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

Mystery Aborigine swine flu death

Wednesday, June 24th 2009, 8:37

Health officials in Australia are trying to determine how an Aboriginal man contracted and died from swine flu.
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Skip back in time - were humans behind giant kangaroos' demise?

Monday, June 22nd 2009, 21:25

A study of giant kangaroo fossils adds weight to the theory that hunters caused the extinction of Australia's "megafauna".
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Australian helicopter crashes trying to get close to crocodile

Monday, June 22nd 2009, 1:37
related countries: Aruba

A helicopter pilot crashes after trying to get a closer look at a crocodile in northern Australia.
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Australians demand climate action

Saturday, June 13th 2009, 4:20

Thousands of demonstrators rally across Australia to demand greater government action on climate change.
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Australia dismisses mining spat

Friday, June 12th 2009, 10:33
related countries: China

Australia dismisses threats of sanctions from China against its two largest mining firms Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton.
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Fire forces Australia jet to land

Thursday, June 11th 2009, 6:35
related countries: Aruba, Guam

An Australian A330 Airbus plane with 203 people on board makes an emergency landing in Guam after a fire in the cockpit.
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Australia flu 'may tip pandemic'

Wednesday, June 10th 2009, 15:34

A four-fold jump in Australia's swine flu infections could spark a WHO pandemic announcement, experts warn.
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Australia wind farm gets go-ahead

Tuesday, June 9th 2009, 3:42
related places: Broken Hill

Approval has been given for Australia's biggest wind farm to be built near Broken Hill in New South Wales.
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Australia defeats mystify Ponting

Monday, June 8th 2009, 20:48
related countries: Sri Lanka

Captain Ricky Ponting is at a loss to explain how Australia were bundled out of the ICC World Twenty20 following heavy defeats by West Indies and Sri Lanka.
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Australia exit ICC World Twenty20

Monday, June 8th 2009, 19:58

Sri Lanka beat Australia by six wickets to send them crashing out of the ICC World Twenty20.
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Live text - World Twenty20

Monday, June 8th 2009, 12:04
related countries: Bangladesh, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka need to score 160 to knock Australia out of the World Twenty20 after Ireland beat Bangladesh by six wickets.
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Tourist in Australia clings on for ride of life

Sunday, June 7th 2009, 8:21
related countries: Aruba, United States

A teenaged American tourist says he spent two hours clinging to the side of a long-distance train as it sped across the Australian outback in the night.
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Rampant Windies overpower Aussies

Saturday, June 6th 2009, 16:50

Chris Gayle hits 88 off 50 balls as West Indies thrash Australia by seven wickets in the ICC World Twenty20.
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US scuba man jailed for bride's death

Friday, June 5th 2009, 6:37
related countries: United States

A US man whose wife died on a scuba honeymoon in Australia is jailed after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
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Symonds axed from Australia squad

Thursday, June 4th 2009, 15:38

Controversial all-rounder Andrew Symonds will miss the ICC World Twenty20 for disciplinary reasons as Australia call up Cameron White to replace him.
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Kuznetsova too strong for Serena

Wednesday, June 3rd 2009, 15:05
related countries: France

Svetlana Kuznetsova beats second seed Serena Williams and will face Australia's Samantha Stosur in the French Open semi-finals.
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'Pumpkin' trial opens in NZ

Tuesday, June 2nd 2009, 9:42
related countries: New Zealand

A man who allegedly abandoned his child 'Pumpkin' in Australia pleads not guilty at his wife's New Zealand murder trial.
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Australia swine flu ship cleared

Monday, June 1st 2009, 4:15
related places: Sydney

Almost 2,000 passengers disembark in Sydney from a cruise ship at the centre of a swine flu outbreak in Australia.
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'Race' attacks spark Indian rally

Sunday, May 31st 2009, 12:02
related countries: India
related places: At

At least 2,000 Indian students and supporters protest in Australia over attacks which they say are racially motivated.
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US presses Australia to take Uighurs

Saturday, May 30th 2009, 10:56
related countries: China

The US asks Australia to accept a group of Chinese Muslim detainees waiting to be freed from Guantanamo prison camp.
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Hussey expects close Ashes series

Thursday, May 28th 2009, 15:47
related countries: United Kingdom

Michael Hussey says this summer's Ashes will be a "huge challenge" as he lands in England with the rest of the Australia squad.
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Australia swine flu ship isolated

Thursday, May 28th 2009, 7:23

A cruise ship carrying 2,000 people is ordered to remain at anchor off Australia after three crew test positive for swine flu.
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Australia swine flu cases double

Wednesday, May 27th 2009, 4:22

The number of swine flu cases in Australia doubles in a day, as its spread coincides with the winter flu season.
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Many stranded by Australia floods

Monday, May 25th 2009, 3:37

More than 20,000 people are stranded by heavy flooding after storms along Australia's east coast.
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In pictures

Sunday, May 24th 2009, 9:53

The floods affecting parts of Australia's east coast
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Thousands flee Australia floods

Saturday, May 23rd 2009, 11:18

Torrential rains and strong winds leave two people dead and force thousands from their homes on Australia's east coast.
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Thousands flee Australia floods

Saturday, May 23rd 2009, 11:18

Torrential rains and strong winds leave two people dead and force thousands from their homes on Australia's east coast.
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Tasmanian devils now endangered

Friday, May 22nd 2009, 6:25

Australia's Tasmanian devil is listed as endangered as the marsupial's numbers are decimated by a tumour disease.
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Australian doctor uses a household drill to save boy

Wednesday, May 20th 2009, 15:17

A doctor in a small local hospital in Australia uses a household drill to bore a hole into a boy's skull, saving his life.
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Symonds misses out on Ashes squad

Wednesday, May 20th 2009, 5:54

All-rounder Andrew Symonds fails to earn a recall as Australia name their 16-man squad for the Ashes series in England.
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Komodo dragons have venomous bite

Tuesday, May 19th 2009, 11:44

Researchers in Australia discover that the world's largest lizard, the Komodo dragon, kills its prey by injecting poison.
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Aussies make Strauss Ashes target

Tuesday, May 19th 2009, 10:49

Australia skipper Ricky Ponting reveals he will target opposite number Andrew Strauss in this summer's Ashes series.
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Travel costs row hits Australia

Sunday, May 17th 2009, 11:30
related countries: Aruba

The Australian government comes under fire for the $1.5m travel expenses it racked up during parliament's 10-week break.
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Symonds given Australia contract

Thursday, May 14th 2009, 7:22

Australia all-rounder Andrew Symonds retains his status as a centrally contracted player.
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US man faces scuba murder charge

Wednesday, May 13th 2009, 11:53
related countries: United States

A US man returns to Australia to face charges that he murdered his wife while scuba diving on their honeymoon.
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Museum returns Aboriginal remains

Wednesday, May 13th 2009, 7:27
related places: Liverpool

Members of an Aboriginal tribe will hold a ritual at a museum in Liverpool to mark the repatriation of human remains to Australia.
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Legal move to stop kangaroo cull

Tuesday, May 12th 2009, 5:26

Animal welfare groups in Australia are taking legal action to try to stop the killing of up to 6,000 kangaroos.
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Australia fire warnings defended

Monday, May 11th 2009, 8:48
related countries: Seychelles
related places: Victoria

An Australian fire official defends warnings given to the public at an inquiry into February's deadly bushfires.
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Australia outlines military plans

Saturday, May 2nd 2009, 4:39

Australia is planning to spend more than $72bn on expanding and upgrading its military over the next two decades.
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Australia boosting Afghan force

Wednesday, April 29th 2009, 5:59
related countries: Afghanistan

Australia is to send 450 more troops to Afghanistan because of what its PM calls the deteriorating security situation.
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Clarke inspires Australia victory

Monday, April 27th 2009, 19:04
related countries: Pakistan

Skipper Michael Clarke hits 66 and takes 3-15 as Australia beat Pakistan by 27 runs in the third one-day international.
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Lee will rejoin Australia squad

Monday, April 27th 2009, 14:16
related countries: Pakistan, United Arab Emirates

Australia fast bowler Brett Lee will rejoin the squad for their last two one-dayers against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates.
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Symonds knock steers Aussies home

Friday, April 24th 2009, 19:10
related countries: Pakistan

Andrew Symonds guides Australia to a series-levelling win courtesy of a six-wicket win over Pakistan in Dubai.
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Appeal in Australia nail gun murder

Friday, April 24th 2009, 8:38
related countries: Aruba, China

Australian police release an X-ray of the skull of a Chinese man shot repeatedly with a nail gun, in an appeal to catch his killers.
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Shark 'dumped' on newspaper's doorstep baffles Australian police

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 17:45
related countries: Aruba

Police in Australia are "dumbfounded" by the dumping of a live shark on the doorstep of a local newspaper.
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Live score - Pakistan v Australia

Thursday, April 23rd 2009, 7:37
related countries: Pakistan, United Arab Emirates

Pakistan face Australia in the final match of their one-day series in the United Arab Emirates.
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Backpackers killed in beach crash

Sunday, April 19th 2009, 9:37
related countries: Italy, United Kingdom

Two tourists, a British man and an Italian woman, die on a beach in Australia after a vehicle swerves to avoid a wave.
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