy shale gas assets from US firm Chesapeake Energy for $4.75bn.
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Australian town changes name to kill speeding

Friday, February 18th 2011, 4:39

The tiny Australian town of Speed changes name to SpeedKills in a traffic safety bid for fame.
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Australian banks face ratings cut

Thursday, February 17th 2011, 1:40
related countries: Australia Australia

Moody's puts Australia's four biggest banks on credit downgrade review, saying they may be too dependent on global markets.
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Qantas A380 problems hit profits

Wednesday, February 16th 2011, 23:13

Australian airline Qantas says the grounding of its Airbus A380s after an explosion in one of the engines cost it $55m.
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Waugh backs one-day game revival

Tuesday, February 15th 2011, 7:22

Australian cricket legend Steve Waugh tells the BBC he believes the 50-over game is still relevant and is set for a "resurgence" at the 2011 World Cup, which starts Saturday.
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Burma arrests Australian editor

Saturday, February 12th 2011, 16:22
related countries: Burma Burma

Ross Dunkley, the Australian owner of English-language newspaper Myanmar Times, is arrested in Burma on an alleged immigration offence.
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Clijsters regains number one spot

Friday, February 11th 2011, 21:59
related countries: France France

Australian Open champion Kim Clijsters regains her world number one ranking after beating Jelena Dokic in the quarter-finals of the Paris Open.
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Hussey & Hauritz out of World Cup

Tuesday, February 8th 2011, 13:52

Australian duo Mike Hussey and Nathan Hauritz are ruled out of the World Cup through injury.
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Australian MPs weep for victims

Tuesday, February 8th 2011, 9:59

Australian MPs cry as they pay tribute to the tens of thousands of people whose lives have been devastated by recent floods, cyclones and bushfires.
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VIDEO: Australian PM weeps over disasters

Tuesday, February 8th 2011, 9:59

Australian PM Julia Gillard pays tribute to the tens of thousands of people whose lives have been devastated by floods, cyclones and fires.
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Bushfires engulf Australian homes

Monday, February 7th 2011, 6:40
related countries: Australia Australia

Bushfires raging on the outskirts of Perth in Western Australia have destroyed at least 59 homes.
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Flash floods hit Australian state

Saturday, February 5th 2011, 14:03
related countries: Seychelles Seychelles
related places: Victoria

Torrential rain has led to flash flooding in the southern Australian state of Victoria.
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Queensland battles cyclone debris

Friday, February 4th 2011, 9:20

Australia sends in thousands of emergency workers to help Queensland's stricken coastal communities after the state's worst storm in a century.
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Woman gives birth in midst of cyclone

Thursday, February 3rd 2011, 13:25

A woman gives birth to a baby girl while sheltering in an evacuation centre from the Australian cyclone.
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Queensland survives Cyclone Yasi

Thursday, February 3rd 2011, 10:58

Queensland's coast is badly hit but cities have a lucky escape as Cyclone Yasi is downgraded to a category two storm over north-east Australia.
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Cyclone wind 'like a freight train'

Thursday, February 3rd 2011, 3:45

The Australian state of Queensland is counting the cost as the powerful Cyclone Yasi carved a trail of destruction across the north-east with winds of nearly 300km/h (185mph).
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