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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 PM unmoved by refugees

Friday, October 16th 2009, 3:31
related countries: Sri Lanka

Australia's PM says the emotional pleas and hunger strike by Sri Lankan asylum seekers will not sway decisions on their fate.
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India replace Dravid with Sehwag

Thursday, October 15th 2009, 10:32

Former India captain Rahul Dravid is replaced by Virender Sehwag for the first two one-dayers against Australia.
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India replace Dravid with Sehwag

Thursday, October 15th 2009, 10:32

Former India captain Rahul Dravid is replaced by Virender Sehwag for the first two one-dayers against Australia.
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Dutch doubt in America's Cup win

Wednesday, October 14th 2009, 3:43
related countries: Netherlands
related places: America

A Dutch naval architect casts doubt over Australia's famous 1983 America's Cup yachting victory.
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Australia 'unprepared' for fires

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 11:44

Australia remains "dangerously unprepared" for the upcoming bushfire season, opposition politicians say.
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Australia seeks Sri Lanka migrant help

Tuesday, October 13th 2009, 4:08
related countries: Indonesia, Sri Lanka

Australia's prime minister calls on Indonesian help to prevent a boat of Sri Lankan suspected asylum seekers reaching its waters.
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Jakarta holds S Lanka 'migrants'

Sunday, October 11th 2009, 13:43
related countries: Indonesia

Indonesia detains nearly 260 Sri Lankans suspected of trying to sail illegally to Australia, an Indonesian official says.
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Nick Bryant's blog

Friday, October 9th 2009, 8:44

Is Australia more racist than other countries?
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Ashes dates for 2010-11 announced

Wednesday, October 7th 2009, 22:00
related countries: United Kingdom

The schedule for England's defence of the Ashes is revealed, with the New Year Test in Sydney delayed by a day.
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Ponting hails Watson brilliance

Tuesday, October 6th 2009, 9:25

Captain Ricky Ponting praises Shane Watson after his second successive century sees Australia defend their Champions Trophy title.
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Australia raises interest rates

Tuesday, October 6th 2009, 7:57

Australia raises its main interest rate to 3.25% from 3%, the first G20 nation to do so as the global economy begins to recover.
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Australia retain Champions Trophy

Monday, October 5th 2009, 20:34
related countries: New Zealand

Shane Watson's unbeaten 105 ensures Australia retain the Champions Trophy with a six-wicket win over New Zealand.
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Live text - Australia v New Zealand

Monday, October 5th 2009, 12:03
related countries: New Zealand

Shane Watson hits an unbeaten century as Australia beat New Zealand by six wickets to retain the Champions Trophy.
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Kiwis set up final with Australia

Saturday, October 3rd 2009, 20:26
related countries: New Zealand, Pakistan

New Zealand reach the Champions Trophy final with a five-wicket win over Pakistan.
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Australia thrash England in semis

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 20:10
related countries: United Kingdom

Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson both hit centuries as Australia crush England by nine wickets to reach the Champions Trophy final.
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Live text - England v Australia

Friday, October 2nd 2009, 12:01
related countries: United Kingdom

Ricky Ponting and Shane Watson hit centuries as Australia thrash England to reach the Champions Trophy final.
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Nervy Australia book England semi

Wednesday, September 30th 2009, 15:27
related countries: Pakistan, United Kingdom

Australia limp to a tense two-wicket win over Pakistan to top Group A and set up a Champions Trophy semi-final against England on Friday.
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Aussies suffer Clarke injury blow

Tuesday, September 29th 2009, 9:46
related countries: South Africa

Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke is sent home from the ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa with a back injury.
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Australia-India match washed out

Monday, September 28th 2009, 18:08
related countries: India

India are still in with a chance of reaching the Champions Trophy semi-finals after their group match against Australia was abandoned due to rain.
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Australia-India match washed out

Monday, September 28th 2009, 18:08
related countries: India

India are still in with a chance of reaching the Champions Trophy semi-finals after their group match against Australia was abandoned due to rain.
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Australia 'uranium' dust concerns

Monday, September 28th 2009, 4:59

Environmentalists in Australia fear waves of red dust blown in from the outback may contain radioactive particles.
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Australia seeks investment limits

Friday, September 25th 2009, 8:43
related countries: Aruba, China

Australia's foreign investment regulator tells Chinese investors that stakes in Australian companies should be under 15%.
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Australia how-to jihadist jailed

Friday, September 25th 2009, 3:43

A Muslim man who authored a book on how to make bombs and bring down planes is jailed in Australia for 12 years.
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Huge clean-up after Sydney storm

Thursday, September 24th 2009, 7:11
related places: Sydney

Australia is clearing up after its worst dust storm in decades, which smothered Sydney and brought transport to a standstill.
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Australia v Pakistan latest score

Monday, September 21st 2009, 10:13
related countries: Pakistan

Australia take on Pakistan in a Champions Trophy group match in Centurion.
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Latest score - Australia v India

Monday, September 21st 2009, 10:04
related countries: India

Australia take on India in a Champions Trophy group match in Centurion.
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Live - England v Australia

Sunday, September 20th 2009, 15:39
related places: Riverside

England, chasing 177 to win, look set to win the final game of the series and avoid a 7-0 whitewash.
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New Zealand 33-6 Australia

Saturday, September 19th 2009, 9:22
related countries: New Zealand, South Africa

New Zealand thrash Australia to finish second in the 2009 Tri-Nations table behind runaway champions South Africa.
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We were not good enough - Strauss

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 22:00
related countries: United Kingdom

Captain Andrew Strauss criticises yet another abject England display following their sixth successive one-day defeat by Australia.
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Australia humiliate sorry England

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 20:47
related countries: United Kingdom

England's batsmen fail again as Australia stroll to a 111-run win in the sixth one-day international and remain on course for a 7-0 whitewash.
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Live - England v Australia

Thursday, September 17th 2009, 13:04
related countries: United Kingdom

England lose their seventh wicket as they edge closer to a humiliating defeat by Australia in the sixth match at Trent Bridge.
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Wright ruled out of England games

Wednesday, September 16th 2009, 11:15
related countries: United Kingdom

All-rounder Luke Wright will miss England's remaining two one-day matches against Australia after being ruled out with a toe injury.
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Australia stops 'asylum' vessel

Wednesday, September 16th 2009, 4:49

Australia intercepts a boat carrying nearly 60 suspected asylum seekers - the fourth such incident in less than two weeks.
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Live - England v Australia

Tuesday, September 15th 2009, 13:04

Ricky Ponting hits his 26th one-day hundred as Australia look set for a 5-0 lead over England in the NatWest one-day series.
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Oil threat to Australia wildlife

Sunday, September 13th 2009, 3:28

An oil slick coats beaches and wildlife along Australia's east coast, after a cargo ships spills its load in stormy seas.
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Live - England v Australia

Saturday, September 12th 2009, 8:54

England win the toss and bat first against Australia in the fourth one-day international at Lord's.
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Collingwood & Anderson given rest

Friday, September 11th 2009, 10:25
related countries: United Kingdom

England will rest James Anderson and Paul Collingwood for two and three matches respectively in their one-day international series against Australia.
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Jakarta warns against Timor probe

Thursday, September 10th 2009, 16:43
related countries: East Timor, Indonesia

Indonesia's president says ties with Australia may be harmed by an inquiry into the deaths of five reporters in East Timor.
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White condemns England to defeat

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 21:19
related countries: United Kingdom

Cameron White hits 105 as Australia open up a 3-0 lead over England in the one-day series.
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Live - England v Australia

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 18:54

Cameron White and Michael Clarke put on an unbroken 100-run stand as Australia chase 229 to beat England.
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Australia to probe E Timor deaths

Wednesday, September 9th 2009, 14:01
related countries: East Timor, Indonesia
related places: Balibo

Australia opens a war crimes investigation into the killing of five journalists during Indonesia's invasion of East Timor in 1975.
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Harsh lesson

Tuesday, September 8th 2009, 12:26

Challenges facing foreign students in Australia
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Live - England v Australia

Sunday, September 6th 2009, 16:26
related countries: United Kingdom

England slump to a 39-run defeat in the second one-day international at Lord's to go 2-0 down in the series.
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Live text - US Open

Saturday, September 5th 2009, 14:56
related countries: United States

Defending champion Roger Federer beats Lleyton Hewitt, while Dinara Safina and Andy Roddick are dumped out.
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Strauss demands more from batsmen

Saturday, September 5th 2009, 7:25
related countries: United Kingdom

Andrew Strauss says England's top order must start making bigger scores after losing the one-day series opener to Australia.
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Delays hit Aboriginal homes plan

Saturday, September 5th 2009, 0:53

A report into a housing scheme for Australia's Aboriginals finds not one dwelling has been built in a year since it began.
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England suffer Denly injury scare

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 9:50
related countries: United Kingdom

England's Joe Denly could miss Friday's first one-day international against Australia after injuring his knee playing football.
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Australia's warm winter a record

Thursday, September 3rd 2009, 5:11

Australia records its warmest ever winter - partly caused by climate change - and fears the coming bush fire season.
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Australia coach to return early

Wednesday, September 2nd 2009, 7:24
related countries: United Kingdom

Australia will allow coach Tim Nielsen to return home after the fourth of their seven one-day internationals against England.
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Australian Serb avoids extradition

Wednesday, September 2nd 2009, 5:36
related countries: Croatia
related places: Zagreb

A former Serb paramilitary leader in Australia, Dragan Vasiljkovic, wins his appeal against extradition to Croatia.
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Collingwood defends abandonment

Tuesday, September 1st 2009, 19:06
related countries: United Kingdom

England captain Paul Collingwood says the umpires were right to call off the second Twenty20 international against Australia at Old Trafford.
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Twenty20 live - England v Australia

Tuesday, September 1st 2009, 17:18
related countries: United Kingdom

The second Twenty20 international between England and Australia at Old Trafford is abandoned without a ball being bowled.
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England spared by Manchester rain

Sunday, August 30th 2009, 17:13
related countries: United Kingdom
related places: Manchester

England's Twenty20 match with Australia at Old Trafford is abandoned as a no result because of rain.
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Live Twenty20 - England v Australia

Sunday, August 30th 2009, 12:51

Australia set England a target of 146 in the first of two Twenty20 internationals at Old Trafford
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Australia 25-32 South Africa

Saturday, August 29th 2009, 12:09
related countries: South Africa
related places: Perth

World champions South Africa maintain their grip on the Tri-Nations with an impressive win over Australia in Perth.
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Treatment of Aborigines 'racist'

Thursday, August 27th 2009, 9:26

A UN official criticises Australia's measures to fight child abuse and alcoholism in Aboriginal communities as discriminatory.
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Ponting eager to remain captain

Wednesday, August 26th 2009, 14:53

Australia's Ricky Ponting says he wants to continue as captain despite his team's defeat in the Ashes.
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Haddin injured for one-day series

Wednesday, August 26th 2009, 10:24
related countries: United Kingdom

Australia wicketkeeper Brad Haddin will miss the Twenty20 and one-day series in England because of a fractured finger.
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Australia island gas deal sealed

Wednesday, August 26th 2009, 8:40

Australia gives final approval for a huge natural gas project to be built on an island nature reserve off west Australia.
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Strauss targets top of rankings

Monday, August 24th 2009, 9:55

England captain Andrew Strauss wants to lead his side to the top of the Test rankings after the 2-1 Ashes triumph over Australia.
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Strauss savours famous Ashes win

Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 18:42
related countries: United Kingdom

Andrew Strauss revels in the emotion of England's Ashes 2-1 series triumph against Australia.
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Victorious England regain Ashes

Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 16:59

England regain the Ashes after beating Australia by 197 runs in the deciding Test at The Oval.
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Live Ashes - England v Australia

Sunday, August 23rd 2009, 9:01
related countries: United Kingdom

England bowl Australia out for 348 to win the final Test at The Oval by 197 runs and regain the Ashes with a 2-1 series victory.
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England on course for Ashes glory

Saturday, August 22nd 2009, 17:46
related countries: United Kingdom

Australia close day three at The Oval on 80-0, after Jonathan Trott's century enables England to set a massive target of 546.
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