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Iran 'unable to take Australians'

Thursday, June 21st 2007, 18:06
related countries: Iran Iran

Iranian naval forces in the Gulf tried to capture an Australian Navy team but were repelled, the BBC learns.
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Calm urged in key Aborigine trial

Saturday, June 16th 2007, 1:06

An Australian judge urges calm in the trial of a policeman for manslaughter of an Aboriginal man.
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Aborigine child sex abuse 'rife'

Friday, June 15th 2007, 13:15

An Australian inquiry says it found cases of child sex abuse in every aboriginal community visited.
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Australian PM meets Dalai Lama

Friday, June 15th 2007, 9:44
related countries: China China

Australian PM John Howard has met the Dalai Lama in Sydney, amid fierce opposition from China.
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Flooded Australian homes looted

Tuesday, June 12th 2007, 11:24
related countries: Australia Australia

People returning home after storms and flooding in eastern Australia find their properties have been looted.
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Unity call as Sydney cleric quits

Monday, June 11th 2007, 11:39

Australian Muslim leaders urge unity under a new top cleric, after controversial mufti Sheikh Hilali steps down.
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Anger as Australian sheikh quits

Monday, June 11th 2007, 6:52
related countries: Australia Australia

Supporters of Australia's controversial Muslim cleric claim a government conspiracy forced him to quit.
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Australian storms ground tanker

Friday, June 8th 2007, 8:14
related countries: Australia Australia

Environmentalists fear a maritime disaster if a beached coal freighter in eastern Australia breaks up.
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Search for travel writer in Tibet

Tuesday, June 5th 2007, 11:33

A search is under way for an Australian Lonely Planet travel writer missing in a remote mountain region in Tibet.
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Australia rail crash toll rises

Tuesday, June 5th 2007, 10:16
related countries: Australia Australia

The death toll rises to 11 in a train crash in southern Australia, which has left as many as 50 wounded.
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Tennis: Nadal sees off Hewitt

Monday, June 4th 2007, 16:08
related countries: France France

Rafael Nadal hits peak form to see off Australian Lleyton Hewitt 6-3 6-1 7-6 and reach the French Open quarter-finals.
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Australia PM pledges climate plan

Sunday, June 3rd 2007, 12:08

Australian Prime Minister John Howard announces a new policy on climate change, pledging pollution limits.
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Australia inquiry angers Jakarta

Wednesday, May 30th 2007, 11:16
related countries: East Timor East Timor, Indonesia Indonesia
related places: Jakarta

Indonesia is angered over an Australian inquiry into the deaths of journalists during the invasion of East Timor.
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Reporters 'murdered' in E Timor

Wednesday, May 30th 2007, 6:30
related countries: East Timor East Timor, Indonesia Indonesia

Indonesian troops murdered five Western journalists during the invasion of East Timor in 1975, an Australian inquiry hears.
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Australian pub bars heterosexuals

Monday, May 28th 2007, 8:20

A gay pub in the Australian city of Melbourne wins the right to ban heterosexuals.
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Australian Big Brother under fire

Friday, May 25th 2007, 10:47
related countries: Australia Australia

Australia's Big Brother is criticised for deciding not to tell a contestant that her father had died.
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Australian Big Brother under fire

Friday, May 25th 2007, 4:14
related countries: Australia Australia

Australia's Big Brother is criticised for deciding not to tell a contestant that her father had died.
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Australian hurt in Thai bombing

Tuesday, May 22nd 2007, 11:55
related countries: Thailand Thailand

An Australian photographer becomes the first foreign journalist injured in southern Thailand's insurgency.
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Guantanamo Australian home

Sunday, May 20th 2007, 5:09

David Hicks, the Australian convicted of supporting terrorism, returns home to serve his prison sentence.
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Bullied Australian in A$1m payout

Monday, May 14th 2007, 12:35

An Australian teenager who was bullied at school is awarded record damages that could reach A$1m.
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Aussies pull out of Zimbabwe tour

Sunday, May 13th 2007, 5:21
related countries: Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

Australian PM John Howard orders the country's cricket team to pull out of a planned tour of Zimbabwe.
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Cricket: Zimbabwe row grows

Friday, May 11th 2007, 7:06
related countries: Zimbabwe Zimbabwe

The Australian government steps up a campaign to persuade the ICC to take action against Zimbabwe.
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Consortium admits Qantas bid over

Tuesday, May 8th 2007, 4:30

The consortium trying to take over Australian airline Qantas has admitted that its efforts have failed.
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Bidders could revive Qantas offer

Monday, May 7th 2007, 5:49

A consortium which failed in its $8.9bn effort to buy Australian airline Qantas says it could return with a new bid.
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Last-ditch Qantas offer blocked

Sunday, May 6th 2007, 13:27

Regulators reject a last-ditch attempt by a consortium to revive its takeover of Australian airline Qantas.
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Australian senator under fire

Wednesday, May 2nd 2007, 9:56

Australian senator Bill Heffernan is under fire for saying a childless female politician is unfit to govern.
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Ghost yacht 'kidnapping' theory

Tuesday, April 24th 2007, 17:50

Relatives of crew missing from an abandoned Australian yacht think the men may have been kidnapped.
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Australia workers rock for rights

Sunday, April 22nd 2007, 1:25

Australian unions stage a rock concert to protest against the government's controversial workplace laws.
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Hopes fade for 'ghost yacht' crew

Saturday, April 21st 2007, 6:10
related countries: Australia Australia

Rescuers hunting for the crew of a yacht found off north-east Australia think it has been drifting since Sunday.
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Sea lion attacks Australian girl

Sunday, April 15th 2007, 8:31
related countries: Australia Australia

A teenage girl is in a stable condition after being mauled by a sea lion while surfing off Australia's west coast.
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Fury at Howard HIV entry ban call

Friday, April 13th 2007, 18:02

Aids charities react angrily to Australian Prime Minister John Howard's opposition to HIV-positive migrants.
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Ex-India coach Chappell 'unwell'

Saturday, April 7th 2007, 11:01
related countries: India India
related places: Mumbai

The outgoing Indian cricket coach, Australian Greg Chappell falls ill and visits a Mumbai hospital, reports say.
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Swimmer Thorpe denies doping

Sunday, April 1st 2007, 5:36

Australian Ian Thorpe vows to clear his name against allegations made against him in a newspaper.
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Guantanamo plea deal for Hicks

Friday, March 30th 2007, 23:18
related countries: United States United States

Australian David Hicks will serve at most seven years in jail for aiding al-Qaeda, a Guantanamo tribunal hears.
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Toads' Australian march quickens

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 23:05
related countries: Australia Australia

Cane toads are likely to double their range in Australia, scientists say, with damaging impacts on wildlife.
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Guilty plea from detainee Hicks

Tuesday, March 27th 2007, 2:54
related countries: United States United States
related places: Hicks

Australian David Hicks, the first Guantanamo terror suspect to face a new trial system, pleads guilty.
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Guantanamo hearing for Hicks

Monday, March 26th 2007, 1:40

David Hicks is expected to raise the legitimacy of his case at a Guantanamo hearing on Monday.
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Australian imams 'to fight fires'

Wednesday, March 21st 2007, 5:54
related countries: Australia Australia

Islamic clerics in Australia are being encouraged to volunteer as firemen, to improve the image of Muslims.
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US probes Hicks 'sedated' claim

Monday, March 19th 2007, 8:29
related countries: United States United States
related places: Hicks

The Pentagon is examining claims that Australian David Hicks was forcibly sedated at Guantanamo Bay.
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Australia PM returns from Iraq

Monday, March 19th 2007, 5:11
related countries: Afghanistan Afghanistan, Iraq Iraq

Australian PM John Howard returns home from Iraq and Afghanistan, where he pledged support for troops.
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F1: Raikkonen wins in Melbourne

Sunday, March 18th 2007, 4:39
related countries: Bermuda Bermuda

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen dominates the Australian Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton finishes third on his debut with McLaren.
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Live: Australian Grand Prix

Sunday, March 18th 2007, 2:26

Fernando Alonso starts his bid for a third straight Formula One world title at the Australian Grand Prix.
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Australia in Iraq troops pledge

Sunday, March 18th 2007, 0:56
related countries: Iraq Iraq

Australian PM John Howard says his troops will stay in Iraq until Iraqis are able to control their own security.
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F1: Raikkonen takes pole

Saturday, March 17th 2007, 7:11

Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen claims pole position for the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday.
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Cricket: McGrath upbeat

Wednesday, March 14th 2007, 23:24
related countries: United Kingdom United Kingdom

Glenn McGrath says the Australian pace attack is in fine form after they ripped through Scotland to win by 203 runs in St Kitts.
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Australian PM begins Japan visit

Sunday, March 11th 2007, 11:00
related countries: Australia Australia, Japan Japan

Australia's John Howard arrives in Japan on a visit that will include signing a bilateral security pact.
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Rains helping cool Barrier Reef

Sunday, March 11th 2007, 8:56

Torrential rains cool northern Australian seas, providing rare relief to the Great Barrier Reef.
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Howard backs Japan security deal

Saturday, March 10th 2007, 11:39
related countries: China China, Japan Japan

Australian PM John Howard dismisses suggestions a security declaration with Japan could strain China ties.
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Australian clerics 'in media ban'

Friday, March 9th 2007, 7:39
related countries: Australia Australia

Five of Australia's senior Muslim clerics are reportedly banned from talking to the media by Islamic leaders.
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Guilty verdict on Norfolk Island

Friday, March 9th 2007, 6:50
related countries: Norfolk Island Norfolk Island

Glenn McNeill is found guilty of the first murder on the remote Australian territory of Norfolk Island for 151 years.
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Hicks gets date for court hearing

Thursday, March 8th 2007, 11:41
related countries: United States United States

After five years in Guantanamo Bay, Australian detainee David Hicks faces a US military court on 20 March.
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Child sex tourist jailed in Goa

Wednesday, March 7th 2007, 13:56
related countries: India India
related places: Goa

A court in the Indian state of Goa sentences an Australian to 10 years in jail for his role in a child sex ring.
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Troops storm E Timor rebel base

Sunday, March 4th 2007, 6:00
related countries: East Timor East Timor

Australian-led troops seize a town in East Timor where rebel leader Alfredo Reinado has been hiding.
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Hicks charge 'took too long'

Friday, March 2nd 2007, 6:44

Australian PM John Howard says it took too long to file charges against Guantanamo inmate David Hicks.
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US terror charges for Australian

Thursday, March 1st 2007, 19:01
related countries: United States United States

The US files terror charges against an Australian held at Guantanamo Bay without trial for five years.
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E Timor rebel urged to surrender

Thursday, March 1st 2007, 6:17
related countries: East Timor East Timor

Authorities urge East Timor rebel leader Alfredo Reinado to surrender, as Australian troops close in on his hideout.
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Howard accepts Qantas bid

Monday, February 26th 2007, 7:03

John Howard says he will not step in to block the planned $8.8bn takeover of Australian national airline Qantas.
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Cheney warns on China build-up

Friday, February 23rd 2007, 8:05
related countries: Australia Australia, Iraq Iraq, United States United States

US Vice-President Dick Cheney voices concern at China's growing military power, on a visit to Australia.
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Peacekeeper kills E Timor refugee

Friday, February 23rd 2007, 7:31
related countries: East Timor East Timor
related places: Dili

An Australian peacekeeper kills an East Timorese civilian during a clash in a refugee camp in Dili.
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US releases details against Hicks

Friday, February 16th 2007, 4:33
related countries: United States United States
related places: Hicks

The US military releases details of its case against David Hicks, an Australian held at Guantanamo Bay.
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Australia PM slams US candidate

Monday, February 12th 2007, 11:50
related countries: United States United States

Australian PM John Howard says al-Qaeda should be praying for Barack Obama to win the US presidency.
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