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

Australia asylum bill passes test

Thursday, August 10th 2006, 9:06

Australia's lower house passes a controversial bill to process asylum seekers arriving by boat in off-shore camps.
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Australia picks central bank boss

Tuesday, August 1st 2006, 14:14

Australia's central bank appoints a new head amid speculation that interest rates will have to be raised.
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Rugby U: Australia beat Kiwis

Saturday, July 29th 2006, 15:16
related countries: New Zealand
related places: Brisbane

New Zealand seal the Bledisloe Cup with an absorbing Tri-Nations win over Australia in Brisbane.
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Tennis: Hewitt mulls Argentina tie

Thursday, July 27th 2006, 9:33
related countries: Argentina

Lleyton Hewitt has yet to commit to Australia's Davis Cup tie in Argentina next month amid security fears.
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Australia may boost Afghan force

Sunday, July 23rd 2006, 7:25
related countries: Afghanistan

Australia says it may boost the size of a team of soldiers going to Afghanistan as violence mounts.
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Australia hit by leadership row

Tuesday, July 11th 2006, 4:42

A leadership feud between Prime Minister John Howard and Treasurer Peter Costello grips Australia.
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Australian girl 'taken by croc'

Monday, July 10th 2006, 5:48
related countries: Aruba

An eight-year-old girl is feared dead in northern Australia after being attacked by a saltwater crocodile.
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Rugby: N Zealand 32-12 Australia

Saturday, July 8th 2006, 9:27
related countries: New Zealand
related places: Christchurch

New Zealand sink Australia 32-12 in an absorbing opener to the 2006 Tri-Nations tournament in Christchurch.
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Italy ends Aussie dreams

Monday, June 26th 2006, 17:20

Ten-man Italy beat Australia in the second round courtesy of an injury-time penalty from Francesco Totti.
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Summit discusses Aboriginal abuse

Monday, June 26th 2006, 3:02
related countries: Aruba
related places: Canberra

Australian politicians meet in Canberra to discuss ways to combat child abuse in Aboriginal communities.
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Australia reach last 16

Thursday, June 22nd 2006, 20:56

Harry Kewell's equaliser sends Australia through to the last 16 in Stuttgart.
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Call for Aborigine 'paternalism'

Wednesday, June 21st 2006, 8:34

Australia's health minister proposes administrators to run struggling Aboriginal communities.
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Kewell charged for insulting ref

Monday, June 19th 2006, 10:35
related countries: Croatia

Harry Kewell could miss Australia's crucial Group F game against Croatia after being charged by Fifa for insulting a referee.
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Australian man guilty of terror

Monday, June 19th 2006, 6:18
related countries: Aruba

A man accused of planning to blow up an electricity grid in Australia has been found guilty of terrorist offences.
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Brazil finding feet says Parreira

Sunday, June 18th 2006, 18:50

Brazil coach Carlos Alberto Parreira says his side were worthy winners against Australia - despite needing a late goal to wrap up the points
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Japan faces whale 'cruelty' claim

Sunday, June 18th 2006, 18:15
related countries: Japan

Australia is to present what it says is proof that Japan's whaling programme is cruel.
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Brazil beat Australia to qualify

Sunday, June 18th 2006, 18:14

Goals from Adriano and Fred help Brazil into the last 16 with a win over a plucky Australia in Munich.
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Howard protests cleric's release

Thursday, June 15th 2006, 8:27
related countries: Indonesia

Australia's PM writes to the Indonesian leader to protest against the release of Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.
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Howard protests cleric's release

Thursday, June 15th 2006, 7:44
related countries: Indonesia

Australia's PM writes to the Indonesian leader to protest against the release of Muslim cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir.
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Australia reveals migrant mix-up

Saturday, June 10th 2006, 10:44

Australia reveals it wrongfully locked away 26 of its own citizens as illegal immigrants over the past decade.
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Australian jailed for sex slavery

Friday, June 9th 2006, 9:55
related countries: Aruba

A brothel owner becomes the first person to be convicted under Australia's anti-slavery laws and is jailed for 10 years.
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Dutch quartet win fitness battle

Thursday, June 8th 2006, 13:55

Holland expect their injured quartet to be fit for Sunday's World Cup opener against Serbia and Montenegro.
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Thai protests stop elephant move

Wednesday, June 7th 2006, 6:03
related countries: Thailand

Protesters in Thailand frustrate a plan to transport eight elephants to Australia saying the animals will suffer.
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Australia in nuclear power review

Tuesday, June 6th 2006, 8:39

Australia is to study whether to build a nuclear power industry, after decades of shunning the idea.
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Australia calls for Timor healing

Saturday, June 3rd 2006, 11:19
related countries: East Timor

Australia's foreign minister visits East Timor to push for reconciliation after two weeks of civil unrest.
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Australia celebrates baby boom

Friday, June 2nd 2006, 10:54

Australia's government claims the credit as the country's birth rate reaches its highest level since 1992.
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Cricket: Run on Ashes tickets

Thursday, June 1st 2006, 7:09
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: More

More than 180,000 tickets for England's Ashes defence are sold to Australia supporters in the first eight hours.
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Australia beefs up E Timor force

Sunday, May 28th 2006, 6:40
related countries: East Timor

Australia is sending hundreds more troops and 50 police to East Timor to try to contain mob violence.
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Action plan over Aborigine strife

Tuesday, May 23rd 2006, 9:50

Australia considers plans to evacuate Aborigines to special camps so they can escape rampaging gangs.
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'Abuse rife at Aborigine camps'

Tuesday, May 16th 2006, 7:28

A leaked report raises concerns about sexual abuse in remote Aboriginal communities in Australia.
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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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Football: Australia name squad

Wednesday, May 10th 2006, 2:33

Australia coach Guus Hiddink names injured duo Mark Schwarzer and Tim Cahill in his 23-man World Cup squad.
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Australia outlines Afghan force

Monday, May 8th 2006, 4:53
related countries: Afghanistan

Australia confirms it is to send 240 extra troops to Afghanistan in July, to aid reconstruction efforts.
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