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

Kit plane crashes on Melbourne house

Tuesday, October 14th 2014, 7:18
related places: Melbourne

A light aircraft which officials say was "amateur built" crashes into a suburban home in Melbourne, Australia, killing the pilot.
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Australia in court over asylum cases

Tuesday, October 14th 2014, 2:55
related places: Brisbane

Australia's government faces court challenges to its asylum policies in cases involving a baby born in Brisbane and Sri Lankans detained at sea.
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Australian chain pulls 'racist' top

Monday, October 13th 2014, 15:23
related countries: Aruba

A singlet bearing a slogan seen by many as racist is removed from Woolworths shelves in Australia after it was "inadvertently" stocked.
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Derby winner Australia retired

Saturday, October 11th 2014, 10:56

The 2014 Derby winner Australia is retired after his owners Coolmore Stud reveal problems in a right hind hoof.
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Former China mining head extradited

Friday, October 10th 2014, 6:44
related countries: China, Hong Kong

A former Chinese mining firm executive on the run from insider trading charges in Australia has been extradited from Hong Kong.
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Australia in first IS bombing raid

Thursday, October 9th 2014, 4:06
related countries: Iraq

Australia carries out its first raid in Iraq on what officials said was an Islamic State facility, with a fighter jet dropping two bombs.
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Australia seeks 'hate preacher' ban

Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 6:16

Australia's PM Tony Abbott says he wants visa rules tightened so preachers of "divisive and extremist" ideologies will be refused entry.
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Canberra ranked 'best place to live'

Wednesday, October 8th 2014, 2:37
related countries: Aruba
related places: Canberra

The Australian Capital Territory of Canberra ranks as the best place in the world to live, according to a report by the OECD.
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Argentina 21-17 Australia

Sunday, October 5th 2014, 7:02

Argentina come from 14-0 down to defeat Australia and earn their first win since joining the Rugby Championship.
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Australian winemaker TWE shares drop

Monday, September 29th 2014, 10:31
related countries: Aruba

Shares in the world's biggest listed winemaker, Australia's Treasury Wine Estates (TWE), plunge after it rejects two separate multi-billion takeover offers.
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South Africa edge past Australia

Saturday, September 27th 2014, 17:48

South Africa captain Jean de Villiers scores two late tries to help his side claim a 28-10 bonus-point win over Australia.
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Should Australia's refugees be sent to Cambodia?

Friday, September 26th 2014, 11:45
related countries: Cambodia

Anger as Australia sends Cambodian refugees home
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Australia in Cambodia asylum deal

Thursday, September 25th 2014, 5:05
related countries: Cambodia

Australia confirms it will sign a deal with Cambodia to resettle refugees there, drawing immediate criticism from rights groups.
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Australian migrants struggle to find work

Wednesday, September 24th 2014, 23:55
related countries: Aruba

Struggling to find a job in Australia
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BHP Billiton to cut 700 coal jobs

Tuesday, September 23rd 2014, 6:39

BHP Billiton and Mitsubishi plan to cut 700 jobs at a joint coal mining venture in Australia because of tough market conditions.
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Australia want Lions 2017 tour game

Thursday, September 18th 2014, 10:25
related countries: Aruba, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom

The Australian Rugby Union wants the British and Irish Lions to start their 2017 tour of New Zealand in Australia.
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Australia survive Argentina scare

Saturday, September 13th 2014, 12:31
related countries: Argentina

Australia survive a late rally from Argentina to win their Rugby Championship match on the Gold Coast 32-25.
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Australia raises terror threat level

Friday, September 12th 2014, 5:37

Australia has raised its terrorism threat level from medium to high, PM Tony Abbott announces, amid concern over militant groups in the Middle East.
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Australia's Myer reports losses

Thursday, September 11th 2014, 2:44

Australia's largest department store group, Myer, reports a fall in its annual profits for the fourth consecutive year.
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Australia shootings: Body found

Wednesday, September 10th 2014, 8:26
related countries: Aruba

Australian police find a body and a gun near a rural New South Wales farmhouse where a woman and her three children were found dead.
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Australia police raid Islamic centre

Wednesday, September 10th 2014, 7:51

Police in Australia arrest two in Islamic centre raid, a day after its spy chief said he was considering upgrading the terror threat level.
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Briton dies in Australia shark attack

Tuesday, September 9th 2014, 13:32

A British man has died after being badly bitten on the leg by a shark off a beach in Australia's popular Byron Bay, officials say.
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VIDEO: Man dies in Australia shark attack

Tuesday, September 9th 2014, 10:21
related countries: Aruba
related places: Byron Bay

A 50-year-old man has been killed in a shark attack off a beach in Byron Bay, the most easterly point on the Australian mainland, officials say
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VIDEO: Man dies in Australia shark attack

Tuesday, September 9th 2014, 7:06
related countries: Aruba
related places: Byron Bay

A 50-year-old man has been killed in a shark attack off a beach in Byron Bay, the most easterly point on the Australian mainland, officials say.
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Renshaw leads Tour after stage win

Monday, September 8th 2014, 14:59
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Llandudno

Australia's Mark Renshaw leads the Tour of Britain after winning stage two's sprint finish in Llandudno.
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New plan for Australia reef dumping

Monday, September 8th 2014, 9:46

Queensland leaders present a proposal that would prevent sediment from a port expansion being dumped in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
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Finch named Australia T20 captain

Monday, September 8th 2014, 6:30

Aaron Finch is named Australia's Twenty20 team captain after George Bailey steps down from the role.
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South Africa beat Australia in final

Saturday, September 6th 2014, 16:19
related countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe

Faf du Plessis scores 96 as South Africa defeat Australia by six wickets in the final of the Triangular series in Zimbabwe.
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Australia strike late for victory

Saturday, September 6th 2014, 12:28
related countries: South Africa
related places: Perth

A late converted try gives Australia a 24-23 win over South Africa in their Rugby Championship game in Perth.
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Australia to return Hindu statues

Friday, September 5th 2014, 8:01
related countries: India

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott is to return to India two ancient Hindu statues allegedly stolen from temples and displayed in galleries in Australia.
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Australia asylum seeker 'brain-dead'

Wednesday, September 3rd 2014, 8:01
related countries: Iran

An Iranian man seeking asylum in Australia has been declared brain dead after an infected cut led to septicaemia, a refugee activist says.
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Mining tax repealed by Australia

Tuesday, September 2nd 2014, 6:45

Australia scraps a controversial mining tax after the government strikes a deal with business tycoon Clive Palmer's political party.
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Zimbabwe stun Australia in Harare

Sunday, August 31st 2014, 17:04

Zimbabwe defeat Australia in a one-day international for the first time since 1983 after a three-wicket win in Harare.
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Ex-children's head 'must quit'

Friday, August 29th 2014, 6:05

A former children's services director in Rotherham must resign "immediately" from her education job in Australia, an abuse survivors' advocate says.
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Qantas reports record annual loss

Thursday, August 28th 2014, 7:24

Australia's national flag carrier Qantas reports a net loss of A$2.8bn for the year ending in June - a record annual loss for the airline.
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Missing plane search area refined

Thursday, August 28th 2014, 6:28
related countries: Malaysia

Australia says the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 will focus on the southern part of the search area, after more data analysis.
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Arrests over PNG asylum-seeker death

Tuesday, August 19th 2014, 10:29
related countries: Aruba, Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea police have charged two men with the murder of a man seeking asylum in Australia, Australian media reports say.
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Australia-Indonesia spy rift 'ends'

Tuesday, August 19th 2014, 6:51
related countries: Indonesia
related places: Canberra

Australia says it has reached an agreement with Indonesia to end a row over claims Canberra spied on the Indonesian president.
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Crocodile kills Australia fisherman

Tuesday, August 19th 2014, 2:44

A man is killed by a giant saltwater crocodile as he fished with his wife in northern Australia - the fourth fatal attack this year.
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Two base jumpers killed in Alps

Monday, August 18th 2014, 11:01
related countries: France

Two men from Australia and France die in separate accidents in the French Alps whilst taking part in the extreme sport of "base-jumping".
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Riding a business wave in the surf

Sunday, August 17th 2014, 19:10

Riding a business wave in Australia's surf centres
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Australia premier's daughter charged

Thursday, August 14th 2014, 6:02

The daughter of one of Australia's most well-known politicians, Neville Wran, has been charged with murdering a suspected drug dealer, police say.
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VIDEO: Barrier Reef 'an economic dilemma'

Wednesday, August 13th 2014, 14:33
related countries: Aruba

The outlook for Australia's Great Barrier Reef is poor, a new report says. The BBC's Matt McGrath said the Great Barrier Reef posed a "difficult economic dilemma" for the Australian government.
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Great Barrier Reef outlook 'poor'

Wednesday, August 13th 2014, 5:52

The outlook for Australia's Great Barrier Reef is poor despite conservation efforts, with further deterioration expected in coming years, a report says.
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'Action needed' on foreign fighters

Tuesday, August 12th 2014, 7:26
related countries: Iraq, Syria, United States

The US and Australia highlight the threat posed by foreign jihadi fighters returning from Syria and Iraq, amid horror in Australia over a graphic image of a young boy.
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Australian winemaker in bidding war

Monday, August 11th 2014, 4:23
related countries: Aruba

The world's biggest listed winemaker, Australia's Treasury Wines Estates, receives a second multi-billion-dollar takeover bid.
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Australia boy 'holds severed head'

Monday, August 11th 2014, 4:18
related countries: Aruba, Syria

Australia's PM condemns an image showing a boy, reportedly the son of an Australian ex-terror convict, holding the severed head of a Syrian.
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Markets rattled by air strike fears

Friday, August 8th 2014, 20:23
related countries: Iraq, Japan, United States

Stock markets showed volatility on Friday over worries about the impact of conflicts in Iraq and Ukraine.
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Australia contacts Gammy's parents

Thursday, August 7th 2014, 17:21
related countries: Thailand
related places: Bangkok

Australia's child protection services contact a couple accused of abandoning a surrogate baby, as Thailand separately finds nine babies in a Bangkok flat.
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Australia commemorates MH17 dead

Thursday, August 7th 2014, 3:58
related countries: Malaysia, Ukraine

Australia is holding a national day of mourning for those who died in the Malaysia Airline MH17 air disaster in Ukraine in July.
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Murray defeats Kyrgios in Toronto

Wednesday, August 6th 2014, 18:28
related places: Toronto

Andy Murray takes just 54 minutes to defeat Australia's Nick Kyrgios in his first match at the Rogers Cup.
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Australia investigates Gammy's father

Tuesday, August 5th 2014, 15:09

Child protection services in Australia investigate a man accused of abandoning a baby with Down's syndrome over allegations of child sex offences.
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Australia Women 25-3 Wales Women

Tuesday, August 5th 2014, 15:06
related countries: France

Wales are knocked out of the Women's Rugby World Cup following a comprehensive defeat by Australia in France.
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NZ's Carter out of Australia games

Tuesday, August 5th 2014, 11:05
related countries: New Zealand

Fly-half Dan Carter is ruled out of New Zealand's first two Rugby Championship matches against Australia through injury.
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Asylum group removed from Australia

Saturday, August 2nd 2014, 22:19
related countries: Nauru, Sri Lanka

Australia sends a group of 157 Tamil asylum seekers to Nauru to be processed for resettlement there or deportation to Sri Lanka.
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Australia beat England in shootout

Saturday, August 2nd 2014, 21:56
related countries: United Kingdom

Australia score a late equaliser and beat England in a dramatic penalty shootout to claim gold at the Commonwealth Games.
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Australia men beat England in semis

Saturday, August 2nd 2014, 14:06
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Glasgow

World champions Australia beat England 4-1 to reach the men's hockey final at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
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Guilty plea in Australia racist rant

Thursday, July 31st 2014, 7:28

A woman whose racist rant caused shock in Australia is given a 12-month good behaviour bond after admitting offensive behaviour.
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Airline apology over drug warning

Wednesday, July 30th 2014, 6:16
related places: Sydney

Australia's Jetstar apologises after an attendant on a Sydney-bound flight warned passengers to flush their drugs down the toilet before landing.
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Briton held in biker gang drug probe

Tuesday, July 29th 2014, 16:00
related countries: United Kingdom

A British man and four members of the Australia Rebels Motorcycle Club are held over an alleged £11m (A$20m) drugs plot.
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Australia approves $15.5bn coal mine

Tuesday, July 29th 2014, 7:30

Australia approves a $15.5bn (£9bn) coal project despite concern over its potential environmental impact, including on the Great Barrier Reef.
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Police told off for Lily Allen image

Monday, July 28th 2014, 7:02

Lily Allen posted a mocked-up picture on Instagram of her being arrested by officers in Australia before taking it back down.
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Shelley and Daniel win marathon golds

Sunday, July 27th 2014, 12:44
related countries: Aruba, Kenya

Australia's Michael Shelley wins gold in the men's marathon, while Kenya's Flomena Cheyech Daniel wins the women's race.
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Australia deny England in netball

Saturday, July 26th 2014, 10:20
related countries: United Kingdom

Australia beat England 49-48 in a tense finale to top Pool B in the netball competition.
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Dutch and Australians in MH17 talks

Friday, July 25th 2014, 15:58
related countries: Netherlands, Ukraine

The Netherlands and Australia seek access to the rebel-controlled crash site of MH17 in eastern Ukraine as more bodies arrive in Eindhoven.
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