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.

World news related to Australia – overview

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• 'Abuse rife at Aborigine camps' – Aborigines threaten tourist ban
• Aborigines win battle over mine – Asian markets end year on high
• Aussie batsmen dominate England – Australia arrest in terror probe
• Australia arrests Serb suspect – Australia defeats mystify Ponting
• Australia defends climate stance – Australia hit by leadership row
• Australia holds 'Tamil Tiger' duo – Australia outlines military plans
• Australia overturns cloning ban – Australia renews republic calls
• Australia report gives nuclear nod – Australia to monitor whalers
• Australia to probe E Timor deaths – Australian anger at flag controls
• Australian anger over Fiji threat – Australian PM drops asylum bill
• Australian racist fans condemned – Blair addresses Aus parliament
• Blair begins visit to Australia – Canberra shifts immigrant policy
• Canberra to review migrant test – Cricket: Ashes urn off to Australia
• Cricket: Aus v W Indies – Cricket: Australia beat England
• Cricket: Australia beat Ireland – Cricket: Australia's hopes dented
• Cricket: Botha set for SA debut – Cricket: India stun Aussies
• Cricket: India through to final – Cricket: SA crush Bangladesh
• Cricket: SA set up tense finale – Didgeridon't: Aborigines outraged over ins...
• Didgeridon't: Aborigines outraged over ins... – Falconio killer in new appeal bid
• Falconio killer's appeal rejected – Gates due in Australia for talks
• GHB fears for Chinese-made toys – Howard opponent in green chaos
• Howard protests cleric's release – India v Australia day five as it happened
• India v Australia day four as it happened – Kangaroos into World Cup final
• Katich digs in to rescue Aussies – Live - England v Australia
• Live - England v Australia – Live text - India v Australia
• Live text - India v Australia – More crews head to Victoria fires
• Museum returns Aboriginal remains – Pardon bid for Australian author
• Perth girls get life for murder – Raising cane
• Rallying: Loeb seals world title – Rugby: England through to final
• Rugby: Ireland beat Australia – Smith savours 'greatest moment'
• Smooth run for Australia's relay – Superb England dominate Australia
• Superb Stoner wins in Australia – Third rate increase for Australia
• Thorpe cleared of doping – Web plea rescues Canadian child
• Whale pod stuck on sandbar dying – Zimbabwe stun Aussies in thriller

Australia: news

GHB fears for Chinese-made toys

Thursday, November 8th 2007, 5:18
related countries: China

The US and Australia recall Chinese-made toys containing a substance linked to date-rape drug GHB.
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Golf: Australia's Allenby leads

Thursday, January 18th 2007, 1:09

Australia's Robert Allenby shoots 63 for a two-stroke lead after the first round at La Quinta.
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Great Barrier Reef divers found

Saturday, May 24th 2008, 11:32

Two missing scuba divers are found alive after spending a night missing on Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
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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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Guantanamo man freed in Australia

Saturday, December 29th 2007, 2:38
related countries: Aruba

Former Guantanamo detainee David Hicks is released from prison in Australia after completing his sentence.
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Haddin injured for one-day series

Wednesday, August 26th 2009, 10:24
related countries: United Kingdom

Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin will miss the Twenty20 and one-day series in England because of a fractured finger.
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Haneef in visa appeal win

Friday, December 21st 2007, 2:02
related countries: Aruba, India, United Kingdom

An Indian doctor briefly linked to UK terror attacks wins a court battle to regain his Australian work visa.
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Haneef lawyers appeal detention

Wednesday, July 18th 2007, 10:06
related places: Canberra

Lawyers for Mohammed Haneef say they are appealing Canberra's decision to hold him under immigration laws.
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Haneef police defend charges

Sunday, July 29th 2007, 8:34
related countries: United Kingdom

Australia police defend the handling of the Haneef case after charges linked to failed UK bomb plots were dropped.
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Haneef relieved 'honour restored'

Sunday, July 29th 2007, 17:30
related countries: India, United Kingdom

Indian Mohammed Haneef, accused in Australia of UK terrorist links, says he is relieved to have been cleared.
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Haneef seeks return to Australia

Monday, July 30th 2007, 23:42
related countries: India

The Indian doctor held in Australia on terror charges before being freed says he will fight to return there.
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Harbhajan cleared of racial abuse

Tuesday, January 29th 2008, 10:46

Harbhajan Singh is cleared of racially abusing Australia's Andrew Symonds but fined for offensive behaviour.
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Harmison detects Aussie weakness

Thursday, July 2nd 2009, 8:04

Steve Harmison says Australia lack the swagger of their illustrious predecessors, with the Ashes series just days away.
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Harsh lesson

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 12:26

Challenges facing foreign students in Australia
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Hayden to miss Bangladesh series

Monday, August 25th 2008, 7:35
related countries: Bangladesh

Australia opener Matthew Hayden is ruled out of the home one-day series against Bangladesh.
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Heatwave cripples southern Australia

Friday, January 30th 2009, 14:44

A record heatwave in south-east Australia causes fires, power cuts and an apparent increase in deaths among the elderly.
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Heavy rains hit parched Australia

Friday, May 18th 2007, 16:06

Farmers get welcome relief from a six-year drought, as the heaviest rain for years soaks south-eastern Australia.
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Henin confirms Brisbane comeback

Wednesday, October 21st 2009, 8:08
related places: Brisbane

Former world number one Justine Henin, who retired in May 2008, will make her comeback at the Brisbane International tournament in Australia in January.
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Hicks may serve term in Australia

Wednesday, May 10th 2006, 4:10
related countries: Aruba

Australian Guantanamo inmate David Hicks may be transferred home to serve any jail term he receives.
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Hicks to return home 'this year'

Sunday, February 18th 2007, 11:35
related countries: United States

The Australian detainee at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay could be home by the end of the year.
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Hicks to serve nine months' jail

Saturday, March 31st 2007, 6:26
related countries: United States

Guantanamo detainee David Hicks will serve nine months in prison at home in Australia, a US military judge says.
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Hicks' plea 'a way to get home'

Wednesday, March 28th 2007, 3:26

Terry Hicks, father of the first Guantanamo detainee to plead guilty, says he did it to go back to Australia.
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Hilali 'to start political party'

Monday, March 12th 2007, 13:57

Australia's controversial Muslim cleric Sheikh Hilali says he is to form a political party for upcoming elections.
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Hoggard wickets give England edge

Sunday, December 3rd 2006, 8:05
related places: Adelaide

Matthew Hoggard takes four wickets on day three in Adelaide to keep England hopes up despite Ricky Ponting's record century.
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Homes hit by Australia bush fires

Tuesday, December 12th 2006, 8:29

Homes are destroyed and towns under threat as bush fires rage in four states in Australia.
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Hopes fade for 'ghost yacht' crew

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

Rescuers hunting for the crew of a yacht found off north-east Australia think it has been drifting since Sunday.
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Hopes fade for Sydney whale calf

Wednesday, August 20th 2008, 11:44
related places: Sydney

A humpback whale calf separated from its mother and trying to suckle from boats off Sydney, Australia, is weakening, observers say.
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Horse flu hits Apec summit police

Tuesday, August 28th 2007, 4:12

Police horses in Australia are hit by equine flu, but officials say it will not affect security for the Apec summit.
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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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Howard calls for HIV migrant ban

Friday, April 13th 2007, 10:23

Australia's Prime Minister John Howard says migrants with HIV should be refused entry into the country.
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Howard demands 'bribes' apology

Friday, February 3rd 2006, 6:57
related countries: United States

Australia's PM insists a US senator apologise for claiming he knew about bribes under the oil-for-food scheme.
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Howard in carbon trading shift

Tuesday, November 14th 2006, 10:25

Australia's PM John Howard signals a major policy change by backing an international carbon trading scheme.
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Howard opponent in green chaos

Wednesday, October 31st 2007, 15:12

Australia's opposition leader is on the defensive after seemingly changing stance on a post-Kyoto agreement.
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'Abuse rife at Aborigine camps' – Aborigines threaten tourist banAborigines win battle over mine – Asian markets end year on highAussie batsmen dominate England – Australia arrest in terror probeAustralia arrests Serb suspect – Australia defeats mystify PontingAustralia defends climate stance – Australia hit by leadership rowAustralia holds 'Tamil Tiger' duo – Australia outlines military plansAustralia overturns cloning ban – Australia renews republic callsAustralia report gives nuclear nod – Australia to monitor whalersAustralia to probe E Timor deaths – Australian anger at flag controlsAustralian anger over Fiji threat – Australian PM drops asylum billAustralian racist fans condemned – Blair addresses Aus parliamentBlair begins visit to Australia – Canberra shifts immigrant policyCanberra to review migrant test – Cricket: Ashes urn off to AustraliaCricket: Aus v W Indies – Cricket: Australia beat EnglandCricket: Australia beat Ireland – Cricket: Australia's hopes dentedCricket: Botha set for SA debut – Cricket: India stun AussiesCricket: India through to final – Cricket: SA crush BangladeshCricket: SA set up tense finale – Didgeridon't: Aborigines outraged over ins...Didgeridon't: Aborigines outraged over ins... – Falconio killer in new appeal bidFalconio killer's appeal rejected – Gates due in Australia for talksGHB fears for Chinese-made toys – Howard opponent in green chaosHoward protests cleric's release – India v Australia day five as it happenedIndia v Australia day four as it happened – Kangaroos into World Cup finalKatich digs in to rescue Aussies – Live - England v AustraliaLive - England v Australia – Live text - India v AustraliaLive text - India v Australia – More crews head to Victoria firesMuseum returns Aboriginal remains – Pardon bid for Australian authorPerth girls get life for murder – Raising caneRallying: Loeb seals world title – Rugby: England through to finalRugby: Ireland beat Australia – Smith savours 'greatest moment'Smooth run for Australia's relay – Superb England dominate AustraliaSuperb Stoner wins in Australia – Third rate increase for AustraliaThorpe cleared of doping – Web plea rescues Canadian childWhale pod stuck on sandbar dying – Zimbabwe stun Aussies in thriller