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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Australia: news

Shark kills US diver in Australia

Saturday, October 22nd 2011, 10:13
related countries: United States

A Great White shark kills an American diver in what is thought to be the second fatal shark attack off western Australia in 12 days.
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Wales 18-21 Australia

Friday, October 21st 2011, 9:18
related places: Eden Park

Wales' hopes of equalling their best World Cup finish are dashed as Australia win the third-place play-off at Auckland's Eden Park.
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Live text - Wales v Australia

Friday, October 21st 2011, 6:47
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Eden Park

Wales lose 21-18 to Tri-Nations champions Australia in the Rugby World Cup third-place play-off at Eden Park.
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Flower show opens just for Queen

Thursday, October 20th 2011, 7:19

A flower show was reopened just for the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh on the first day of their 11-day tour of Australia.
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Queen arrives for Australian tour

Wednesday, October 19th 2011, 10:14
related countries: Aruba
related places: Perth

The Queen arrives in Australia for an 11-day tour of the country, ahead of a meeting of Commonwealth leaders in Perth next week.
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Samsung seeks iPhone 4S sales ban

Monday, October 17th 2011, 6:58
related countries: Japan

Samsung raises the stakes in its current legal battle with Apple as it seeks a ban on iPhone 4S in Australia and Japan.
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Rio Tinto to sell aluminium units

Monday, October 17th 2011, 6:13
related countries: United States
related places: Alcan

Rio Tinto plans to sell 13 aluminium facilities in Australia, Europe and the US, as it looks to trim its Alcan business.
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S Africa comeback shocks Aussies

Sunday, October 16th 2011, 18:25

South Africa produce an astonishing comeback to beat Australia by three wickets and tie the Twenty20 international series 1-1.
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Henry hails 'heroic' All Blacks

Sunday, October 16th 2011, 12:36
related countries: France, New Zealand

New Zealand coach Graham Henry describes his side's performance as "heroic" after they book a World Cup final against France by defeating Australia 20-6.
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New Zealand 20-6 Australia

Sunday, October 16th 2011, 9:46
related countries: New Zealand

The All Blacks storm to their first World Cup final since 1995 with a ruthless 20-6 victory over great rivals Australia in Auckland.
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Live text: New Zealand 20-6 Australia

Sunday, October 16th 2011, 7:15
related countries: New Zealand
related places: Tasman

Hosts New Zealand beat trans-Tasman rivals Australia to reach their first World Cup final since 1995.
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McCaw in All Blacks side for semi

Thursday, October 13th 2011, 19:41
related countries: New Zealand

New Zealand captain Richie McCaw is passed fit for Sunday's World Cup semi-final against Australia.
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Australia drops asylum swap plan

Thursday, October 13th 2011, 9:40

Australia drops a controversial asylum plan and will process asylum seekers onshore after the government failed to secure support for key legal changes.
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Apple wins Samsung Australia ban

Thursday, October 13th 2011, 3:00
related countries: Aruba

An Australian court halts the sale of Samsung Electronics' tablet computer in Australia, because of a patent dispute with rival Apple.
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VIDEO: Australia passes divisive carbon tax

Wednesday, October 12th 2011, 14:49

Australia's lower house of parliament has narrowly passed a bill for a controversial carbon tax.
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Australia carbon tax law passed

Wednesday, October 12th 2011, 8:53

Australia's lower house of parliament passes a controversial carbon tax measure, with an upper house vote in favour expected next month.
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Iranian actress 'faces 90 lashes'

Tuesday, October 11th 2011, 16:58
related countries: Iran

Australia voices concern over reports that an Iranian actress has been sentenced to jail and 90 lashes for starring in a film critical of Iran.
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New Zealand 33-10 Argentina

Sunday, October 9th 2011, 9:18
related countries: Argentina, New Zealand
related places: Auckland

Piri Weepu kicks seven penalties to help New Zealand beat Argentina in Auckland and secure a World Cup semi-final against arch-rivals Australia.
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Live text - New Zealand v Argentina

Sunday, October 9th 2011, 4:32
related countries: Argentina, New Zealand, South Africa
related places: Auckland, Wellington

Hosts New Zealand beat Argentina 33-10 at Eden Park to set up a trans-Tasman semi-final meeting with Australia.
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Airlifts aid Tuvalu water crisis

Friday, October 7th 2011, 7:15
related countries: New Zealand, Tuvalu

Australia and New Zealand are to airlift equipment to the Pacific nation of Tuvalu to help it deal with a severe water shortage caused by drought.
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Australia in transgender ruling

Thursday, October 6th 2011, 7:26

Australia's top court rules two transgender people can be legally recognised as men, even though they have not had complete sex changes.
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Qantas buys 110 Airbus aircraft

Thursday, October 6th 2011, 7:18
related countries: United States

European aircraft maker Airbus strikes a deal worth US$9.5bn (£6.2bn) with Australia's Qantas for 110 jets.
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Stargazing at an 'Aboriginal Stonehenge'

Thursday, October 6th 2011, 2:18
related places: Stonehenge

Could this ring of rocks be Australia's Stonehenge?
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The battle for Australia's water

Thursday, October 6th 2011, 1:01
related countries: Aruba

Australian farmers told to use a third less water
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Former England bowler Dilley dies

Wednesday, October 5th 2011, 13:58

Graham Dilley, a hero of the 1981 Ashes Test win over Australia at Headingley, dies aged 52 after a short illness.
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Australia's trade surplus widens

Tuesday, October 4th 2011, 4:59

Australia's trade surplus surges in August as exports of coal and other minerals jump despite concerns of a global slowdown.
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VIDEO: Afghanistan holds music festival

Sunday, October 2nd 2011, 10:32
related countries: Afghanistan, Uzbekistan

Bands from Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Australia have played to cheering crowds in Afghanistan's first music festival for more than 30 years.
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Australia lifts female combat ban

Tuesday, September 27th 2011, 9:10

Australia lifts all restrictions on the roles that women can carry out in its armed forces, including serving in special forces and front-line combat units.
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Cooley named interim Aussie coach

Tuesday, September 27th 2011, 4:31
related countries: South Africa

Former England bowling coach Troy Cooley is named as Australia's interim head coach for their tour of South Africa.
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Samsung and Apple warring again

Monday, September 26th 2011, 12:13
related countries: Germany

Samsung and Apple have gone to court in Australia and Germany in their ongoing, tit-for-tat patent war.
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VIDEO: Aborigines celebrate ball anniversary

Monday, September 26th 2011, 3:46

Aboriginal people in Australia have been celebrating 60 years of debutantes' balls.
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VIDEO: Hoax bomb suspect flown to Australia

Saturday, September 24th 2011, 11:39

A man has been extradited to Australia to face charges over an alleged attempt to extort money by locking a teenage woman to a fake bomb.
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Man faces 'collar-bomb' charges

Saturday, September 24th 2011, 6:53
related countries: United States

A man accused of locking a teenage girl to a fake bomb is extradited from the US to his home country of Australia to face formal charges over the incident.
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SABMiller agrees to buy Foster's

Wednesday, September 21st 2011, 10:21
related countries: Aruba
related places: Foster

Brewing giant SABMiller agrees to buy Foster's in a deal that values Australia's largest brewer at 9.9bn Australian dollars.
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Wallabies name Genia as skipper

Wednesday, September 21st 2011, 5:30
related countries: United States
related places: Friday

Australia name Will Genia as captain for Friday's match against the United States with open-side flanker David Pocock still absent after suffering a back injury.
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Australia coach Nielsen resigns

Tuesday, September 20th 2011, 13:43

Tim Nielsen steps down as the head coach of Australia's national cricket team after four years in the role.
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Stalemate over Australia asylum

Monday, September 19th 2011, 9:58

Australia's opposition rejects the government's proposed immigration law changes, as PM Julia Gillard scrambles to salvage a controversial asylum plan.
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India's GVK buys Australian mines

Monday, September 19th 2011, 2:23
related countries: Aruba, India

Indian infrastructure giant GVK says it will pay $1.26bn (£802m) to buy a majority stake in coal assets owned by Australia's Hancock Group.
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Live text - Australia v Ireland

Saturday, September 17th 2011, 8:11
related countries: Ireland

Ireland beat 15-6 Australia in their second World Cup Pool C game in Auckland.
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VIDEO: Chemical blaze in Australian capital

Friday, September 16th 2011, 16:15
related countries: Aruba
related places: Canberra

Firefighters have been battling a fierce blaze in a chemical factory in Canberra.
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Collar-bomb suspect in US court

Wednesday, September 14th 2011, 21:23

An investment banker accused of placing a fake bomb around a young woman's neck and fleeing to the US will return to Australia as early as next week.
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Australia confirms media inquiry

Wednesday, September 14th 2011, 7:20
related countries: United Kingdom

Australia formally announces its media inquiry, following Britain's phone-hacking scandal, but says it will not be a "witch hunt" targeting Rupert Murdoch.
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Australia to hold media inquiry

Tuesday, September 13th 2011, 10:38
related countries: United Kingdom

Australia's government says it is to set up a wide-ranging inquiry into the media, after the News of the World phone hacking scandal in the UK.
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Stosur stuns Williams in US final

Monday, September 12th 2011, 8:42
related countries: United States
related places: Williams

Australia's Sam Stosur wins her first Grand Slam title - but her US Open victory is overshadowed by Serena Williams's verbal abuse of the umpire.
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Sale of Aboriginal stone halted

Thursday, September 8th 2011, 13:17
related countries: United Kingdom

A sacred Aboriginal stone not supposed to be seen by Aboriginal women has been withdrawn from a British auction following a public outcry in Australia.
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Murdered mobster 'was informant'

Thursday, September 8th 2011, 12:04

One of Australia's most notorious criminals, Carl Williams, was offering information to police before he was murdered, the trial of his alleged killer hears.
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Australian jobless rate increases

Thursday, September 8th 2011, 5:47
related countries: Aruba

Australia's unemployment rate rose unexpectedly to a 10-month high in August, according to official figures.
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Australia rebounds back to growth

Wednesday, September 7th 2011, 6:33

Australia's economy grows 1.2% in the June quarter, rebounding from a contraction during the first three months of the year.
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VIDEO: Surfer dies in Australia shark attack

Monday, September 5th 2011, 9:14

A man has in his early 20s has died after being attacked by a shark at a popular surfing spot in western Australia on Sunday.
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Australia immigrant plans falter

Sunday, September 4th 2011, 8:55

Legal advisers to Australia's government warn its plans for the off-shore processing of asylum-seekers may be illegal.
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Australia seal win over Sri Lanka

Saturday, September 3rd 2011, 10:03
related countries: Sri Lanka

A battling century from Mahela Jayawardene proves too little to save hosts Sri Lanka from a heavy defeat in the first Test against Australia.
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VIDEO: Crocodile takes dip in swimming pool

Friday, September 2nd 2011, 11:14

Swimmers in Australia had a surprise when a baby crocodile was found in the pool they were in.
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