We have started to collect the most important news related to Australia in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
Australia begins transferring dozens of asylum seekers from an overcrowded facility on Christmas Island.
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Japan's space probe Hayabusa, designed to return samples from an asteroid, is placed on course for a landing in Australia.
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Australia launches a nation-wide advertising campaign to accompany tough new laws on sex tourism.
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Francesca Schiavone beats Australia's Sam Stosur in the French Open final to become the first Italian woman to win a Grand Slam singles title.
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Australia's Sam Stosur and Italian Francesca Schiavone meet in the French Open final on Saturday with a first Grand Slam title on the line for both players.
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Australia's Sam Stosur storms into her first Grand Slam final with a crushing win over fourth seed Jelena Jankovic at the French Open.
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Second seed Rafael Nadal makes comfortable progress into the fourth round of the French Open with a 6-3 6-4 6-3 win over Australia's Lleyton Hewitt.
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Australia says it will mount a legal bid at the International Court of Justice in the Hague, against Japan's whaling programme.
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Australia expels an Israel diplomat after a probe blames Israel for the use of forged passports in the murder of a Hamas operative.
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Roger Federer begins the defence of his French Open title with a 6-4 6-1 6-2 victory over Australia's Peter Luczak.
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Members of a martial arts school in full ninja gear - chase away three men robbing a student in Sydney.
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An admission by Australia's opposition leader that he does not always speak the full truth deals a surprise gift to PM's Kevin Rudd's government.
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Local residents fear Australia's mines leave them sick
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Captain Paul Collingwood says England's World Twenty20 triumph rivals the 2005 and 2009 Ashes Test series successes over Australia.
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England beat Australia to win the World Twenty20 in Barbados and secure their first victory in 35 years of ICC limited-over competitions.
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England beat Australia by seven wickets with 18 balls to spare to win the ICC World Twenty20 final.
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Mike Hussey blasts 60 from 24 balls as Australia fight back to beat Pakistan and set up a World Twenty20 final against England.
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Michael Hussey hits 60 off 24 balls as Australia pull off a stunning victory over Pakistan for the right to face England in the World Twenty20 final.
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Australia hold on for a 1-1 draw against Ghana despite having Harry Kewell sent off in the first half.
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Australia lose their first World Cup match 4-0 to Germany, after Tim Cahill is sent off with half-an-hour to go.
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Dragan Vasiljkovic, a former Serbian paramilitary leader suspected of war crimes, is arrested in Australia.
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West Indies must beat Australia by 23 runs to reach the World Twenty20 semi-finals after Sri Lanka hit a six off the final ball to beat India and send them home.
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West Indies bat first against India in the ICC World Twenty20 Super Eights, with Australia facing Sri Lanka in the late game.
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Sri Lanka and Australia record comprehensive wins in the World Twenty20 Super Eights, beating West Indies and India respectively.
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An armed robbery allegedly by a man wearing a burka sparks debate in Australia over banning the full-face Islamic veil.
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Australia overcome a shaky start to beat Bangladesh and reach the Super Eight phase of the ICC World Twenty20.
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South Africa take on Afghanistan in Barbados for a place in the World Twenty20 Super Eights after Australia beat Bangladesh to qualify for the next stage.
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Australia beat Pakistan by 34 runs to win their ICC World Twenty20 group match, after India beat South Africa by 14 runs earlier in St Lucia.
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Former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler is to play for Perth Glory in Australia next season after being released from his deal with cash-strapped North Queensland.
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Australia says a key emissions trading scheme will not start until 2013 at the earliest, after it was repeatedly blocked in the Senate.
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Scientists in Australia design a cane toad "sausage" to help protect vulnerable predators from the poisonous toads.
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Melbourne Storm are stripped of two championships in Australia's National Rugby League for breaching strict salary cap rules.
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Australia officials investigate how gangland boss Carl Williams came to be killed while serving time in a high security prison.
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A group of Australia-bound Sri Lankan asylum seekers stuck in an Indonesian port for six months agree to come ashore.
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Australia plans tough new laws to prevent shipping from entering areas around the delicate Great Barrier Reef.
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The captain and chief officer of a Chinese coal ship which ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef are arrested in Australia.
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Australia says a Chinese ship which ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef caused widespread damage to the marine reserve.
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Australia will press charges after a Chinese ship ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef after straying off its permitted route.
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What's at stake if Australia and New Zealand merged?
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Australia halts all new asylum claims by people from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, citing "changing circumstances".
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Australia prepares to pump tonnes of heavy fuel from a Chinese coal ship grounded on the Great Barrier Reef.
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Australia's PM Kevin Rudd says it is "outrageous" that a Chinese ship leaking oil near the Great Barrier Reef was off course.
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A survivor of Australia's 2009 bush fires falls victim to a rare wombat attack, before killing the animal with an axe.
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Lawyers tell an official inquiry into last years' devastating bush fires in Australia that some areas remain unsafe.
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A Chinese ship sparks fears of a major oil spill in the Great Barrier Reef after running aground.
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Australia's High Court rules that a former Serb paramilitary leader wanted in Croatia for war crimes should be extradited.
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China and Australia trade criticism in the wake of the jailing of four Rio Tinto executives for bribery and commercial espionage.
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Mitchell Johnson takes three wickets as Australia move closer to a series victory on day four of the second Test against New Zealand.
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Australia searches for three Chinese asylum seekers who escaped from an immigration detention centre in Sydney.
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Simon Katich hits his 10th Test century as Australia dominate day three of the second Test against New Zealand.
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A painting of outlaw Ned Kelly becomes Australia's most expensive work of art at auction, fetching $4.8m.
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A storm hits the western Australian city of Perth, causing widespread damage, cutting power and affecting flights.
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Phillip Hughes thrashes 86 not out in an Australia total of 106-0 as the tourists wrap up victory in the first Test against New Zealand.
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Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina have an improved $4.3bn offer for Australia's Arrow Energy accepted.
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Debate over how to acknowledge the first Australians
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China warns against politicising the imminent Rio Tinto trial, after Australia expresses concern over how it will be conducted.
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A coroner in Australia rules an asylum seekers' boat was deliberately set on fire by three Afghan refugees.
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More than 2,000 atheists from around the world meet in Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate their lack of religious belief.
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Brad Haddin hits 110 off 121 balls as Australia beat New Zealand by six wickets in Hamilton to lead their one-day series 2-1
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A group of homeless men in Australia must leave Bondi Beach after a judge rules they have no right to sleep rough there.
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Police in Australia charge a man with manslaughter over the death of a three-year-old Indian boy, Australian media report.
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Australia is to review its tsunami procedures after thousands ignored warnings following Chile's huge earthquake.
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Parents groups in Australia are outraged that some Queensland schools have been promoted as weekend war game venues.
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New Zealand take on Australia in the third game of the five-match one-day international series in Hamilton.
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Scott Styris blasts a quickfire 49 to propel New Zealand to a two-wicket win over Australia in Napier in the first of their five-match one-day series.
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Aboriginal groups are to debate controversial plans to build Australia's first nuclear waste dump on tribal land.
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More than 5,000 people strip off for a photograph at Sydney Opera House to show Australia's 'equal society'.
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Safety concerns about rising sea levels lead to the planning rejection of a homes project in Australia's Victoria state.
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