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

Court upholds Australia asylum policy

Wednesday, February 3rd 2016, 8:23
related countries: Nauru

Australia's High Court rejects a challenge to the policy of holding asylum seekers offshore, meaning scores of people will likely be deported to Nauru.
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No Australia visa bid by men's activist

Tuesday, February 2nd 2016, 6:10
related countries: United States

The US leader of a controversial men's group whose plans to visit Australia have sparked outrage has not applied for a visa, authorities say.
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Rare view of Australia volcano eruption

Tuesday, February 2nd 2016, 4:29
related countries: Aruba

A volcanic eruption on a remote island in Australian territory outside the Antarctic circle is filmed by scientists on a research expedition.
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Australian migration to NZ hits new high

Tuesday, February 2nd 2016, 3:24
related countries: New Zealand

More people are moving from Australia to New Zealand than heading the other way for the first time in 24 years, officials say.
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VIDEO: 'Tie it all down': Australia prepares for cyclone

Saturday, January 30th 2016, 10:43

Residents and mining companies in the north-west coastal region of Western Australia prepare for the approach of a powerful storm.
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Australia's drive for coal seam gas raises protests

Thursday, January 28th 2016, 21:16

Australia's controversial drive for coal seam gas
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Rinehart no longer richest Australian

Thursday, January 28th 2016, 5:10
related countries: Aruba, United States

Mining billionaire Gina Rinehart is no longer Australia's richest person, says Forbes Australia, losing her spot to US-born Blair Parry-Okeden.
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Australia PM cautions on republic debate

Tuesday, January 26th 2016, 4:59

PM Malcolm Turnbull says there are more urgent issues facing Australia than the push to become a republic, as the debate resurfaces.
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Massive funnel-web spider to be milked

Monday, January 25th 2016, 10:08

Big Boy, a funnel-web spider with a leg span of 10cm, is the largest specimen ever handed in to Australia's only venom-milking programme.
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Australian leaders begin republic push

Monday, January 25th 2016, 8:01
related countries: Aruba

Almost all of Australia's state and territory leaders sign a document in support of replacing the Queen as head of state.
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Is this the future of cricket?

Friday, January 22nd 2016, 23:56

Australia's Big Bash has captured the world's attention
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Australia link in Jakarta cyanide case

Thursday, January 21st 2016, 22:55
related countries: Indonesia
related places: Jakarta

Indonesian investigators seek information from Australia about a woman who died after drinking coffee laced with cyanide.
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Tiger attack at Irwin's Australia Zoo

Thursday, January 21st 2016, 8:51
related countries: Aruba
related places: Irwin

A tiger at an Australian zoo founded by the late conservationist Steve Irwin has attacked one of its keepers.
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VIDEO: CCTV: Car ploughs into service station

Wednesday, January 20th 2016, 9:36
related places: Sydney

A woman had a lucky escape when a car ploughed into a service station in Sydney, Australia.
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Opening up Australia's northern frontier

Friday, January 15th 2016, 20:13

A record drought boosts calls to develop Australia's vast north
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VIDEO: Man jumps through window to stop thief

Wednesday, January 13th 2016, 14:21

Australia police release CCTV of a quick-moving car owner who stopped his vehicle being stolen at a petrol station, by leaping through the car window as it was pulling away.
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Vegans upset over Australia Day ad

Tuesday, January 12th 2016, 6:31
related countries: Aruba

An action movie-style advert to promote Australian lamb angers both vegans who call it "discriminatory" and Indigenous Australians.
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Two killed by Australia bushfire

Saturday, January 9th 2016, 16:59

At least two people are killed and another is missing as bush fires continue to burn out of control in western Australia, officials say.
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UK pilot completes epic bi-plane flight

Saturday, January 9th 2016, 8:26
related countries: United Kingdom

A British adventurer arrives in Australia, having completed an epic 14,600-nautical mile flight from the UK in a vintage open cockpit bi-plane.
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Australia bushfire threatens more towns

Friday, January 8th 2016, 8:30

A massive bushfire that devastated a small town is still burning out of control in Western Australia, threatening several more towns.
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Australian desert lake begins to fill

Tuesday, January 5th 2016, 16:58
related countries: Aruba

Heavy rains bring Australia’s desert to life and could eventually fill the vast Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, an event that only occurs a few times a century.
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VIDEO: Hoverboard fire caused 'total devastation'

Tuesday, January 5th 2016, 11:18

A family in Australia is left homeless after a hoverboard given as a Christmas present sparked a fire causing "total devastation" to the property.
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Australian children drown in car

Monday, January 4th 2016, 6:08
related countries: Aruba

A father and his two children have drowned after their car was driven off the end of a wharf in Australia.
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Minister makes 'mad witch' SMS blunder

Sunday, January 3rd 2016, 21:18

Australia's Immigration Minister Peter Dutton is reportedly forced to apologise for sending an offensive SMS to a journalist.
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Sharks explain Australia's year in news

Thursday, December 31st 2015, 23:25

Sharks explain Australia's year in news
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Custody battle actress can go home

Thursday, December 31st 2015, 3:50
related countries: Malaysia

A former Neighbours actress, detained in Malaysia after snatching her child from her estranged partner at restaurant, can return to Australia, officials say, with no charges filed.
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Rare 'corpse flower' blooms in Australia

Tuesday, December 29th 2015, 1:12

A 2m-tall flower, known for its pungent odour which has been likened to rotting flesh, blooms in South Australia's Mount Lofty Botanic Garden.
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Acid train derails in Australia

Monday, December 28th 2015, 12:03

An exclusion zone is in place in north-west Australia after a 26-wagon train carrying some 200,000 litres of sulphuric acid derails in north-west Queensland.
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Briton sets solo Pacific row record

Sunday, December 27th 2015, 16:01
related places: Cairns

A Briton completes the first non-stop solo rowing trip across the Pacific from North America to Australia, arriving in Cairns after 209 days at sea.
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Australia residents return after fire

Saturday, December 26th 2015, 23:20
related countries: Seychelles
related places: Victoria

Residents of areas hit by bushfire in Australia's southern Victoria state begin returning home after evacuation orders are lifted, officials say.
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VIDEO: Residents flee Australia bushfires

Saturday, December 26th 2015, 7:31
related countries: Seychelles
related places: Victoria

Hot and windy conditions have pushed bushfires out of control in the state of Victoria, in southern Australia.
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Christmas blaze guts Australia homes

Saturday, December 26th 2015, 7:15
related countries: Aruba, Seychelles
related places: Victoria

A Christmas Day bushfire destroys more than 100 homes in a famous Australian tourist area in southern Victoria state.
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VIDEO: Wildfires destroy homes in Australia

Friday, December 25th 2015, 10:45
related countries: Seychelles
related places: Victoria

Wildfires in the state of Victoria have destroyed houses and caused residents to flee.
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Dying man's family get Australia visas

Wednesday, December 23rd 2015, 3:52
related countries: Pakistan
related places: Melbourne

Australian's immigration minister confirms that visas for the family of dying Pakistani student Hassan Asif are approved.
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Solar flares light up Australian skies

Monday, December 21st 2015, 22:51
related countries: Aruba

Photographers along the east coast of Australia have captured incredible images of the Aurora Australis.
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VIDEO: Bi-plane pilot on solo flight reaches Asia

Monday, December 21st 2015, 2:14
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Taylor

Tracey Curtis-Taylor, a pilot who is attempting to become only the second woman to fly single-handedly from the UK to Australia, reaches Asia.
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Homes destroyed in Australia bushfires

Sunday, December 20th 2015, 20:55
related countries: Aruba
related places: Melbourne

Twelve Australian families lose their homes to bushfires near Melbourne, days ahead of Christmas.
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Japan whaling 'disappoints' Australia

Friday, December 18th 2015, 9:26
related countries: Aruba, Japan

Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull says he is "very disappointed" by Japan decision to restart Antarctic whaling, as he starts a visit to the country.
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'Dog smuggling' trial for Depp's wife

Tuesday, December 15th 2015, 10:10

Amber Heard, the actress wife of Johnny Depp, is to stand trial for allegedly smuggling her two dogs into Australia.
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Surfing Santas set world record at Bondi

Tuesday, December 15th 2015, 4:45
related places: Bondi

A pack of 320 surfing Santas embrace the Christmas spirit in Australia, breaking the Guinness World Record for the largest surf lesson.
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VIDEO: Rare chance for Ai Weiwei to see own exhibit

Thursday, December 10th 2015, 20:03

Artist Ai Weiwei is in Australia for the launch of a major exhibition of his work.
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Two arrested in Sydney terror raids

Thursday, December 10th 2015, 9:20
related places: Sydney

Two males, aged 15 and 20, are arrested by counter-terror police in Sydney, and accused of conspiring to carry out an attack in Australia.
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Thai policeman seeks Australia asylum

Thursday, December 10th 2015, 8:22
related countries: Aruba, Thailand

The policeman who led an investigation into human trafficking in Thailand has told Australian media he plans to seek political asylum in Australia.
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Anti-IS fighter back in Australia

Monday, December 7th 2015, 7:43
related countries: Aruba, Syria

An Australian who was fighting against IS militants in Syria returns home, with his family saying he should be given an amnesty under foreign fighter laws.
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Australia weather bureau 'hacked'

Wednesday, December 2nd 2015, 10:43
related countries: China

Australia's Bureau of Meteorology refuses to comment on reports it has been the victim of a hack, which ABC says came from China.
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'Shooting threat' sparks Sydney raids

Wednesday, December 2nd 2015, 0:57
related places: Merrylands, Sydney

Police search two houses in Sydney, Australia, for firearms, following suspected threat to attack a Sydney police station.
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Australian Muslims 'face high racism'

Monday, November 30th 2015, 11:16
related countries: Aruba

A new survey suggests that Muslims in Australia experience racism at three times the national average.
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Far right group ‘used me for propaganda’

Sunday, November 29th 2015, 20:04

One Muslim woman's encounter with Australia's far right
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VIDEO: Australian senator sings '12 days of tax'

Wednesday, November 25th 2015, 9:36
related countries: Aruba

A senator in Australia uses the power of song to deliver his complaint about the government's additional regulations and taxes.
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Australia blocks massive farmland sale

Thursday, November 19th 2015, 2:37

Australia's government blocks the sale of the country's largest private landholding, S Kidman & Co, to foreign investors, citing national interest.
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Four killed in Australia bushfires

Wednesday, November 18th 2015, 0:32

Four people have been killed and there are fears for two others caught in out-of-control bushfires in Western Australia.
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Australia's first Muslim Party launched

Tuesday, November 17th 2015, 5:16
related places: Sydney

Australia's first party representing Muslims launches in Sydney and will contest senate seats at the next federal election.
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Shark stalks dead whale off Australia

Tuesday, November 17th 2015, 4:25

Swimmers warned to stay out of the water off Gippsland, Australia as a large shark is seen stalking a whale carcass that washed up on the shore.
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Wife of IS recruit pleads guilty

Monday, November 16th 2015, 9:31

The wife of one of Australia's most notorious extremists, Mohamed Elomar, pleads guilty to supporting overseas terrorism.
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Dutton rejects call for refugee ban

Monday, November 16th 2015, 2:28

Australia's immigration minister rejects a politician's call to close the country's borders to refugees from the Middle East.
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Apple apologises after racism outcry

Thursday, November 12th 2015, 7:27

Apple apologises to six schoolboys who were asked to leave one of their shops in Australia, in what the students described as a racist incident.
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VIDEO: Boys allege racism in Apple store row

Thursday, November 12th 2015, 0:54
related countries: Aruba

Phone footage showing an Australian Apple Store employee asking six students to leave because they "might steal something" has sparked an outcry in Australia.
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Christmas Island riot images emerge

Wednesday, November 11th 2015, 9:01
related countries: Christmas Island

Australia flies "extreme risk" detainees from Christmas Island to the mainland, as photos of the riot and damage at the detention centre are released.
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VIDEO: Charles marks Remembrance in Australia

Wednesday, November 11th 2015, 7:24
related countries: Aruba
related places: Canberra, Cornwall

Prince Charles and Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, attend a Remembrance Day Service at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
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Australia asylum rules criticised at UN

Tuesday, November 10th 2015, 4:38
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

Australia's tough asylum seeker polices have been criticised by other countries, including the US and Britain, at the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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Back-up sent to Australia migrant centre

Tuesday, November 10th 2015, 3:42
related countries: Christmas Island

Police reinforcements are trying to restore order at Australia's Christmas Island migrant detention centre, on the third day of unrest after an inmate died.
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Swede dies in Sydney trolley crash

Tuesday, November 10th 2015, 1:40
related countries: Sweden
related places: A, Sydney

A Swedish man dies and another is seriously injured when the shopping trolley they are riding down a hill hits a car in Sydney, Australia.
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