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

Service held for stab death teacher

Tuesday, April 29th 2014, 10:56

The fatal stabbing of a teacher in her classroom prompts condolence messages from as far afield as Australia as pupils attend a special Mass service.
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Missing plane search in 'new phase'

Monday, April 28th 2014, 6:15
related countries: Malaysia

The search for the missing Malaysian plane is entering a "new phase", Australia announces, after initial undersea searches yield nothing.
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VIDEO: What has royal tour done for monarchy?

Friday, April 25th 2014, 21:27
related countries: New Zealand

A royal tour of New Zealand and Australia has drawn to a close with both countries 'broadly content' with keeping the monarchy, according to Nicholas Witchell.
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Arrest after Bali plane hijack alert

Friday, April 25th 2014, 9:48
related countries: Indonesia
related places: Bali

A passenger is detained at Bali airport after apparently attempting to enter an aircraft's cockpit while drunk, sparking a hijack alert.
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VIDEO: Royals attend Anzac Day services

Friday, April 25th 2014, 6:00
related places: Cambridge, Canberra

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attend an Anzac Day remembrance services in Canberra.
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Debris dismissed in plane search

Thursday, April 24th 2014, 0:28
related countries: Malaysia

Authorities in Australia say material washed ashore is not related to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane.
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VIDEO: DJ Duke: Will and Kate hit the decks

Wednesday, April 23rd 2014, 14:52
related places: Cambridge

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been taught how to DJ, during the latest leg of their royal tour of Australia.
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Cost 'no issue' in plane search

Wednesday, April 23rd 2014, 11:04
related countries: Malaysia

Australia vows it will not abandon the hunt for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, if the current mini-sub search is unsuccessful.
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Australia to buy 58 new F-35 jets

Wednesday, April 23rd 2014, 6:48
related countries: Aruba

Australia approves the purchase of 58 new F-35 fighter jets worth 12.4bn Australian dollars ($11.5bn; £6.8bn).
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VIDEO: Duke and Duchess visit Ayers Rock

Tuesday, April 22nd 2014, 12:55
related places: Cambridge

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have visited one of Australia's most well-known sites as their tour of the country continues.
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Royals welcomed at Aboriginal site

Tuesday, April 22nd 2014, 10:41
related places: Cambridge

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are presented with a traditional Aboriginal spear as they visit the sacred site of Uluru during their tour of Australia.
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William and Kate at Easter service

Sunday, April 20th 2014, 10:21
related countries: New Zealand
related places: Cambridge, Sydney

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attend an Easter Sunday church service in Sydney and take Prince George to the zoo as part of their overseas tour.
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VIDEO: Kate tries out fighter jet in Australia

Saturday, April 19th 2014, 6:47
related places: Cambridge

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit an air base in Queensland on day four of their tour of Australia.
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Royals visit Sydney Easter show

Friday, April 18th 2014, 6:53
related places: Cambridge

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Sydney Royal Easter Show on their third day in Australia.
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VIDEO: Royals watch sheep shearing at show

Friday, April 18th 2014, 5:37
related places: Cambridge, Sydney

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have made an appearance at Sydney's Royal Easter Show, during their tour of Australia.
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VIDEO: Royals visit bush fire-ravaged town

Thursday, April 17th 2014, 14:50
related places: Cambridge

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have visited an area of the Blue Mountains in Australia devastated by bush-fires six months ago.
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VIDEO: Royal joke on baby prince's first word

Wednesday, April 16th 2014, 13:13
related places: Cambridge

The Duke of Cambridge has described Australia as a "beacon of confidence" as he and his family began the next leg of their Antipodean tour.
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William praises Australia on visit

Wednesday, April 16th 2014, 8:15
related countries: New Zealand
related places: Cambridge, Sydney

The Duke of Cambridge brands Australia a "beacon of confidence" as he and his family begin the next leg of their Antipodean tour.
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Australia: Napoleon artefacts stolen

Tuesday, April 15th 2014, 7:34

Rare artefacts connected to Napoleon Bonaparte, including a lock of his hair, are stolen from a museum in Australia, local police say.
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Root not a Test opener - Rogers

Sunday, April 13th 2014, 11:44
related countries: United Kingdom

Joe Root should not open the batting for England's Test side, according to Australia opener Chris Rogers.
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Abbott: 'Plane signal' rapidly fading

Saturday, April 12th 2014, 9:37
related countries: Malaysia

Signals thought to be from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight are "rapidly fading" and finding the jet will be a "massive, task", Australia's PM says.
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Queensland surveys Cyclone Ita harm

Saturday, April 12th 2014, 4:00

Residents in northern Queensland survey the damage after Cyclone Ita brought winds of up to 230km/h to parts of north-eastern Australia.
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Prince George appears on royal tour

Wednesday, April 9th 2014, 9:47
related countries: New Zealand
related places: Cambridge

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge take their son Prince George on the first official public engagement of their 19-day tour of New Zealand and Australia.
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David Jones agrees to $2bn takeover

Wednesday, April 9th 2014, 7:53
related countries: South Africa

Australia's high-end retailer David Jones recommends that shareholders accept a $2bn takeover offer from South Africa's Woolworths.
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Scott confident for Masters defence

Tuesday, April 8th 2014, 19:21

Australia's Adam Scott is relishing the chance to become the fourth player in Masters history to win back-to-back Green Jackets.
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Japan and Australia agree trade deal

Tuesday, April 8th 2014, 6:46
related countries: Japan

Japan and Australia agree a trade deal, after seven years of negotiations, which will see them lower tariffs on products including beef, cheese and cars.
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VIDEO: Royals arrive in New Zealand

Monday, April 7th 2014, 12:47
related countries: New Zealand
related places: Cambridge

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have carried Prince George off the plane at the start of their three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia.
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Royal trio touch down in New Zealand

Monday, April 7th 2014, 7:28
related countries: New Zealand
related places: Cambridge

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge carry Prince George off the plane at the start of their three-week tour of New Zealand and Australia.
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Australia beat England in T20 final

Sunday, April 6th 2014, 12:07
related countries: Bangladesh, United Kingdom

Australia thrash England by six wickets to win a record third successive Women's World Twenty20 title in Bangladesh.
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Australia PM 'hopeful' in plane hunt

Sunday, April 6th 2014, 3:19
related countries: India, Indian Ocean

Australia's prime minister says he is "hopeful but by no means certain" that a signal detected in the Indian Ocean is linked to flight MH370.
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Prince George on first overseas tour

Sunday, April 6th 2014, 1:29
related countries: New Zealand

Will William and Kate shine in Australia and New Zealand?
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VIDEO: Shark kills woman in Australia

Thursday, April 3rd 2014, 12:16

A woman has been killed by a shark while swimming off a popular beach in Australia's New South Wales.
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Shark kills woman in New South Wales

Thursday, April 3rd 2014, 6:57

A woman is killed by a shark while swimming off a popular beach in Australia's New South Wales, officials say.
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Boeing to cut 300 Australia jobs

Thursday, April 3rd 2014, 2:32

Aerospace giant Boeing says it will cut 300 jobs in Australia, primarily fixed-term contractors, as its aircraft programmes mature.
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Malaysia mystery ‘may not be solved’

Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 6:36
related countries: Malaysia

Malaysia warns the reasons behind the missing plane's disappearance may never be known, as its PM heads to Australia for talks on the search.
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Philip Morris to stop Australia work

Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 5:59
related countries: Aruba

Tobacco giant Philip Morris says it will cease production at its Australian cigarette factory, due to Australia's cigarette production rules.
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BP to close Australia refinery

Wednesday, April 2nd 2014, 4:40
related places: Brisbane

Oil giant BP says it will cease production at its Bulwer Island refinery in Brisbane, Australia, by 2015 due to competition from refineries in Asia.
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Plane search 'most challenging ever'

Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 17:59
related countries: Malaysia

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 could take weeks and is the "most challenging ever seen", Australian officials say.
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Lift-tackle ban call after horror injury

Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 10:37

A leading medical expert in Australia is calling for an end to lift tackles after an NRL youngster suffers a broken neck.
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Australia welcomes Japan whaling ban

Tuesday, April 1st 2014, 4:42
related countries: Japan, New Zealand

Australia and New Zealand welcome a UN court ruling ordering Japan to halt its Antarctic whaling, while Japan expresses disappointment.
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Woeful Australia crumble to India

Sunday, March 30th 2014, 17:16
related countries: India

India book their place in the World Twenty20 semi-finals as Group Two winners as Australia suffer a third consecutive loss.
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Shehzad ton gives Pakistan victory

Sunday, March 30th 2014, 13:51
related countries: Bangladesh, Pakistan

Ahmed Shehzad's unbeaten century helps Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 50 runs and eliminate Australia from the World Twenty20.
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West Indies stun Australia in thriller

Friday, March 28th 2014, 13:46

Darren Sammy hits consecutive sixes to lead West Indies to a Group Two victory over Australia at the World Twenty20.
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India wants Hindu statues returned

Thursday, March 27th 2014, 13:30
related countries: India

India requests the return of two ancient Hindu statues from galleries in Australia following allegations that they were stolen.
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Australia reintroduces knighthoods

Tuesday, March 25th 2014, 9:44

Australia is to reintroduce the appointment of knights and dames after discontinuing the honour in 1986, the PM announces.
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Aussies lose Women's World T20 opener

Sunday, March 23rd 2014, 14:37
related countries: New Zealand

New Zealand shock holders Australia by winning the opening game of the Women's World Twenty20 by seven runs.
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Pakistan beat Australia in thriller

Sunday, March 23rd 2014, 13:58
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Mirpur

Pakistan, aided by Umar Akmal's scintillating 94, beat Australia by 16 runs in their World Twenty20 Group Two match in Mirpur.
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China planes boost Malaysia jet hunt

Sunday, March 23rd 2014, 5:48
related countries: China, Malaysia

Two Chinese planes arrive in Australia to help search for the Malaysia Airlines jet, after more satellite images emerge of possible debris.
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Skydivers killed in Australia crash

Saturday, March 22nd 2014, 7:18
related places: Brisbane

Five people are killed as a light aircraft on a skydiving trip crashes at an airfield north of Brisbane in Australia.
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Stones gigs rescheduled to late 2014

Friday, March 21st 2014, 10:18
related countries: New Zealand

The Rolling Stones gigs in Australia and New Zealand, cancelled following the death of Mick Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott, are to be rescheduled for October.
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Stones tour off after Scott death

Tuesday, March 18th 2014, 19:22
related countries: New Zealand

The Rolling Stones postpone their tour of Australia and New Zealand after the death of Sir Mick Jagger's girlfriend L'Wren Scott, the band says.
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VIDEO: Stones cancel gig after Scott death

Tuesday, March 18th 2014, 16:05
related countries: New Zealand

The Rolling Stones have announced that they have cancelled the first date of their tour of Australia and New Zealand.
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Australia leads plane south search

Monday, March 17th 2014, 8:05
related countries: Malaysia

Australia will control the "southern vector" search for the missing Malaysian plane, PM Tony Abbott says, amid scrutiny of cockpit communications.
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Australia probes housing market

Monday, March 17th 2014, 7:09

Australia is set to investigate its laws governing foreign investment of homes following a report saying a generation of Australians are being priced out of the market.
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PNG judge in Australia asylum probe

Monday, March 17th 2014, 4:27
related countries: Papua New Guinea

A Papua New Guinea judge begins a human rights inquiry into Australia's immigration detention camp on Manus Island, after February's deadly clashes.
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Red Bull's Ricciardo disqualified

Sunday, March 16th 2014, 13:39
related countries: Aruba

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo is excluded from the Australian GP for breaching fuel consumption rules, having finished second.
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Johnson ruled out of World Twenty20

Sunday, March 16th 2014, 10:50

A toe infection rules Australia fast bowler Mitchell Johnson out of the World Twenty20, with Doug Bollinger his replacement.
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Hamilton unfazed by Australia exit

Sunday, March 16th 2014, 10:49
related countries: Bermuda

Lewis Hamilton says he is "quite relaxed" about retiring from the first race of the season while team-mate Nico Rosberg won.
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Australia to purchase US drones

Thursday, March 13th 2014, 6:22
related countries: United States

Australia announces it will buy a fleet of unmanned surveillance drones from the US to protect its borders and commercial interests.
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Australia in surprise jobs boost

Thursday, March 13th 2014, 2:08

Australia's economy adds 47,300 jobs in February - three times what analysts had been expecting.
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Major blackout hits Australia city

Wednesday, March 12th 2014, 7:37
related countries: Aruba
related places: Darwin

Schools and offices close, and traffic lights are knocked out, as a major power cut hits the Australian city of Darwin.
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Australia 'to stick' with flag

Wednesday, March 12th 2014, 5:10
related countries: New Zealand

Australia's foreign minister says there is "no great demand" to change the national flag, after New Zealand announced a referendum on its flag.
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Queensland hit by record drought

Friday, March 7th 2014, 6:16

Australia's Queensland is suffering its most widespread drought on record, with almost 80% of the state now included in the list of affected areas.
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