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Summer floods strike eastern Australia Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes after a week of heavy rain in eastern Australia. Emergency supplies are being flown into the… 03/02/2012
Ferry sinks near Papua New Guinea A ferry carrying around 350 people has sunk off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Australia’s Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) says a huge rescue operation… 02/02/2012
Ferry sinks off Papua New Guinea A ferry with around 350 people on board has sunk off the coast of Papua new Guinea. It is believed 50 people have been rescued by six merchant ships and… 02/02/2012
Benevolent bus boss gives bumper bonuses A Melbourne bus boss has stunned his employees by handing over some 12 million euros in bonuses after he sold his company. Ken Grenda, dubbed Australia’s… 01/02/2012
Icy plunge for Russia’s homeless – nocomment A group of Australians and New Zealanders living in Moscow took a plunge into ice-cold water on Saturday (January 28) to raise money for the homeless. 30/01/2012
Nadal vanquishes Djokovic in Australian Open finalRafael Nadal of Spain hits a return to Novak Djokovic of Serbia during their men’s singles final match at the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne… 29/01/2012
Azarenka wins Australian Open Victoria Azarenka has beaten Maria Sharapova in the finals of the Australian Open. The final score was 6-3, 6-0. Third seeded in the competition and now… 28/01/2012
Gillard jostled on Australia Day There was a nasty surprise for Australia’s prime minister and leader of the opposition who chose to celebrate Australia’s national public holiday at an awards… 26/01/2012
Back in the Day: first colonists arrive in AustraliaJanuary 18, 1788 HMS Supply the first of 11 ships carrying British seamen and convicts destined to colonise Australia, arrive in Botany Bay in Sydney (New… 17/01/2012
Investec Loyal’s win confirmed Investec Loyal’s victory in the Sydney to Hobart yacht race was officially confirmed on Thursday after an international jury dismissed a protest that the… 29/12/2011
Investec Loyal’s win in doubt Australia’s Investec Loyal produced a stunning performance to clinch the Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Wednesday. The Supermaxi, owned and skippered by… 28/12/2011
Giant croc charges park workers – nocomment A giant saltwater crocodile charged at a group of Australian reptile park workers before stealing their lawnmower and dragging it back to his pool. 28/12/2011
Australian beach Christmas – nocomment Hundreds of people flocked to beaches in Sydney, Australia, to celebrate Christmas. 26/12/2011
No gender please, we’re pupils Some people think that educating boys and girls separately boosts academic success. Others feel that single-sex schools have no place in the modern world. And… 19/12/2011
Dramatic car chase in Australia – nocomment A man and a woman allegedly armed with a handgun car-jacked a vehicle in the New South Wales town of Beresfield, local media reported. Police chased the… 15/12/2011
Samsung takes a bite out of Apple Samsung Electronics is set to resume selling its Galaxy tablet computer in Australia as early as Friday, after it won a rare legal victory in a long-running… 30/11/2011
Airline dispute set for arbitration The Australian airline Qantas has failed to reach an agreement in a long running industrial dispute with pilots and ground staff. The airline will now be… 21/11/2011
Australia : yes we can-nabisProtesters in Australia hold a giant sign calling on politicians to legalize marijuana before US President Barack Obama’s arrival in Canberra. REUTERS/Larry… 16/11/2011
Sydney’s seaside sculpture show Each year Sydney’s Pacific Coast is turned into a massive outdoor art gallery. Sculpture by the Sea, which stretches from Bondi Beach to Tamarama, is expected… 14/11/2011
Thorpe fails to shine Five-times Olympic champion Ian Thorpe made a low-key return to competitive swimming with a disappointing seventh place finish in the 100m individual medley… 04/11/2011
Interest rates cut down under Australia’s central bank has cut the cost of borrowing there for the first time since the global financial crisis more than two years ago. As expected the… 01/11/2011
Queen Elizabeth goes Down UnderBritain’s Queen Elizabeth watches a performance by an Australian aborigine during the welcome ceremony to the ‘Great Aussie BBQ’, as part of the Commonwealth… 29/10/2011
Queen Elizabeth visits aboriginal school – nocomment UK Queen Elizabeth, on 10-day visit to Australia, visited an Aboriginal school in Perth on Thursday. 27/10/2011
Queen Elizabeth II visits Australia – nocomment Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip arrived in Australia to open the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting which will be held in Perth… 24/10/2011
Wallabies beat Wales to third place Australia beat Wales 21-18 in a scrappy encounter at Eden Park on Friday morning to win third place at the Rugby World Cup. In an error-ridden contest short… 21/10/2011
The Vienna Philharmonic does Sydney From the Blue Danube to Down Under; from refined, sophisticated Vienna to outdoorsy, hedonistic Sydney – the recent Antipodean tour of the Vienna Philharmonic… 20/10/2011
All Blacks coach says same again for final, please The Rugby Union World Cup semi-final started with the traditional Haka dance from New Zealand at Auckland’s Eden Park. Within six minutes after an awesome… 16/10/2011
Rugby World Cup : fair play, ref?Australia Wallabies’ Rocky Elsom (top) forces New Zealand All Blacks’ Conrad Smith to the ground during their Rugby World Cup semi-final match at Eden Park in… 16/10/2011
Stoner seals MotoGP title with home win He only had to finish in the top six, but Australian Casey Stoner cruised to victory in his home nation’s Grand Prix to seal his second MotoGP world… 16/10/2011
Rugby Union’s greatest rivals prepare for another instalment New Zealand are preparing for another instalment in the long-standing All Blacks-Wallabies rivalry and a place in the World Cup final. The team has three… 16/10/2011
Quade Cooper the man to haunt his All Black roots As Auckland prepares for the Southern Hemisphere clash in Rugby’s World Cup semi-final, is Quade Cooper the man who could haunt the hosts and deny his country… 15/10/2011
Levy directs robot action flick Real Steel Australian actor Hugh Jackman plays Charlie Kenton in Real Steel, an out of work boxer – out of work because his sport has been taken over by 900 kilo robots. 13/10/2011
Clash of the southern hemisphere titans Australia arrived at their hotel in Auckland on Monday ahead of their rugby world cup semi-final with old foe New Zealand this weekend. The Wallabies, who… 10/10/2011
Rugby World Cup lines up for semi-final clashes Australia has dumped reigning champions South Africa out of Rugby Union’s World Cup. A decisive penalty in the 72nd minute for the Wallabies gave them an… 09/10/2011
All survive light plane crash – nocomment Six people, a pilot and five sky divers, escaped serious injury after a light plane crashed east of the Australian city of Melbourne on Saturday. 09/10/2011
Wallabies ready for Boks Australia and South Africa resume a long-standing rivalry when both sides meet in Sunday’s Rugby World Cup quarter-final at Wellington’s Regional Stadium… 08/10/2011
Bikini parade record broken – nocomment The world record for the largest bikini parade is broken in Gold Coast, Australia. A total of 357 woman wearing bikinis paraded for the required distance of… 02/10/2011
Injuries plague Australia For Australia the 67 – 5 win over the United States proved expensive, as the team left the match with injuries to some of its key players, two of them… 24/09/2011
Australia bounce back Australia rebounded from their shock defeat against Ireland last week, to beat the United States 67 – 5. The Wallabies got 11 tries including a magnificent… 23/09/2011
Bottoms up down under with SABMiller Foster’s deal Brewing giant SABMiller has agreed to buy Australian beermaker Foster’s for 8.6 billion euros, including debt. The purchase will make SABMiller number one in… 21/09/2011
Rugby World Cup: Ireland stun Australia The World Cup had its first big upset on Saturday when Ireland secured a famous 15-6 victory over Australia in their Pool C clash at Eden Park. Fly half’s… 17/09/2011
New detection system cuts threat from space junk Australian scientists have developed a laser system that can detect tiny pieces of space debris. The tens of thousands of pieces of junk that orbit the earth… 14/09/2011
Animal activists protest against Japan dolphin hunting – nocomment Protesters in Australia and the Philippines demanded an end to dolphin hunting in Japan outside their respective Japanese embassies. 01/09/2011
Macarthur digs sweetened Peabody, Arcelor bid Australia’s Macarthur Coal has accepted an improved 3.6 billion euros takeover offer from top US mining company Peabody Energy and the world’s biggest… 30/08/2011
Hungarian zookeeper nurses baby wallaby – nocomment A tiny wallaby joey, called Frodo, has been given a new lease of life by keepers at Hungary’s Budapest zoo after falling out of his mother’s pouch. 07/08/2011
Tri-Nations rugby match in SydneyFascinating game between Australia and South Africa, Will Genia of Australia’s Wallabies tackled by Bjorn Basson of South Africa’s Springboks during their… 23/07/2011
Who am I? – identity and education At various times throughout history, entire populations have been denied their identity. Today, efforts are being made to preserve traditional cultures and… 21/07/2011
Ukulele record attempt in Australia – nocomment More than 800 ukulele players from across Australia and abroad have gathered in Cairns, Australia. The organisers of the Cairns Ukulele Festival attempted to… 08/07/2011
Distance learning – a long way to get an education For young people in remote or isolated communities getting an education can be a major challenge. In times past some would simply have missed out on… 21/06/2011
Foster’s rejects SABMiller offer Foster’s has rejected a takeover bid from global giant SABMiller complaining the seven billion euros cash offer is too low. However investors say… 21/06/2011
Australian’s rally to ban live animal exports – nocomment Hundreds of protesters rallied in major Australian cities on June 18 calling for a ban on live animal exports. 19/06/2011
Taking the gap Taking a year’s break from education before going to university is an increasingly popular choice for many young people. The gap year is both a test of… 13/06/2011
INXS launches tribute album Australian band INXS are currently on tour on the back of Original Sin, a tribute album featuring world artists reinterpreting the band’s classics. Instead… 13/06/2011
Twin troubles: what is an epigenetic profile?Twins have the same DNA but they do not always look identical. What makes them look and act differently are the differences to their epigenetic profile… 19/05/2011
Australia defends exchange deal block Australia has been defending its opposition to a takeover of the Sydney stock exchange by its counterpart in Singapore. Critics called it a political move… 06/04/2011
Jim Loach’s film debut: Oranges And Sunshine Jim Loach’s debut feature, Oranges And Sunshine tells the true story of the thousands of British children in care who were deported to Australia between 1920… 31/03/2011
Australian dollar hits new high The Australian dollar continues to shoot up in value and it has hit its highest level against the US dollar in 29 years. Foreign exchange traders said… 30/03/2011
Sebastian Vettel winner of the Grand Prix in MelbourneRed Bull Formula One driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany celebrates after winning the Australian F1 Grand Prix at the Albert Park circuit in Melbourne… 27/03/2011
New cell rejection drug could help diabetics Two-year-old Max Salmon has Type 1 diabetes. He needs regular blood tests and his diet needs to be monitored. The disease destroys insulin-producing cells in… 14/03/2011
Across Australia with a wind powered carThe Wind-Explorer, a wind powered electric-car, crossed Australia from Perth to Sydney, more than 5,000km in three weeks. Every evening the lithium-ion… 15/02/2011
Fires near Perth, AustraliaFlames from a bushfire illuminate the night in Roleystone, near Perth. Fire authorities in Western Australia said on Monday that bushfires around Perth had… 07/02/2011
A man looks at the rising Brisbane RiverThousands of people were urged to leave the outskirts of Australia’s third-largest city, Brisbane, on Tuesday as flood waters raced eastwards after a surging… 11/01/2011
Severe floods hit AustraliaFlood waters rose across Australia’s northeast, covering an area bigger than France and Germany combined, inundating 22 towns, stranding 200,000 people, and… 31/12/2010
Australia lights up the sky for 2012Australia was one of the first countries to celebrate the arrival of 2012 with a spectacular firework display centred around Sydney Harbour, its famous bridge… 31/12/2011
Hundreds missing after boat sinks near IndonesiaMore than 300 people are missing after a boat carrying illegal migrants sank off the coast of east Java in Indonesia. According to an official from the East… 18/12/2011
Battle to contain Western Australia bush firesBush fires in Western Australia have destroyed at least 20 homes and forced the evacuation of hundreds of people. More than 100 firefighters have been… 24/11/2011
More deaths feared in Sydney firePolice in Australia have confirmed three deaths after a fire at a Sydney nursing home, but say the toll could rise to ten. At least eight other people were… 18/11/2011
Qantas back in air after tribunal rulingStrike-hit Qantas flights have resumed, ending travel misery for passengers. The airline grounded its global fleet this weekend in Australia’s worst labour… 31/10/2011
Qantas planes due to return to the skiesGrounded Qantas planes are expected to be back in the skies in the coming hours after a ruling by an Australian employment tribunal. The airline and… 30/10/2011
Australian tribunal orders end to Qantas disputeAn Australian employment tribunal has ordered an end to the industrial dispute that grounded all Qantas flights over the weekend. Qantas made the shock move… 30/10/2011
Australian government tackles Qantas strikeTens of thousands of travellers are hoping to be on their way if a government-appointed tribunal can get Qantas planes off the tarmac. A dispute with the… 30/10/2011
Australian PM: Qantas row threatens economyAustralia’s prime minister has warned that the decision by Qantas to stop flying could have serious economic consequences. Julia Gillard was speaking on the… 29/10/2011
Qantas grounds all flights amid labour disputeAustralian airline Qantas has grounded all of its flights with immediate effect owing to an industrial dispute. The airline’s management has been locked in… 29/10/2011
Sydney (finally) gets its Opera HouseOctober 20, 1973. The Sydney Opera House is officially opened by Australia’s head of state, Queen Elizabeth II. The building has become an icon of 20th… 19/10/2011
All Blacks reach Rugby World Cup final New Zealand have beaten Australia by 20 points to 6 to reach the Rugby World Cup final on home turf. The All Blacks were rarely troubled by the Wallabies in… 16/10/2011
Australian fair gets new attractionFour people had the narrowest of escapes when a aircraft crashed into a ferris wheel at the Australian seaside town of Old Bar north of Sydney. The pilot… 01/10/2011
Australian bomb siege ends peacefullyAustralian police have rescued a 12-year-old girl after she was held captive for 11 hours by a man believed to be her father and claiming to have a bomb in… 06/09/2011
Ned Kelly’s remains identified at lastThe mystery surrounding the whereabouts of the remains of Australia’s most infamous criminal has finally been solved. The headless remains of Ned Kelly… 01/09/2011
Sex scandal threatens Australia’s fragile gov’tPolice in Australia have been asked to investigate payments to prostitutes made by Labour MP Craig Thomson in a scandal that is threatening to bring down the… 24/08/2011
Australian collar bomb suspect held in USAuthorities in the US say they have arrested a man who allegedly strapped a fake bomb around the neck of a teenage girl at her home in Sydney, Australia… 16/08/2011
Australian woman freed in bomb scareAn Australian woman was freed from a suspected bomb hung around her neck after a ten hour ordeal. The 18-year-old, Madeleine Pulver, had been trapped in her… 04/08/2011
Emma Moffat wins Hamburg triathlonAustralia’s Emma Moffatt produced yet another flawless run to claim the Hamburg triathlon on Sunday. The World Champion, whose last series win was at the… 19/07/2011
Australia plans new carbon taxAustralia unveiled plans on Sunday to tax the carbon emissions of the nation’s worst pollutors. From next year, 500 companies will pay the equivalent of… 10/07/2011
Philip Morris may sue over Australian brand banTobacco giant Philip Morris is threatening to sue the Australian government over pioneering plans to remove brand-names from cigarette packets. Canberra… 27/06/2011
Chilean ash cloud carries chaos to AustraliaOnce again volcanic ash has grounded planes in Australia, causing cancellations to domestic and international flights. National carrier Qantas has stopped all… 21/06/2011
Ash cloud affects flights Down UnderAn ash cloud is once again causing problems with flights, this time in southern Australia and New Zealand. A cloud of particles from an erupting volcano in… 12/06/2011
Australia hit by wind and rain againAustralia is again under threat from extreme weather as tornados arrive from the Pacific bringing 600 metre-high waterspouts with them, and storms drench… 30/05/2011
Claude Choules, last WWI veteran, dies at 110Claude Choules, the last known combat veteran of World War I, has died aged 110 at a nursing home in Perth, western Australia. Choules was born near the… 05/05/2011
Asylum seekers torch Australian immigration centreAsylum seekers in Australia have burned down much of a detention centre in Sydney where they were being held. Reports say the detainees turned violent after… 21/04/2011
Brit expelled from Australia after 41 yearsAustralia has sent a British man back to the UK because of his criminal record after he had lived in Adelaide for 41 years. Clifford Tucker moved down-under… 19/04/2011
Male whales change tune to stay hip, study showsGroups of humpback whales copy and remix each others’ songs in a human-like attempt to be fashionable, according to research carried out in Australia. Songs… 19/04/2011
Melbourne’s miracle multi-storey car plungeAn Australian woman is recovering in hospital after surviving a plunge from a multi-storey car park in Melbourne. Witnesses said the noise of the woman’s… 04/04/2011
Australia battles more natural disastersFires and floods continue to batter Australia, which is experiencing a truly disastrous start to the year. Wildfires are destroying homes and forests around… 06/02/2011
No loss of life as Cyclone Yasi hits AustraliaIt was bad but it could have been much worse. Australians are breathing a sigh of relief after one of the world’s most powerful cyclones spared the… 03/02/2011
Cyclone Yasi wreaks havoc but no deathsNortheast Australia bore the brunt of Mother Nature at its most spectacular, as one of the most powerful cyclones on record hit the state of Queensland. The… 03/02/2011
Cyclone Yasi hits Australian coastOne of the most powerful storms ever measured has hit the north-east coast of Australia. Cyclone Yasi is battering hundreds of kilometres of shoreline with… 02/02/2011
Queensland braces for “catastrophic” cycloneTime is running out. But for the people of northeastern Australia the search for a safe haven is continuing, with a potentially catastrophic cyclone about… 02/02/2011
Australia brings in new tax to pay for floodsAustralia is slowly starting to recover from its worst floods in living memory. Homes and businesses across swathes of Queensland, the east coast and… 27/01/2011
Nadal crashes out of Australian OpenWorld number one Rafael Nadal suffered a shock straight sets defeat to fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Wednesday. … 26/01/2011
Qantas jet plunges 25,000ft in mid-flightAll is well that ends well but the 99 passengers of a Qantas jet have had one heck of a fright. An air-conditioning fault caused depressurisation, forcing… 25/01/2011
