We have started to collect the most important news related to Australia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard contacts independent candidates as she begins trying to form a government after an inconclusive vote.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia appears to be heading for its first hung parliament in 70 years, with PM Julia Gillard and her main rival failing to win a majority.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A crocodile in Australia is to give a snap prediction for this weekend's election, mimicking Paul the Octopus' World Cup football feats.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Campaigning in Australia's national elections enters its last day with the two main parties neck and neck.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Why asylum is Australia's 'toxic' election issue
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A court in Australia says a Muslim woman must remove her full veil while giving evidence in a fraud case.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
An Australian man surfing off the coast of Western Australia dies of injuries sustained from a shark attack.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia should become a republic when Queen Elizabeth II dies, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says, just days ahead of a general election.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Beer taster, koala catcher - why does Australia want you?
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia's unemployment rate rose to 5.3% in July, according to figures released ahead of the country's national elections.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
An Iraqi man is convicted of smuggling more than 500 asylum seekers in two boats from Indonesia to Australia in 2001.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Will migrant curbs halt Australia's mining boom?
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A recruitment drive to lure Britons to jobs as diverse as koala catcher and beer taster has been launched by the government of South Australia.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
England appoint former Australia coach John Buchanan as a consultant to help them work out a plan to win this winter's Ashes series in Australia.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
New Zealand rack up a ninth straight victory over Australia to win the Bledisloe Cup in Christchurch.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia's opposition party is strongly criticised over plans to reopen a dentention centre on the South Pacific island of Nauru.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia's opposition party is strongly criticised over plans to reopen a dentention centre on the South Pacific island of Nauru.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Andrew Strauss calls for England to string together a consistent run of results as they gear up for the defence of the Ashes in Australia this winter.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Andrew Strauss calls for England to string together a consistent run of results as they gear up for the defence of the Ashes in Australia this winter.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A report into the bushfires that tore across Victoria, Australia, in early 2009 has called for sweeping changes to the way the authorities respond to natural disasters.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A report into the bushfires that tore across Victoria, Australia, in early 2009 has called for sweeping changes to the way the authorities respond to natural disasters.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A report into Australia's worst bushfires, in 2009, recommends sweeping changes to the way the government responds to natural disasters.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A report into Australia's worst bushfires, in 2009, recommends sweeping changes to the way the government responds to natural disasters.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Pakistan claim their first Test win over Australia for 15 years with a three-wicket victory at Headingley as the series ends 1-1.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Pakistan are 40 runs short of earning their first Test victory against Australia in 15 years to the two-match series at Headingley.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Ricky Ponting passes 12,000 Test runs as Australia recover to close 34 behind at 136-2 after two days of the final Test with Pakistan at Headingley.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
The mother of formerly-conjoined Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna has visited her daughters in Australia for the first time since their separation.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Pakistan bowl out Australia for 88 and close 60 runs ahead on 148-3 in reply after day one of the final Test at Headingley.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Fossil hunters in Australia have discovered a cave filled with the 15-million-year-old remains of prehistoric marsupials.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard calls a snap general election for 21 August, predicting a close race between her Labor Party and the opposition.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi is to quit Test cricket after the second game of their series against Australia.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Part-time spinner Marcus North takes six wickets as Australia complete a resounding 150-run victory over Pakistan in the first Test at Lord's.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Mining giant Rio Tinto invests $200m in expanding iron ore operations in Western Australia after a tax row is settled.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Pakistan fight back to restrict Australia to 229-9 on a truncated opening day of the first Test at Lord's.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A drunk man in Australia survives being bitten by a huge salt water crocodile after he climbed into its enclosure and tried to ride it.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A drunk man in Australia survives being bitten by a huge salt water crocodile after he climbed into its enclosure and tried to ride it.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard calls Fiji's expulsion of Australia's top diplomat "uncalled for and of grave concern".
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Fiji is due to kick out Australia's acting high commissioner Sarah Roberts, amid a years-long simmering row.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
East Timor's parliament rejects a proposal by Australia's new PM that the tiny country hosts a refugee processing centre.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Millions of vegetable seedlings have been poisoned at a nursery in northern Australia, police say.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Mining groups Xstrata and Rio Tinto say they will resume projects in Australia after a deal was agreed over tax rates.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Umar Akmal sets up a 23-run win for Pakistan over Australia in the first of two Twenty20 internationals in the UK.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Indigenous islanders in the Torres Strait celebrate Australia's largest ever marine rights victory, after a nine-year legal battle.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia win the final one-day international at Lord's by 42 runs but England take the series 3-2.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Alleged Nazi war criminal Charles Zentai wins a five-year battle against his extradition from Australia to his native Hungary.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A Catholic priest in Australia is sentenced to nearly 20 years in jail after admitting sex attacks on boys over nearly two decades.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
US doctor Jayant Patel is jailed for seven years in Australia, after being convicted of the manslaughter of three patients.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia win the fourth one-day international by 78 runs to end England's eight-match winning streak.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
US doctor Jayant Patel is found guilty of the manslaughter of three patients during his time as a surgeon in Australia.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia's new PM, Julia Gillard, appoints a cabinet with few changes, saying her focus is on stability.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Game on - Julia Gillard gets down to business
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia's new PM, Julia Gillard, assures US President Barack Obama that she supports the military campaign in Afghanistan.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
The rise of women to Australia's ruling heights
Read the full article » | View on the map »
East Timor's President Jose Ramos Horta opens an embassy in Canberra - amid tensions over oil and gas in the Timor Sea.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Eoin Morgan hits an unbeaten 103 as England beat Australia by four wickets in the opening one-day international at the Rose Bowl.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia reinstates the race discrimination act, by extending controversial intervention powers to cover non-Aboriginal people.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia mourns the mining magnate Ken Talbot who died in an African plane crash along with the entire board of his company.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Ghana's Sulley Muntari is reprimanded for insulting his team-mates and coach after Saturday's 1-1 draw with Australia.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia says it will leave "no stone unturned" in the search for mining executives whose plane went missing in West Africa.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
England earn their first victory in Australia since 2003, and only their third ever, to level the series in Sydney.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Martin Johnson's under pressure England side face Australia in Sydney after the All Blacks hammer Wales 42-9.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia's Tim Cahill can still play in the World Cup after receiving a one-match ban for being sent off against Germany.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
England's pack threatens to earn them a remarkable victory in the first Test but Australia hold on to win in Perth despite being butchered in the scrum.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Australia beat England 27-17 in Perth after the All Blacks beat 14-man Ireland 66-28 in New Plymouth.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
England's chances of hosting the 2018 World Cup are handed a boost as Australia drop out of the race in order to focus on the 2022 tournament.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A summit takes place in Sydney to discuss ways of tackling Australia's high rates of addiction to gambling.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
Former New Zealand rugby league international Shontayne Hape will make his England Test debut in Saturday's game against Australia in Perth.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
A gift shop at Australia's Parliament House withdraws 200 mugs marking US President Barack Obama's visit because of a spelling glitch.
Read the full article » | View on the map »
This content is from the BBC News website. Date and time information is related to GMT.
Maplandia.com is not sponsored by or affiliated with Google.