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

Australia move for asylum seekers

Tuesday, June 8th 2010, 7:14
related countries: Christmas Island

Australia begins transferring dozens of asylum seekers from an overcrowded facility on Christmas Island.
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Japan asteroid probe aimed for Earth

Monday, June 7th 2010, 12:07

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 in sex-tourism campaign

Monday, June 7th 2010, 5:36

Australia launches a nation-wide advertising campaign to accompany tough new laws on sex tourism.
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Schiavone wins French Open title

Saturday, June 5th 2010, 15:19
related countries: France, Italy

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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Stosur & Schiavone set for final

Friday, June 4th 2010, 16:51
related countries: France, Italy

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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Stosur reaches French Open final

Thursday, June 3rd 2010, 14:57
related countries: France

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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Nadal coasts past Hewitt in Paris

Saturday, May 29th 2010, 18:32
related countries: France
related places: Hewitt, Paris

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 to act on Japan whaling

Friday, May 28th 2010, 7:28
related countries: Japan

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 Israeli diplomat

Monday, May 24th 2010, 16:27
related countries: Israel

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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Federer overcomes Luczak in Paris

Monday, May 24th 2010, 12:37
related countries: France
related places: Paris

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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Black-clad Ninjas chase off muggers in Australia

Thursday, May 20th 2010, 16:15
related places: Sydney

Members of a martial arts school in full ninja gear - chase away three men robbing a student in Sydney.
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Australian MP admits he may not always speak the 'gospel truth'

Tuesday, May 18th 2010, 16:54
related countries: Aruba

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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Mining cost

Monday, May 17th 2010, 23:30

Local residents fear Australia's mines leave them sick
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England 'deserve' world triumph

Sunday, May 16th 2010, 20:48
related countries: United Kingdom

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 seal World Twenty20 title

Sunday, May 16th 2010, 18:45
related countries: United Kingdom

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 seal World Twenty20 title

Sunday, May 16th 2010, 14:42
related countries: Barbados

England beat Australia by seven wickets with 18 balls to spare to win the ICC World Twenty20 final.
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Aussies stun Pakistan in thriller

Friday, May 14th 2010, 19:29
related countries: Pakistan, United Kingdom

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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Live - Australia v Pakistan

Friday, May 14th 2010, 15:02
related countries: Pakistan

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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Ghana held to 1-1 draw with Australia

Thursday, May 13th 2010, 14:26
related countries: Germany, Ghana

Australia hold on for a 1-1 draw against Ghana despite having Harry Kewell sent off in the first half.
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Ten-man Australia lose to Germany

Thursday, May 13th 2010, 14:01
related countries: Germany

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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Australia arrests Serb suspect

Wednesday, May 12th 2010, 18:12

Dragan Vasiljkovic, a former Serbian paramilitary leader suspected of war crimes, is arrested in Australia.
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Live - West Indies v Australia

Tuesday, May 11th 2010, 16:32
related countries: India

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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Live - West Indies v India

Sunday, May 9th 2010, 13:04
related countries: India, Sri Lanka

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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Live - Sri Lanka v West Indies

Friday, May 7th 2010, 12:52
related countries: Barbados, India, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka and Australia record comprehensive wins in the World Twenty20 Super Eights, beating West Indies and India respectively.
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Australia heist sparks burka row

Friday, May 7th 2010, 8:57

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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Aussies crush Tigers to advance

Wednesday, May 5th 2010, 19:55
related countries: Bangladesh

Australia overcome a shaky start to beat Bangladesh and reach the Super Eight phase of the ICC World Twenty20.
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Live text - South Africa v Afghanistan

Wednesday, May 5th 2010, 16:36
related countries: Bangladesh, Barbados

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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ICC World Twenty20 day three as it happened

Sunday, May 2nd 2010, 13:10
related countries: India, Pakistan, South Africa

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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Fowler moves to Aussie side Perth

Tuesday, April 27th 2010, 9:06
related places: Perth

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 shelves climate scheme

Tuesday, April 27th 2010, 9:05

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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Sausage solution to toad invasion

Monday, April 26th 2010, 10:37

Scientists in Australia design a cane toad "sausage" to help protect vulnerable predators from the poisonous toads.
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Melbourne stripped of NRL titles

Thursday, April 22nd 2010, 7:17

Melbourne Storm are stripped of two championships in Australia's National Rugby League for breaching strict salary cap rules.
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Australia probes gang jail death

Tuesday, April 20th 2010, 9:32

Australia officials investigate how gangland boss Carl Williams came to be killed while serving time in a high security prison.
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Indonesia migrant stand-off ends

Monday, April 19th 2010, 8:30
related countries: Indonesia, Sri Lanka

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 reef laws

Monday, April 19th 2010, 6:08

Australia plans tough new laws to prevent shipping from entering areas around the delicate Great Barrier Reef.
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Australia arrests reef ship crew

Wednesday, April 14th 2010, 10:24
related countries: China

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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China reef ship damage 'serious'

Tuesday, April 13th 2010, 5:34
related countries: China

Australia says a Chinese ship which ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef caused widespread damage to the marine reserve.
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Reef crash ship 'to face charges'

Sunday, April 11th 2010, 11:46

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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New-Stralia

Friday, April 9th 2010, 16:54
related countries: New Zealand

What's at stake if Australia and New Zealand merged?
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Australia suspends asylum claims

Friday, April 9th 2010, 7:30
related countries: Afghanistan, Sri Lanka

Australia halts all new asylum claims by people from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan, citing "changing circumstances".
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Australia to remove Reef ship oil

Wednesday, April 7th 2010, 11:41
related countries: China

Australia prepares to pump tonnes of heavy fuel from a Chinese coal ship grounded on the Great Barrier Reef.
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Barrier Reef route 'outrageous'

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 13:53
related countries: China

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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Australian bush fire survivor victim of rare wombat attack

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 8:11
related countries: Aruba

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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Australia fire probe in land call

Tuesday, April 6th 2010, 4:24

Lawyers tell an official inquiry into last years' devastating bush fires in Australia that some areas remain unsafe.
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Alert over Barrier Reef oil leak

Sunday, April 4th 2010, 14:23
related countries: China

A Chinese ship sparks fears of a major oil spill in the Great Barrier Reef after running aground.
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Australian Serb faces extradition

Tuesday, March 30th 2010, 17:27
related countries: Aruba, Croatia

Australia's High Court rules that a former Serb paramilitary leader wanted in Croatia for war crimes should be extradited.
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Barbs traded over Rio Tinto case

Tuesday, March 30th 2010, 10:13
related countries: China

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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Australia move closer to Test win

Tuesday, March 30th 2010, 6:09
related countries: New Zealand

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 seeks escaped migrants

Tuesday, March 30th 2010, 4:33
related countries: China
related places: Sydney

Australia searches for three Chinese asylum seekers who escaped from an immigration detention centre in Sydney.
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Katich inspires Australia revival

Monday, March 29th 2010, 6:19
related countries: New Zealand

Simon Katich hits his 10th Test century as Australia dominate day three of the second Test against New Zealand.
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Ned Kelly art sets auction record

Friday, March 26th 2010, 1:56

A painting of outlaw Ned Kelly becomes Australia's most expensive work of art at auction, fetching $4.8m.
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Freak storm hits Perth, Australia

Tuesday, March 23rd 2010, 4:37
related places: Perth

A storm hits the western Australian city of Perth, causing widespread damage, cutting power and affecting flights.
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Hughes takes Aussies to victory

Tuesday, March 23rd 2010, 4:11
related countries: New Zealand

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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Shell and PetroChina up Arrow bid

Monday, March 22nd 2010, 7:59
related countries: Netherlands

Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina have an improved $4.3bn offer for Australia's Arrow Energy accepted.
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Bryant's Australia

Thursday, March 18th 2010, 9:16

Debate over how to acknowledge the first Australians
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China warning on Rio Tinto trial

Thursday, March 18th 2010, 8:30
related countries: China

China warns against politicising the imminent Rio Tinto trial, after Australia expresses concern over how it will be conducted.
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Australia boat blast 'deliberate'

Wednesday, March 17th 2010, 7:05
related countries: Afghanistan

A coroner in Australia rules an asylum seekers' boat was deliberately set on fire by three Afghan refugees.
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Atheists meet in Melbourne to celebrate lack of faith

Friday, March 12th 2010, 6:33
related places: Melbourne

More than 2,000 atheists from around the world meet in Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate their lack of religious belief.
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Haddin ton sets up Australia win

Tuesday, March 9th 2010, 8:46
related countries: Bermuda, New Zealand
related places: Hamilton

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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Homeless evicted from Bondi Beach

Tuesday, March 9th 2010, 6:31

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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Australia charge over boy's death

Sunday, March 7th 2010, 10:17
related countries: India

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 to review tsunami warnings

Saturday, March 6th 2010, 14:32
related countries: Chile

Australia is to review its tsunami procedures after thousands ignored warnings following Chile's huge earthquake.
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Outrage over Australia war games

Thursday, March 4th 2010, 5:37

Parents groups in Australia are outraged that some Queensland schools have been promoted as weekend war game venues.
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New Zealand v Australia live score

Wednesday, March 3rd 2010, 15:53
related countries: Bermuda, New Zealand
related places: Hamilton

New Zealand take on Australia in the third game of the five-match one-day international series in Hamilton.
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New Zealand edge past Australia

Wednesday, March 3rd 2010, 9:56
related countries: New Zealand
related places: Napier

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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Aborigines debate nuclear plan

Wednesday, March 3rd 2010, 5:38

Aboriginal groups are to debate controversial plans to build Australia's first nuclear waste dump on tribal land.
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Naked pride - thousands strip off for art at Sydney Opera House

Monday, March 1st 2010, 6:36

More than 5,000 people strip off for a photograph at Sydney Opera House to show Australia's 'equal society'.
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Sea risk blocks Australia homes

Monday, March 1st 2010, 4:26
related countries: Seychelles
related places: Victoria

Safety concerns about rising sea levels lead to the planning rejection of a homes project in Australia's Victoria state.
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