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June 8, 2023, 5:24 AM
Australia plans to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols in legislation coming next week
Australia's government plans legislation to ban swastikas and other Nazi symbols nationwide except for religious, educational and certain other uses
June 8, 2023, 5:24 AM
June 5, 2023, 4:14 AM
Australian mother imprisoned 20 years pardoned and freed because of doubt she killed her 4 children
An Australian prosecutor says there's reasonable doubt she killed her children.
June 5, 2023, 4:14 AM
May 25, 2023, 11:08 AM
Fire engulfs multi-story building in Sydney
Firefighters warned the blaze was at risk of spreading to nearby buildings.
May 25, 2023, 11:08 AM
May 25, 2023, 1:10 AM
95-year-old Australian woman dies after police shoot her with stun gun; officer faces charges
A 95-year-old Australian woman has died a week after a police officer shot her with a stun gun in a nursing home as she moved toward him using a walker and carrying a steak knife, in a tragedy that has outraged many Australians
May 25, 2023, 1:10 AM
May 19, 2023, 4:06 AM
88-year-old Australian doctor freed 7 years after kidnapping by Islamic extremists in West Africa
An 88-year-old Australian doctor held captive by Islamic extremists in West Africa for more than seven years has been freed
May 19, 2023, 4:06 AM
May 17, 2023, 1:58 AM
7 children battling serious injuries after truck crashes into school bus in Australia
Seven children remain hospitalized with serious injuries after a truck hit the rear of a school bus on the outskirts of Melbourne in southeastern Australia
May 17, 2023, 1:58 AM
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Woman survives 5 days in Australian bush with just wine and lollipops
A woman in Australia said she survived five days in the wilderness on the only things she had in her car: wine and lollipops.
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Australian government cracks down on smoking and vaping
Australia’s tobacco tax will be increased by billions of dollars over the next four years as the government cracks down on smoking and vaping
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Australian central bank hikes interest rate to 3.85%
Australia’s central bank has surprised markets by increasing its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point to 3.85% despite pausing its climb last month and new evidence that inflation is slowing
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Search on for Australian overboard on cruise ship in Pacific
The U.S. Coast Guard says it's searching for a cruise ship passenger from Australia in waters south of Hawaii
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Australia plans major overhaul of defenses as China rises
A government-commissioned report says Australia needs to spend more on defense and develop the ability to strike longer-range targets as China’s military buildup challenges regional security
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Dame Edna actor Barry Humphries stable in Sydney hospital
Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, is in a Sydney hospital with complications following hip surgery
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Australia's most powerful cyclone in 8 years to cross coast
Meteorologists say Tropical Cyclone Ilsa is forecast to be the most powerful storm to hit Australia in eight years, bringing wind gusts of up to 196 miles per hour as it crosses the northwest coast
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Residents flee as cyclone approaches northwest Australia
Miners, cattle ranchers, tourists and Indigenous locals are evacuating from Australia’s remote northwest coast as an intensifying tropical cyclone approaches
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Australia suspends WTO case against China on barley tariffs
Australia has suspended a complaint to the World Trade Organization in a bid to reopen the Chinese market to Australian barley for the first time in three years
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Australian lawmaker breaks ranks to support Indigenous Voice
A senior lawmaker has split from Australia’s opposition party leadership by supporting a proposal to create a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament
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Millions of dead fish wash up amid heat wave in Australia
Millions of fish have washed up dead in southeastern Australia in a die-off that authorities and scientists say is caused by depleted oxygen levels in the river after recent floods and hot weather
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Australia to buy up to 220 Tomahawk missiles from the US
Australia said it’s planning to buy up to 220 Tomahawk cruise missiles from the United States after the U.S. State Department approved the sale Friday
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Biden announces nuclear-powered submarines for Australia
President Joe Biden and the leaders of Australia and the United Kingdom have announced that Australia will buy nuclear-powered attack submarines from the U.S. to modernize its fleet
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Australia to buy nuclear-powered submarines made in the US
Australia will purchase U.S.-manufactured, nuclear-powered attack submarines to modernize its fleet
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Australia will allow prescription MDMA and magic mushrooms for some people with mental illness
Australia is the first nation to approve the legal use of MDMA and psilocybin, as medication for certain mental health conditions.
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Australia quietly expels major Russian spy ring, report says
A newspaper says Australia has quietly expelled a large Russian spy ring whose members were posing as diplomats
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Australian spy boss details unprecedented espionage danger
The head of Australia's domestic spy agency says the nation faces an unprecedented threat of espionage and foreign interference with more Australians being targeted by agents than ever before
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Australia adds $300 million in funding for Indigenous pledge
Fifteen years after the Australian Parliament’s historic apology to its Indigenous people for past wrongs, the government is announcing roughly $300 million in new funding to improve the lives of Australia’s original inhabitants
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Australia rejects open-pit coal mine near Great Barrier Reef
Australia has rejected a coal mining application based on environmental law for the first time
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Israeli principal on trial in Australia in child sex abuse
A former principal at a Jewish girls’ school in the Australian city of Melbourne will go on trial Wednesday on 29 charges of child sex abuse
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Teenage girl killed by shark while jet skiing in Australia
Police in Western Australia say a teenage girl was killed in a suspected shark attack in Perth after she jumped from her jet ski
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Australia phasing out monarchy from bank notes; King Charles III won't appear on $5 bill but expected on coins
Australia phasing out monarchy from bank notes; King Charles III won't appear on $5 bill but expected on coins
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Radioactive capsule found in Australia could have been deadly with prolonged exposure, expert says
The health effects of coming into contact with a radioactive capsule no bigger than a coin that was found in Western Australia could have been severe.
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Potentially deadly radioactive capsule found in Australia
Radioactive coin-sized capsule could have been deadly with prolonged exposure, expert says.
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Search continues for missing radioactive capsule in Australia
The health effects of coming into contact with a radioactive capsule could be severe, according to experts.
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Australia mining company sorry for losing radioactive device
A mining corporation has apologized for losing a highly radioactive capsule over a 870-mile stretch of Western Australia
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Australia 'deeply troubled' by Chinese espionage case
Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun faces espionage allegations in China.
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Australian boy wakes from coma after helicopter collision
Four people died in the helicopter collision.
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Helicopters collide over Australian beach, 4 people dead
One helicopter appeared to have been taking off and the other landing.
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Australian vandals destroy 30,000-year-old rock art
Australian authorities say vandals have destroyed rock art believed to be some 30,000 years old
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Lizards wrestle in Australia's Northern Territory
Two grappling sand goannas, a type of lizard, wrestled through an office in Australia's Northern Territory, tumbling out of the doorway and scurrying off.
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Woman, 23, dies in Australia after falling from cruise ship
The body of a 23-year-old woman has been found in the ocean off Australia after she fell overboard from a cruise ship
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6 killed, including 2 officers, in Australian ambush, siege
Six people, including two police officers, were shot and killed after the officers responded to a call at a property in rural Australia and were ambushed
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Australian jailed in Myanmar applauded in Parliament
An Australian economist who spent almost two years imprisoned in Myanmar has received a hero’s welcome at Australia’s Parliament House
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UK minister says Australian submarines will assure neighbors
Britain's top envoy for the Indo-Pacific says Australia’s shift to nuclear-powered submarines will assure its South Pacific neighbors of the UK's commitment to regional security
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Australia reduces national terrorism threat to 'possible'
Australia spy agency says the country has downgraded its terrorism threat level.
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Australia ratifies free trade deals with India and Britain
Australia’s Parliament has passed bilateral free trade agreements with India and Britain, leaving those partner nations to bring the deals into force
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Australia to block former military pilots flying for China
Australia’s defense minister says he has told told the military to review secrecy safeguards in response to concerns that Beijing is recruiting pilots to train the Chinese People’s Liberation Army
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Australia plays down US B-52 bomber plan that angers China
Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles has played down the significance of a major upgrade of U.S. B-52 bomber facilities planned for northern Australia that has raised China’s ire
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Australia flags new corporate penalties for privacy breaches
Australia has proposed tougher penalties for companies that fail to protect customers’ personal data after two major cybersecurity breaches left millions vulnerable to criminals
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Australia drops recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital
Australia has reversed a previous government’s recognition of west Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
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Australian PM gets confronted by local
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is berated by a pensioner during a visit to the pub in front of reporters.
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Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach disappears under big swell
Sydney's iconic Bondi Beach disappeared beneath the waves as a storm system moved through, just after floods battered other parts of Australia.
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Owl interrupts press conference in Australia
An Australian sign language interpreter got an unexpected gift from an owl—but he removed his jacket and kept going like a pro.
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