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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• November 14th 2005 – December 21st 2005
• December 26th 2005 – February 13th 2006
• February 14th 2006 – March 31st 2006
• April 1st 2006 – June 2nd 2006
• June 3rd 2006 – August 31st 2006
• September 4th 2006 – October 29th 2006
• October 29th 2006 – December 5th 2006
• December 6th 2006 – January 12th 2007
• January 16th 2007 – March 9th 2007
• March 9th 2007 – April 20th 2007
• April 21st 2007 – June 14th 2007
• June 16th 2007 – August 19th 2007
• August 20th 2007 – October 6th 2007
• October 7th 2007 – December 5th 2007
• December 6th 2007 – January 15th 2008
• January 16th 2008 – February 22nd 2008
• February 26th 2008 – April 28th 2008
• April 30th 2008 – June 24th 2008
• June 26th 2008 – August 20th 2008
• August 25th 2008 – October 9th 2008
• October 10th 2008 – November 1st 2008
• November 1st 2008 – December 1st 2008
• December 4th 2008 – January 11th 2009
• January 12th 2009 – February 16th 2009
• February 17th 2009 – March 29th 2009
• March 30th 2009 – May 19th 2009
• May 20th 2009 – July 2nd 2009
• July 3rd 2009 – July 18th 2009
• July 19th 2009 – August 8th 2009
• August 9th 2009 – September 1st 2009
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• September 30th 2009 – October 31st 2009
• November 2nd 2009 – November 25th 2009
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Australia: news

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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Australian PM drops asylum bill

Monday, August 14th 2006, 6:22
related countries: Aruba

Australia's PM John Howard drops controversial changes to the asylum law after a revolt by lawmakers.
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UN condemns Aborigines' housing

Tuesday, August 15th 2006, 17:25

A UN housing expert says Australia's Aborigines live in some of the worst housing in the world.
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Anger as S Leone athletes get asylum

Monday, August 21st 2006, 7:30
related countries: Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone reacts angrily as Australia grants visas to athletes who absconded at the Commonwealth Games.
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Australia increases troop numbers

Thursday, August 24th 2006, 6:40

Australia is to increase its army by 2,600 to deal with regional security threats, PM John Howard has said.
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New peacekeepers for E Timor

Saturday, August 26th 2006, 2:38
related countries: East Timor

The UN approves a new peacekeeping mission in East Timor while leaving Australia's troops intact.
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Australia's truffling success

Sunday, August 27th 2006, 0:47

The cultivation of truffles in Australia has proved such a success that the first batch has been exported abroad, Nick Squires reports.
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Basketballl: USA crush Australia

Sunday, August 27th 2006, 13:28
related countries: Japan, United States

The USA ease past Australia 113-73 to reach the last eight of the World Basketball Championship in Japan.
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Australian curfew order 'a farce'

Thursday, August 31st 2006, 9:41
related countries: Aruba

A magistrate who approved Australia's first terror-linked control order says the government is turning it into a farce.
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