|
|
| Fri. |
|
 |
Australian politician injured in kangaroo attack
Shane Rattenbury, a minister for the local government, suffered gashes to one of his legs in a close encounter with a kangaroo during his morning...
|
| May. 10 |
Sydney |
 |
Search ends for 2 Australian Carnival cruise ship passengers Two Australians plunged off a cruise ship into the ocean despite higher-than-required railings to prevent accidental falls, the cruise compa...
|
| May. 9 |
Sydney |
 |
2 cruise line passengers missing off Australian coast| Authorities launched a search Thursday after two passengers went missing overnight when the Carnival Cruise ship Spirit docked in Sydney | |
|
|
| Apr. 23 |
|
|
Australia hacking 'leader' charged
|
| Apr.21 |
|
|
French fisherman survives Australian croc attack |
|
| Apr.14 |
US Georgia |
|
Scott takes play-off to win Masters |
|
| |
|
|
| Mar.24 |
|
|
Australia PM condemns infighting |
|
| Mar.20 |
|
|
Australia PM calls leadership vote |
|
| |
|
|
Australia sorry for forced adoptions |
|
|
| Feb.27 |
Sydney |
|
Australia finds largest meth haul
|
| Feb.26 |
|
|
Cyclone Rusty closes in on Australia |
|
| Feb.18 |
|
|
Australia Olympic swim team 'toxic' |
|
| Feb.17 |
Jerusalem |
|
Israel to launch Prisoner X inquiry
|
| Feb.6 |
|
|
Australia sport doping 'widespread' |
|
|
| Jan.29 |
|
|
Gillard sets Australia poll date |
|
| |
Queensland |
|
Hospital evacuated as Australia hit by heavy flooding |
|
| Jan.28 |
Queensland |
|
Australia battles floods in two states |
|
| Jan.27 |
Queensland |
 |
Flooding hits eastern Australia
Map of Bundaberg Queensland Australia Three people have died and hundreds of homes are under water after heavy rain brought flooding to parts of the Australian state of Queensland
|
| |
Melbourne |
|
Djokovic wins Australian tennis Open |
|
| Jan.9 |
|
 |
Australia races to control fires
Fire crews in south-east Australia are racing to bring hundreds of bushfires under control before temperatures rise and winds pick up again
|
| Jan.8 |
|
|
Cool relief for blazing Australia
|
| Jan.7 |
|
 |
Heat and wind fan Australia fires
Map of New South Wales Australia| High winds and record temperatures have fanned fires in south-east Australia, as the prime minister warned of a 'very dangerous day' | |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| Oct.2 |
|
|
Half of coral lost from Barrier Reef |
|
|
| Jun.26 |
|
|
Boat sinks off Christmas Island
|
| Jun.21 |
|
 |
Ship with about 200 aboard capsizes off Australia
Map of Christmas Island Australia A ship carrying about 200 people capsized in the waters between Australia and Indonesia. A merchant ship was diverted to the scene
|
| Jun.11 |
|
|
Dingo to blame for Australian baby's death |
|
|
| |
|
|
| Feb.21 |
|
|
Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigns
|
| Feb.6 |
Queensland |
|
Australians urged to flee flooding |
|
| |
|
|
| Jan.29 |
Melbourne |
|
Djokovic beats Nadal in Australian epic
|
| Jan.26 |
|
|
Mob threatens Australian prime minister |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| Nov.16 |
|
|
Obama stakes US claim to Pacific |
|
| |
|
|
US to send marines to Australia |
|
| Oct.30 |
|
 |
Qantas resuming flights
Qantas resumes flights after an independent tribunal orders a permanent end to the industrial dispute with union members
|
| |
Sydney |
|
Qantas ordered to end labor dispute
|
| Oct.29 |
|
 |
Labour row grounds Qantas flights
The Australian airline Qantas is grounding all international and domestic flights with immediate effect due to an industrial dispute
|
| Aug.15 |
Kentucky |
|
Man in US held over 'collar-bomb' |
|
| |
|
|
Qantas expands fleet to reverse losses |
|
| Aug.14 |
Sydney |
|
World Bank warns of 'new danger zone' |
|
| Aug.3 |
Sydney |
|
No suspect in bomb 'hoax device' case |
|
| |
Sydney |
 |
Bomb squad helps teenager Bomb-squad officers have freed an 18-year-old girl who was inside a house in Sydney with a bomb that was reportedly strapped to her body
|
| |
|
| Jun.20 |
|
 |
Ash cloud grounds Australian flights
An ash cloud is drifting around the world for a second time after spewing from a Chilean volcano more than two weeks ago
|
| |
|
| May.4 |
Western Australia |
|
Last WWI veteran dies at age 110 |
|
| |
|
| Feb.3 |
Queensland |
|
Queensland battles cyclone debris |
|
| Feb.2 |
Queensland |
|
Queensland survives Cyclone Yasi |
|
| |
Queensland |
|
Powerful cyclone slams into Queensland
|
| Feb.1 |
Queensland |
|
Evacuations urged ahead of Cyclone Yasi
|
| |
Queensland |
|
Cyclone poses 'serious threat to life' |
|
| Jan.26 |
|
|
Australia unveils new flood tax |
|
| Jan.23 |
|
|
Australia: Flooding cost to be 'enormous' |
|
| Jan.16 |
Queensland |
|
Official: 'Homes and lives torn apart' |
|
| Jan.13 |
Queensland |
|
Brisbane begins floods clean-up |
|
| Jan.12 |
Queensland |
 |
Brisbane flood levels reach peak
Map of Brisbane Australia| The city of Brisbane has woken to widespread flooding, although the peak level is a meter lower than feared. Dozens of suburbs and thousands of properties are inundated.
The death toll went up to 15; dozens more reported missing.
In... | |
|
| Jan.11 |
Queensland |
|
Flood fears worsen for Brisbane |
|
| |
Queensland |
|
Brisbane braces for flood surge |
|
| Jan.10 |
Queensland |
|
Australia floods menace Brisbane
|
| |
Queensland |
|
8 dead, 70 missing in flash flood
|
| Jan.5 |
Queensland |
|
Massive flooding could continue for weeks |
|
| Jan.4 |
Queensland |
 |
City Rockhampton hitting flood peak
Flood preparations in the inundated Australian city of Rockhampton are being put to the test as river Fitzroy levels hit their peak
|
| Jan.3 |
Queensland |
|
Australian floods 'to last weeks'
|
| Jan.2 |
Queensland |
|
Supplies flown to Queensland city
|
| |
Queensland |
|
Floods surge in Queensland city |
|
| Jan.1 |
Queensland |
|
Australian flooding claims victim |
|
| |
Queensland |
|
Australia facing 'biblical' flood
|
|
| Dec.31 |
Queensland |
|
Queensland floods spur more evacuations |
|
| Dec.30 |
Queensland |
|
PM praises flood-hit Australians |
|
| Dec.28 |
Queensland |
 |
Flood chaos forces mass evacuations North-eastern Australia's worst flooding in decades is continuing to cause chaos across the region
|
| Dec.19 |
|
|
Up to 48 Dead in Christmas Isl. Shipwreck
|
| Dec.16 |
|
|
Hanson: PM to blame for boat deaths |
|
| Dec.15 |
|
|
Australia probes asylum shipwreck |
|
| Dec.14 |
|
 |
'Many drown' in asylum shipwreck
Map of Christmas Island Australia Many people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying suspected asylum seekers crashed into rocks on Australia's Christmas Island
|
| |
|
| Nov.7 |
|
|
Qantas' A380 fleet to remain grounded |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
Qantas grounds Airbus A380
|
| |
|
| Oct.17 |
Vatican |
|
Australia got its first Catholic saint |
|
| Sep.11 |
|
|
PM brings back Rudd |
|
| Sep.6 |
|
|
Key Australia MP backs opposition
|
| |
|
| Aug.21 |
|
|
Independents to decide next government |
|
| |
|
 |
Australia set for hung parliament
Neither of the two main rivals likely to win the 76 seats needed for an outright majority. PM Julia Gillard vowed that she would 'keep fight...
|
| Aug.19 |
|
|
Poll: Dead heat in Australian election |
|
| Jul.30 |
|
|
Change call after Australia fires |
|
| Jul.16 |
|
|
New Australian PM to call for elections
|
| May.14 |
Sydney |
|
Australia hails solo yachts girl
|
| Apr.3 |
|
|
Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef
|
| Mar.29 |
Shanghai |
|
Rio Tinto executives jailed
|
| Jan.31 |
Melbourne |
|
Federer claims Australian Open title |
|
|
| Dec.29 |
Western Australia |
|
Homes burn in West Australia fires |
|
| |
|
| Nov.15 |
|
|
Australia apologizes to ex-child migrants |
|
| |
|
| Aug.3 |
Melbourne |
|
Australia detains terror suspects
|
| Feb.21 |
Melbourne |
|
Australia mourns bushfire victims |
|
| Feb.12 |
|
|
Man charged with arson |
|
| Feb.10 |
Melbourne |
|
Winds continue to spread wildfires |
|
| Feb.9 |
Melbourne |
 |
Toll from bush fires claimed 181 
| Some people died in their cars trying to escape the fires. Some of the fires in the state of Victoria were started deliberately. The Victorian bushfires are a series of bushfires that were ignited on 7 February 2009, resulting in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire. Ov... | |
|
| Feb.8 |
Melbourne |
|
Raging wildfires killed at least 130 people |
|
| |
|
|
Bush fires kill at least 93 people |
|
| Feb.7 |
|
|
Raging bushfires kill at least 65 |
|
| |
|
|
| Jul.18 |
Sydney |
|
Pope sorry for 'evil' of clergy sex abuse |
|
| Jun.1 |
|
|
Australia ends operations in Iraq |
|
| Apr.23 |
|
|
More arrests as Australia hosts torch |
|
| Feb.12 |
|
|
Australia apologizes to Aborigines
|
| |
|
|
| Nov.24 |
|
 |
Rudd: I will be prime minister for all
Opposition leader Kevin Rudd greeted jubilant supporters, as he promised changes in environmental, education and workplace policies
|
| Jul.6 |
Sydney |
 |
Live Earth concerts kick off
24-hour global concert series to raise awareness about climate change got a traditional Aboriginal welcome
|
| Jun.26 |
|
|
Aborigines threaten tourist ban |
|
| Apr.28 |
Barbados |
|
Australia won 4th Cup over Sri Lanka |
|
| Apr.19 |
Queensland |
 |
'Ghost yacht' found Emergency services have launched a search for the 3-man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast
|
| |
|
| Mar.26 |
Guantanamo |
|
Australian admits terror charge |
|
|
| |
|
| Oct.25 |
|
|
Cleric in dress furore
|
| Sep.4 |
|
 |
'Croc Hunter' died in stingray attack Steve Irwin enthralled audiences around the world with his wildlife adventures
|
| |
|
| May.8 |
|
 |
Trapped miners rescued Brant Webb and Todd Russell have been rescued from a gold mine after being trapped underground for 2 weeks
|
| Mar.20 |
|
|
Cyclone 'like atom bomb' |
|
| Mar.19 |
Queensland |
|
Massive cyclone hits Australia |
|
|
| Dec.26 |
Sydney |
|
Media magnate Kerry Packer dies
|
| Dec.12 |
Sydney |
|
Second night of riots
|
| Dec.1 |
Singapore |
|
Young Australian hanged |
|
| |
|
|
| Oct.9 |
|
|
Incumbent Howard triumphs |
|
|
| |
|
| Mar.23 |
South Africa |
|
Australia retained cricket World Cup |
|
| Jan.18 |
|
|
State of emergency in capital |
|
|
| Dec.4 |
Sydney |
|
Wildfires ravage Sydney |
|
| |
|
|
| Dec.24 |
|
|
Bush fires wreck holiday havoc |
|
| Nov.10 |
|
|
Howard wins third term as PM |
|
|
| Oct.1 |
Sydney |
|
Olympic Games closed |
|
| Sep.15 |
Sydney |
 |
Olympic Games open| Organizers thrilled the 110,000 spectators and an 4 billion TV viewers with a spectacular opening ceremony. Australian Governor General Sir William Deane declared the games officially open. 12,697 performers , including some Aborigine women,... | |