News: Australia

We have started to collect the most important news related to Australia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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• November 14th 2005 – December 21st 2005
• December 26th 2005 – February 13th 2006
• February 14th 2006 – March 31st 2006
• April 1st 2006 – June 2nd 2006
• June 3rd 2006 – August 31st 2006
• September 4th 2006 – October 29th 2006
• October 29th 2006 – December 5th 2006
• December 6th 2006 – January 12th 2007
• January 16th 2007 – March 9th 2007
• March 9th 2007 – April 20th 2007
• April 21st 2007 – June 14th 2007
• June 16th 2007 – August 19th 2007
• August 20th 2007 – October 6th 2007
• October 7th 2007 – December 5th 2007
• December 6th 2007 – January 15th 2008
• January 16th 2008 – February 22nd 2008
• February 26th 2008 – April 28th 2008
• April 30th 2008 – June 24th 2008
• June 26th 2008 – August 20th 2008
• August 25th 2008 – October 9th 2008
• October 10th 2008 – November 1st 2008
• November 1st 2008 – December 1st 2008
• December 4th 2008 – January 11th 2009
• January 12th 2009 – February 16th 2009
• February 17th 2009 – March 29th 2009
• March 30th 2009 – May 19th 2009
• May 20th 2009 – July 2nd 2009
• July 3rd 2009 – July 18th 2009
• July 19th 2009 – August 8th 2009
• August 9th 2009 – September 1st 2009
• September 2nd 2009 – September 29th 2009
• September 30th 2009 – October 31st 2009
• November 2nd 2009 – November 25th 2009
• November 25th 2009 – December 29th 2009

Australia: news

Rudd plans summit on 2020 vision

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 0:35
related countries: Aruba

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd reveals plans for a summit to discuss challenges facing Australia.
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Cricket: India through to final

Tuesday, February 26th 2008, 6:38
related countries: India, Sri Lanka

India will play Australia in the CB Series final after a seven-wicket victory over Sri Lanka.
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Fisherman in 10-hour swim

Thursday, February 28th 2008, 9:35

A fisherman swims for more than 10 hours to seek help for his crew mates after their trawler sank off Australia.
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Cricket: S Lanka beat Aussies

Friday, February 29th 2008, 12:03
related places: Melbourne

Sri Lanka claim a consolation 13-run victory over Australia in the CB one-day Series in Melbourne.
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Cricket: Tendulkar seals India win

Sunday, March 2nd 2008, 11:28
related countries: India
related places: Sydney

A breathtaking century from Sachin Tendulkar leads India to a six-wicket victory over Australia in the first of three CB Series finals in Sydney.
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Australian rates at 12-year high

Tuesday, March 4th 2008, 7:55
related countries: Aruba

Australia's central bank raises interest rates to 7.25%, the highest level in 12 years, to combat inflation.
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Cricket: India stun Aussies

Tuesday, March 4th 2008, 11:27
related places: Brisbane

India beat Australia by nine runs in Brisbane to win the Commonwealth Bank Series 2-0.
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India media hail cricket victory

Wednesday, March 5th 2008, 8:35
related countries: India

Indian newspapers hail the country's cricket team's one-day series victory over Australia.
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Sydney police free sex captives

Friday, March 7th 2008, 7:10
related countries: North Korea
related places: Sydney

Police in Sydney, Australia, free 10 South Korean women from what authorities called a sex-trafficking syndicate.
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Women jailed for wheelie bin murder

Friday, March 7th 2008, 8:44
related countries: United Kingdom

Two women in Australia who killed a British girl and then kissed over her body are jailed for life.
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Jail for Australian kiss killers

Friday, March 7th 2008, 23:21
related countries: Aruba

Two women in Australia who murdered a girl from Dorset and then kissed over her body are jailed for life.
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'Ned Kelly's burial site' found

Sunday, March 9th 2008, 7:32

Scientists in Australia believe they have found the grave of the 19th Century outlaw and national icon Ned Kelly.
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Hostel 'turned away' Aborigines

Tuesday, March 11th 2008, 14:20

A hostel in Australia could face legal action after allegedly refusing entry to a group of Aborigines.
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Doctor held over Australia deaths

Wednesday, March 12th 2008, 10:12
related countries: United States

A plastic surgeon wanted in Australia in connection with the deaths of three patients has been arrested in the US.
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Australia to hold Haneef inquiry

Thursday, March 13th 2008, 4:41
related countries: United Kingdom

Australia begins investigating the handling of the case against a doctor briefly linked to UK terror attacks in 2007.
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Activists 'to disrupt' roo cull

Thursday, March 13th 2008, 12:50
related places: Canberra

Animal rights activists in Australia say they will try to prevent the cull of 400 kangaroos in Canberra.
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Cricket: SA crush Bangladesh

Friday, March 14th 2008, 10:02
related countries: Bangladesh

South Africa dethrone Australia as the world's top-ranked one-day team with an emphatic victory over Bangladesh to complete a 3-0 series whitewash.
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UK paedophile back from Australia

Thursday, March 20th 2008, 9:09
related countries: United Kingdom

Serial paedophile Raymond Horne is deported to the UK from Australia following a 12-year jail sentence.
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Shares fall on commodity sell-off

Thursday, March 20th 2008, 12:17
related countries: Hong Kong, United States
related places: Asia

European and Asian shares fall as investors cash in profits from record high commodity prices.
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Australian terror trial suspended

Thursday, March 20th 2008, 15:10
related countries: Aruba

A terrorism trial in Australia is postponed after a judge calls for improvements to the suspects' jail conditions.
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Guantanamo inmate gag expires

Monday, March 31st 2008, 2:58

A order preventing former Guantanamo Bay inmate David Hicks giving interviews expires in Australia.
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Tasmanian Devil cancer hope

Tuesday, April 1st 2008, 5:48

Australia experts say a Tasmanian Devil called Cedric could hold the key to the survival of the cancer-hit species.
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Australia incest pair in TV plea

Monday, April 7th 2008, 14:52

A father and daughter reveal their incestuous relationship on TV in Australia and ask for understanding.
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Shark kills Australian teenager

Tuesday, April 8th 2008, 10:06
related countries: Aruba

A 16-year-old boy dies after being attacked by a shark off Australia's east coast.
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Australia pledge on Iraq workers

Wednesday, April 9th 2008, 10:34
related countries: Iraq

Australia will offer permanent homes to 600 Iraqi employees when it pulls out of Iraq later this year.
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Aborigines 'used in experiments'

Tuesday, April 15th 2008, 11:31

Some Aboriginal children in Australia were once used for medical experiments, an activist claims.
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Australia final 'was bomb target'

Tuesday, April 15th 2008, 11:37
related places: Melbourne

A Melbourne court hears how 12 men allegedly planned an attack on one of Australia's main sports events.
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Australia renews republic calls

Sunday, April 20th 2008, 5:55
related countries: United Kingdom

A summit on Australia's future leads to renewed calls for a republic and end to the British monarch as head of state.
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Australia set new Pakistan dates

Monday, April 21st 2008, 5:51
related countries: Pakistan

Australia reveal they will play in Pakistan twice in the next two years after cancelling their original tour.
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Australia extends rights over sea

Monday, April 21st 2008, 11:47

The UN grants Australia an extension of its continental shelf, giving it new areas to explore for oil and gas.
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Olympic torch arrives in Canberra

Wednesday, April 23rd 2008, 4:25
related countries: Aruba
related places: Canberra

The Olympic torch arrives in the Australian capital amid tight security ahead of Thursday's relay.
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Smooth run for Australia's relay

Thursday, April 24th 2008, 2:21
related countries: Aruba

Canberra's torch relay takes place smoothly, despite fears of clashes between pro-Tibet and China supporters.
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UK doctor killed on sea scooter

Monday, April 28th 2008, 9:24
related countries: United Kingdom

A British doctor has been killed in a sea scooter accident while on holiday with his wife in Australia.
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