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Australia deputy PM disqualified from office Barnaby Joyce and four other politicians were wrongly elected because they held dual citizenship, a court has ruled
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Australia agrees to pay A$70m to Manus Island detainees |
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7% of Australian Catholic priests allegedly abused children |
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Australia and US reach deal to resettle asylum seekers |
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Australia senate stops gay marriage vote |
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Indonesia protest: President Joko Widodo cancels Australia visit
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World's largest marine protected area declared in Antarctica
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Cardinal George Pell denies child abuse claims |
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Australia delays 'backpacker tax' hike |
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Australia PM threatens early election over Senate deadlock |
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Cardinal Pell admits he did not act on abuse claim
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1978 Mardi Gras activists get official apology |
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Australian hospital refuses to discharge asylum baby |
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Apple apologises after allegations of racism
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PM Tony Abbott urges regional action against IS
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Indonesia executions: Australia recalls ambassador Map of Nusakambangan Island Indonesia| Australia has recalled its ambassador from Indonesia after two Australian men were executed for drug smuggling | |
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WWI: Battle of Gallipoli centenary marked with services
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Australia to toughen citizenship laws
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Reporter Peter Greste freed by Egypt
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Abbott pays tribute to siege dead
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Australia bans travel from Ebola zones |
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Former Australian PM Gough Whitlam dies |
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Australia lifts parliament veil ban |
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Abbott confident over plane signals
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Indonesia anger at Australia spy row Map of Jakarta Indonesia's president says ties with Australia have been 'damaged' by reports that Canberra spied on his phone calls and those of his ministers
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Rudd sworn in as Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd returned as prime minister of Australia on Thursday, three years after being replaced in the office by his then-deputy Julia Gill...
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Israel to launch Prisoner X inquiry
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Nazi suspect wins Australia case |
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Australia PM sets out Afghan exit plan |
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Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigns
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Qantas ordered to end labor dispute
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Western Australia |
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Last WWI veteran dies at age 110 |
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Queensland |
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PM praises flood-hit Australians |
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Hanson: PM to blame for boat deaths |
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Australia probes asylum shipwreck |
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PM brings back Rudd |
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Key Australia MP backs opposition Bob Katter, one of three independent MPs who hold the balance of power in parliament has said he will support opposition leader Tony Abbott
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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 fighting'
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Poll: Dead heat in Australian election
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Change call after Australia fires |
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New Australian PM to call for elections Prime Minister Julia Gillard was expected on Saturday to call for a national election, according to her office
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Australia expels Israeli diplomat
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Australia apologizes to ex-child migrants
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Australian stimulus plan approved |
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Pope sorry for 'evil' of clergy sex abuse Benedict XVI apologized to victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, describing their acts as 'evil' and a grave betrayal of trus...
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More arrests as Australia hosts torch 5 people were arrested as the Olympic torch made its way through Canberra in a relay that was more orderly than in other countries
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Australia pledges E Timor support |
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Australia apologizes to Aborigines The government apologized for years of 'mistreatment' that inflicted 'profound grief, suffering and loss' on the country's Aboriginal people
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Cricket tour on despite race row |
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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. Conservative Prime Minister Howard officially conceded that the Labor Party had gained... | |
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Australians vote to choose leader |
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Howard sets election date |
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Sydney |
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Bush spars with Roh on Korean war |
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Sydney |
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Bush, China's Hu tackle thorny issues |
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Judge overturns Haneef visa ban |
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Cleared doctor leaves Australia |
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Aborigines threaten tourist ban
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Howard calls for HIV migrant ban |
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Sydney |
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Cheney warns on Chinese build-up |
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PM slams Obama Iraq stance |
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Cleric in dress furore Sheikh Taj el-Din al-Hilali was saying that some women are attracting sexual assault by the way they dress
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New Abu Ghraib images broadcast
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Dismay over Bali bombing sentence |
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First Iraqis cast their vote |
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Incumbent Howard triumphs |
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Australia defiant on terror threat |
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Melbourne |
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150,000 demonstrated against war |
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Australia plans 'fortress' embassies |
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Australia mourns Bali dead
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Australians urged to leave Indonesia |
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Sydney |
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May Day protesters clash with police |
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Howard wins third term as PM |
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Asylum seekers begin new journey |
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First British convicts settled in Australia| There were 775 convicts on board six transport ships. They were accompanied by officials, members of the crew, marines, the families | |
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Nazi suspect wins Australia case |
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Australia PM Turnbull's conservatives win tight election |
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| May.7 |
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Poll date for Australia election officially confirmed |
| 2013 |
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| Sep.7 |
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Tony Abbott sweeps to Australia win The opposition has crushed the governing Labor party in a general election that has returned the Liberal-National coalition to power
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| Sep.6 |
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Australia election: Millions head to polls |
| 2010 |
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| Aug.21 |
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Independents to decide next government |
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| Aug.21 |
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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 fighting'
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| Aug.19 |
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Poll: Dead heat in Australian election
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| Jul.16 |
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New Australian PM to call for elections Prime Minister Julia Gillard was expected on Saturday to call for a national election, according to her office
| 2007 |
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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. Conservative Prime Minister Howard officially conceded that the Labor Party had gained... | |
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| Nov.23 |
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Australians vote to choose leader |
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Howard sets election date |
| 2005 |
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First Iraqis cast their vote |
| 2004 |
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Incumbent Howard triumphs |
| 2001 |
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Howard wins third term as PM |
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| 2016 |
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| May.16 |
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Australia delays 'backpacker tax' hike |
| 2014 |
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| Oct.28 |
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Australia bans travel from Ebola zones |
| 2012 |
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Australia PM sets out Afghan exit plan |
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| 2016 |
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| Oct.27 |
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World's largest marine protected area declared in Antarctica
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| 2017 |
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| Dec.15 |
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Australian Archbishop rejects call to report confessions
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Melbourne |
Cardinal Pell: Vatican treasurer charged with sex offences| The Vatican treasurer and Australia's most senior Catholic figure Cardinal George Pell has been charged with sex offences in Australia | |
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| Feb.5 |
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7% of Australian Catholic priests allegedly abused children |
| 2016 |
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| Jul.27 |
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Cardinal George Pell denies child abuse claims |
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| Mar.2 |
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Cardinal Pell admits he did not act on abuse claim
| 2010 |
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| Oct.17 |
Vatican |
Australia got its first Catholic saint Mary MacKillop was a feisty 19th-century nun who was briefly excommunicated when her colleagues exposed an abusive priest
| 2008 |
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| Jul.18 |
Sydney |
Pope sorry for 'evil' of clergy sex abuse Benedict XVI apologized to victims of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic clergy, describing their acts as 'evil' and a grave betrayal of trus...
| 2006 |
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| Oct.25 |
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Cleric in dress furore Sheikh Taj el-Din al-Hilali was saying that some women are attracting sexual assault by the way they dress
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| 2011 |
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| Oct.30 |
Sydney |
Qantas ordered to end labor dispute
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| 2015 |
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| Feb.1 |
Egypt |
Reporter Peter Greste freed by Egypt
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| 2015 |
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| Apr.23 |
Turkey |
WWI: Battle of Gallipoli centenary marked with services
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| 2014 |
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| Nov.14 |
Queensland |
Obama warns of Asia 'intimidation' |
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| 2014 |
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| Nov.15 |
Queensland |
Abbott outlines G20 economic pledges |
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| Nov.15 |
Queensland |
Ukraine crisis: Russia under pressure at G20 summit Map of Brisbane Australia Russia has been rebuked by Western leaders about its role in the Ukraine crisis, at a G20 summit in Australia
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| Nov.14 |
Queensland |
G20 summit: World leaders meet in Brisbane Map of Brisbane Australia| The two-day summit, attended by the US, Chinese and Russian leaders among others, will focus on promoting growth | |
|
| Nov.13 |
Queensland |
Leaders gather in Brisbane for G20 |
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| 2013 |
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| Feb.17 |
Jerusalem |
Israel to launch Prisoner X inquiry
| 2010 |
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| Dec.15 |
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Australia probes asylum shipwreck |
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| 2017 |
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| Nov.22 |
Papua New Guinea |
Police enter former Australia-run asylum centre Police in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have entered a former Australian-run detention centre in a bid to get asylum seekers who remain there to le...
|
| Nov.6 |
Papua New Guinea |
Manus refugees: Court rules against restoring services
|
| Apr.21 |
Sydney |
US to honour 'dumb' Australia migrant deal
| 2016 |
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| Nov.12 |
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Australia and US reach deal to resettle asylum seekers |
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| Feb.13 |
Queensland |
Australian hospital refuses to discharge asylum baby |
| 2015 |
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| Jun.11 |
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Australia PM Abbott defends 'creative' migrant policy |
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| Feb.22 |
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Australia to toughen citizenship laws
| 2013 |
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| Sep.7 |
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Abbott vows quick action on asylum |
| 2009 |
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| Nov.15 |
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Australia apologizes to ex-child migrants
| 2007 |
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| Aug.20 |
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Judge overturns Haneef visa ban |
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| Jul.28 |
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Cleared doctor leaves Australia |
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| Apr.13 |
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Howard calls for HIV migrant ban |
| 2001 |
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| Sep.3 |
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Asylum seekers begin new journey |
| 1889 |
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| Jan. 26, 1788 |
Sydney |
First British convicts settled in Australia| There were 775 convicts on board six transport ships. They were accompanied by officials, members of the crew, marines, the families | |
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| 2016 |
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| Nov.4 |
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Indonesia protest: President Joko Widodo cancels Australia visit
| 2014 |
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| Apr.2 |
Western Australia |
Malaysia PM Najib Razak in Australia
| 2013 |
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| Sep.29 |
Indonesia |
Australia PM to begin Indonesia trip |
| 2011 |
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| Nov.16 |
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Obama stakes US claim to Pacific US President Barack Obama has said that the Asia-Pacific region will play a key role in defining the world's future
|
| Nov.16 |
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US to send marines to Australia
| 2010 |
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| Dec.30 |
Queensland |
PM praises flood-hit Australians |
| 2007 |
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| Sep.7 |
Sydney |
Bush spars with Roh on Korean war |
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| Sep.6 |
Sydney |
Bush, China's Hu tackle thorny issues |
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| Feb.23 |
Sydney |
Cheney warns on Chinese build-up |
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| 2015 |
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| Apr.28 |
Indonesia |
Indonesia executions: Australia recalls ambassador Map of Nusakambangan Island Indonesia| Australia has recalled its ambassador from Indonesia after two Australian men were executed for drug smuggling | |
| 2010 |
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| May.24 |
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Australia expels Israeli diplomat
| 2002 |
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| Dec.25 |
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Australia plans 'fortress' embassies |
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| 2017 |
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| Jun.13 |
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Australia agrees to pay A$70m to Manus Island detainees |
| 2006 |
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| Feb.15 |
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New Abu Ghraib images broadcast
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| 2018 |
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| Feb.22 |
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Scandal-hit Australia deputy PM to resign
| 2017 |
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| Oct.31 |
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Australia Senate President Stephen Parry to resign
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| Oct.26 |
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Australia deputy PM disqualified from office Barnaby Joyce and four other politicians were wrongly elected because they held dual citizenship, a court has ruled
|
| Jan.12 |
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Australian minister Sussan Ley resigns over expenses scandal
| 2015 |
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| Sep.14 |
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Tony Abbott was ousted by his party Map of Canberra Australia Australia is set to swear in Malcolm Turnbull as its new prime minister, after Tony Abbott was ousted by his party in a leadership challenge
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| Jun.10 |
Sydney |
PM Tony Abbott urges regional action against IS
| 2014 |
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| Apr.10 |
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Abbott confident over plane signals
| 2013 |
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| Jun.26 |
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Rudd sworn in as Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd returned as prime minister of Australia on Thursday, three years after being replaced in the office by his then-deputy Julia Gill...
| 2012 |
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| Feb.21 |
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Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigns
| 2010 |
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| Dec.16 |
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Hanson: PM to blame for boat deaths |
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| Sep.11 |
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PM brings back Rudd |
|
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| 2010 |
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| Jul.30 |
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Change call after Australia fires |
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| 2015 |
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| Nov.8 |
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'Major disturbance' and fires at Christmas Island detention centre Inmates have lit fires at Australia's Christmas Island detention centre in a 'major disturbance' that is yet to be resolved, say government ...
| 2012 |
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| Jan.26 |
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Mob threatens Australian prime minister |
| 2008 |
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| Apr.23 |
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More arrests as Australia hosts torch 5 people were arrested as the Olympic torch made its way through Canberra in a relay that was more orderly than in other countries
| 2007 |
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| Jun.26 |
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Aborigines threaten tourist ban
| 2003 |
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| Feb.14 |
Melbourne |
150,000 demonstrated against war |
| 2002 |
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| Apr.30 |
Sydney |
May Day protesters clash with police |
|
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| 2015 |
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| Nov.11 |
San Francisco Bay Area |
Apple apologises after allegations of racism
| 2008 |
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| Jan.8 |
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Cricket tour on despite race row |
|
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| 2017 |
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| Nov.15 |
|
Australians decisively support same-sex marriage The non-binding postal vote showed 61.6% of people favour allowing same-sex couples to wed
|
| Sep.4 |
|
Australian court hears challenges to same-sex marriage vote |
| 2016 |
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| Nov.7 |
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Australia senate stops gay marriage vote |
|
| Feb.24 |
Sydney |
1978 Mardi Gras activists get official apology |
|
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| 2014 |
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| Dec.15 |
Sydney |
Abbott pays tribute to siege dead
|
| Oct.20 |
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Former Australian PM Gough Whitlam dies |
| 2011 |
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| May.4 |
Western Australia |
Last WWI veteran dies at age 110 |
| 2009 |
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| Feb.12 |
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PM announces day of mourning |
| 2002 |
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| Oct.19 |
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Australia mourns Bali dead
|
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| 2016 |
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| Mar.20 |
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Australia PM threatens early election over Senate deadlock |
| 2014 |
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| Oct.19 |
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Australia lifts parliament veil ban |
| 2010 |
|
| Sep.6 |
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Key Australia MP backs opposition Bob Katter, one of three independent MPs who hold the balance of power in parliament has said he will support opposition leader Tony Abbott
| 2009 |
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| Feb.12 |
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Australian stimulus plan approved |
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