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Thousands flee Tasmania wildfires |
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Queensland |
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Murray takes home second straight Brisbane title |
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Tasmania seeks missing after fire |
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Australia PM visits fire-hit area |
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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' | |
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Cool relief for blazing Australia
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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
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Bushfires rage on in Australia |
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Bushfire damages NSW observatory |
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Melbourne |
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Sharapova advances at Aussie |
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Solo yachtsman rescued after three days adrift
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Djokovic wins marathon; Sharapova reaches Aussie quarters |
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Melbourne |
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Murray, Azarenka, Serena Williams reach Aussie quarters |
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Melbourne |
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Djokovic, Sharapova advance at Australian Open |
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Stephens upsets Serena Williams |
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Melbourne |
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Federer wins at Aussie Open |
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Melbourne |
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Murray defeats Federer
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Melbourne |
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Azarenka defends Australian title
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State of Queensland braces for flooding |
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Melbourne |
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Djokovic wins Australian tennis Open World number one Novak Djokovic won his fourth Australian title as Andy Murray's hopes of a second major win ended in pain, 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-3)...
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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
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Queensland |
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Australia battles floods in two states |
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Hospital evacuated as Australia hit by heavy flooding |
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Gillard sets Australia poll date |
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Australia sport doping 'widespread'
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 Jerusalem |
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Israel to launch Prisoner X inquiry Israeli parliamentarians are to hold an intensive inquiry into the death of Ben Zygier, an Australian-Israeli believed to have had links to ...
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Israel's Prisoner X 'leaked secrets' |
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Australia Olympic swim team 'toxic' |
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Cyclone Rusty closes in on Australia |
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Sydney |
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Australia finds largest meth haul
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Melbourne |
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Raikkonen made season-opening win at Australian Grand Prix |
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Australia sorry for forced adoptions |
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Australia PM calls leadership vote |
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Southern Philippines |
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Abu Sayyaf release Australia hostage |
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Australia PM condemns infighting |
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Afghanistan |
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Australia to shut Afghanistan base |
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US Georgia |
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Scott takes play-off to win Masters
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French fisherman survives Australian croc attack |
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Australia hacking 'leader' charged |
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Sydney |
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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 | |
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Sydney |
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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...
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Australian politician injured in kangaroo attack |
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Ford to shut Australian production |
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Sydney |
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Sydney blaze nurse admits 11 murders Roger Dean, 37, who started a fire at a Sydney nursing home has admitted 11 counts of murder
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| May.27 |
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Hack claims over Australia spy HQ |
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| Jun.8 |
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Boat with up to 60 migrants sinks en route to Australia A boat has capsized in the Indian Ocean, with 13 people confirmed dead and no survivors found by the fourth day of searching
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Australia ends asylum boat rescue |
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DJ fired for gay question to PM |
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South Korea |
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Iran, South Korea and Australia qualify for World Cup |
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Queensland |
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Lions beat Wallabies in thriller |
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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 Gillard
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| Jun.29 |
Melbourne |
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Australia edge Lions to square series |
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| Jul.12 |
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One dead, 88 rescued in Australia refugee boat sinking |
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| Jul.15 |
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Australia carbon tax to cost $3.5bn |
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Migrant boat capsizes off Australia |
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| Jul.19 |
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Australia to block boat people - PM |
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Nauru |
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Riot hits Australian-run asylum camp |
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| Jul.21 |
Queensland |
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US jets 'bombed' Great Barrier Reef US fighter jets dropped inert bombs on the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's coast during a training exercise that went wrong, it has emerg...
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Miners desecrated Aboriginal site |
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PM Kevin Rudd calls election for 7 September |
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Australia election campaign begins |
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Family dog kills two-year-old boy in Australia |
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| Aug.9 |
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Islam gaffe candidate Banister quits election |
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| Aug.11 |
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Australian rivals clash in TV debate |
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| Aug.15 |
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Australia opposition's new asylum measures
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| Aug.19 |
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Asylum-seeker boat carrying 105 sinking off Australia
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| Aug.20 |
Oklahoma |
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Three teens charged in Australian Christopher Lane's death
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| Aug.24 |
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Fatal crocodile attacked suspected in Australia
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Western Australia |
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NZ man escapes 'stalking' crocodile
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| Sep.6 |
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Australia election: Millions head to polls A general election with opposition leader Tony Abbott's Liberal-National coalition aiming to bring to an end six years of Labor government
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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. Early projections show Labor winning 55... | |
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Abbott vows quick action on asylum PM-elect Tony Abbott has said his top priorities are to abolish a tax on carbon emissions and to stop asylum-seekers arriving by boat
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Papua New Guinea |
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NZ, Australian hikers in PNG attack
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| Sep.17 |
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Abbott sworn in as Australia leader
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| Sep.29 |
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Australia PM to begin Indonesia trip New Australian PM Tony Abbott is to begin a visit to Indonesia, amid tensions between the two nations over his tough asylum policies
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Australia PM Abbott in expenses row
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Shark attacks diver off Australia's west coast
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| Oct.17 |
Sydney |
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Australia bush fires menace New South Wales homes
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Australia wildfires raze homes Map of Winmalee Australia Australian fire fighters are battling a series of major wildfires in New South Wales, with fears that hundreds of homes have been destroyed
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| Oct.19 |
Sydney |
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Australian bush fires set to worsen
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| Oct.20 |
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Fears Australia blazes could merge Map of Lithgow New South Wales Australia| Bushfires in New South Wales could merge to form a massive blaze, the fire commissioner has said as teams battle fires across the state | |
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| Oct.21 |
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Australia firefighters back-burn to merge NSW fires Map of Blue Mountains New South Wales Australia Fire fighters in Australia deliberately joined two large fires near the Blue Mountains as part of efforts to control bushfires across New South Wales
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Australia capital backs gay marriage
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| Oct.22 |
Sydney |
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Weather fear as Australia fires burn Map of Blue Mountains New South Wales Australia More than 3,000 firefighters in Australia are battling devastating bushfires raging across New South Wales as weather conditions worsen
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| Oct.23 |
Sydney |
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Australia bush fires: Worst may be over Map of Blue Mountains Australia Firefighters battling blazes that menaced the western suburbs of Sydney, are concerned about Thursday's weather conditions
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Sydney |
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Pilot dies battling Australia fires A plane fighting bushfires in the state of New South Wales has crashed, killing its pilot, as the military faced criticism for starting one of...
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| Oct.31 |
Indonesia |
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Anger over Australia Asia spy claims
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| Nov.18 |
Jakarta |
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Indonesia anger at Australia spy row | 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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| Nov.22 |
Western Australia |
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Surfer killed by shark off west Australia
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| Nov.28 |
Queensland |
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Handler recovering from tiger attack at Aussie zoo
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| Nov.30 |
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Shark kills 19-year-old body boarder off Australian coast
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| Dec.16 |
Western Australia |
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Australia regain Ashes in Perth |
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| Dec.22 |
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Australian plane to monitor whaling
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| Dec.28 |
Antarctica |
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New rescue bid for Antarctic ship
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| Dec.29 |
 Antarctica |
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Rescue boat still trying to reach trapped ship in Antarctica An Australian icebreaker ship Aurora Australis is moving closer to the Russian-flagged vessel and was expected to break through early Monday...
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Antarctica |
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Weather halts Antarctic ship rescue
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| Dec.31 |
Antarctica |
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Spirits strong among passengers on ship stuck in ice
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| 2013 |
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| Mar.25 |
Afghanistan |
Australia to shut Afghanistan base |
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| Apr.23 |
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Australia hacking 'leader' charged |
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| Jul.21 |
Queensland |
US jets 'bombed' Great Barrier Reef US fighter jets dropped inert bombs on the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's coast during a training exercise that went wrong, it has emerg...
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| 2013 |
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| Jan.4 |
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Thousands flee Tasmania wildfires |
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| Jan.6 |
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Tasmania seeks missing after fire |
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| Jan.6 |
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Australia PM visits fire-hit area |
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| Jan.7 |
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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' | |
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| Jan.8 |
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Cool relief for blazing Australia
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| Jan.9 |
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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
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| Jan.12 |
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Bushfires rage on in Australia |
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| Jan.13 |
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Bushfire damages NSW observatory |
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| Jan.20 |
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Solo yachtsman rescued after three days adrift
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| Jan.26 |
Queensland |
State of Queensland braces for flooding |
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| 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
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| Jan.28 |
Queensland |
Australia battles floods in two states |
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| Jan.29 |
Queensland |
Hospital evacuated as Australia hit by heavy flooding |
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| Feb.26 |
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Cyclone Rusty closes in on Australia |
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| Apr.21 |
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French fisherman survives Australian croc attack |
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| 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 | |
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| 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...
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| May.17 |
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Australian politician injured in kangaroo attack |
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| Jun.8 |
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Boat with up to 60 migrants sinks en route to Australia A boat has capsized in the Indian Ocean, with 13 people confirmed dead and no survivors found by the fourth day of searching
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| Jun.9 |
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Australia ends asylum boat rescue |
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| Jul.12 |
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One dead, 88 rescued in Australia refugee boat sinking |
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| Jul.16 |
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Migrant boat capsizes off Australia |
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| Jul.19 |
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Australia to block boat people - PM |
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| Jul.21 |
Queensland |
US jets 'bombed' Great Barrier Reef US fighter jets dropped inert bombs on the Great Barrier Reef off Australia's coast during a training exercise that went wrong, it has emerg...
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| Aug.4 |
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Family dog kills two-year-old boy in Australia |
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| Aug.19 |
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Asylum-seeker boat carrying 105 sinking off Australia
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| Aug.24 |
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Fatal crocodile attacked suspected in Australia
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| Sep.2 |
Western Australia |
NZ man escapes 'stalking' crocodile
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| Oct.7 |
Western Australia |
Shark attacks diver off Australia's west coast
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| Oct.17 |
Sydney |
Australia bush fires menace New South Wales homes
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| Oct.17 |
Sydney |
Australia wildfires raze homes Map of Winmalee Australia Australian fire fighters are battling a series of major wildfires in New South Wales, with fears that hundreds of homes have been destroyed
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| Oct.19 |
Sydney |
Australian bush fires set to worsen
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| Oct.20 |
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Fears Australia blazes could merge Map of Lithgow New South Wales Australia| Bushfires in New South Wales could merge to form a massive blaze, the fire commissioner has said as teams battle fires across the state | |
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| Oct.21 |
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Australia firefighters back-burn to merge NSW fires Map of Blue Mountains New South Wales Australia Fire fighters in Australia deliberately joined two large fires near the Blue Mountains as part of efforts to control bushfires across New South Wales
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| Oct.22 |
Sydney |
Weather fear as Australia fires burn Map of Blue Mountains New South Wales Australia More than 3,000 firefighters in Australia are battling devastating bushfires raging across New South Wales as weather conditions worsen
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| Oct.23 |
Sydney |
Australia bush fires: Worst may be over Map of Blue Mountains Australia Firefighters battling blazes that menaced the western suburbs of Sydney, are concerned about Thursday's weather conditions
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| Oct.23 |
Sydney |
Pilot dies battling Australia fires A plane fighting bushfires in the state of New South Wales has crashed, killing its pilot, as the military faced criticism for starting one of...
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| Nov.22 |
Western Australia |
Surfer killed by shark off west Australia
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| Nov.28 |
Queensland |
Handler recovering from tiger attack at Aussie zoo
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| Nov.30 |
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Shark kills 19-year-old body boarder off Australian coast
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| Dec.28 |
Antarctica |
New rescue bid for Antarctic ship
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| Dec.29 |
Antarctica |
Rescue boat still trying to reach trapped ship in Antarctica An Australian icebreaker ship Aurora Australis is moving closer to the Russian-flagged vessel and was expected to break through early Monday...
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| Dec.29 |
Antarctica |
Weather halts Antarctic ship rescue
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| Dec.31 |
Antarctica |
Spirits strong among passengers on ship stuck in ice
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| 2013 |
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| May.22 |
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Ford to shut Australian production |
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| Jun.14 |
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DJ fired for gay question to PM |
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| Jul.15 |
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Australia carbon tax to cost $3.5bn |
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| Aug.1 |
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Miners desecrated Aboriginal site |
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| Sep.2 |
Western Australia |
NZ man escapes 'stalking' crocodile
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| Dec.22 |
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Australian plane to monitor whaling
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| 2013 |
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| Jan.6 |
Queensland |
Murray takes home second straight Brisbane title |
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| Jan.16 |
Melbourne |
Sharapova advances at Aussie |
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| Jan.20 |
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Solo yachtsman rescued after three days adrift
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| Jan.20 |
Melbourne |
Djokovic wins marathon; Sharapova reaches Aussie quarters |
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| Jan.21 |
Melbourne |
Murray, Azarenka, Serena Williams reach Aussie quarters |
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| Jan.22 |
Melbourne |
Djokovic, Sharapova advance at Australian Open |
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| Jan.22 |
Melbourne |
Stephens upsets Serena Williams |
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| Jan.23 |
Melbourne |
Federer wins at Aussie Open |
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| Jan.25 |
Melbourne |
Murray defeats Federer
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| Jan.26 |
Melbourne |
Azarenka defends Australian title
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| Jan.27 |
Melbourne |
Djokovic wins Australian tennis Open World number one Novak Djokovic won his fourth Australian title as Andy Murray's hopes of a second major win ended in pain, 6-7 (2-7) 7-6 (7-3)...
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| Feb.6 |
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Australia sport doping 'widespread'
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| Feb.18 |
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Australia Olympic swim team 'toxic' |
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| Mar.17 |
Melbourne |
Raikkonen made season-opening win at Australian Grand Prix |
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| Apr.14 |
US Georgia |
Scott takes play-off to win Masters
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| Jun.18 |
South Korea |
Iran, South Korea and Australia qualify for World Cup |
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| Jun.22 |
Queensland |
Lions beat Wallabies in thriller |
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| Jun.29 |
Melbourne |
Australia edge Lions to square series |
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| Dec.16 |
Western Australia |
Australia regain Ashes in Perth |
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|
| 2013 |
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| Feb.17 |
Jerusalem |
Israel to launch Prisoner X inquiry Israeli parliamentarians are to hold an intensive inquiry into the death of Ben Zygier, an Australian-Israeli believed to have had links to ...
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| Feb.18 |
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Israel's Prisoner X 'leaked secrets' |
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| Feb.27 |
Sydney |
Australia finds largest meth haul
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| Mar.22 |
Southern Philippines |
Abu Sayyaf release Australia hostage |
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| Apr.23 |
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Australia hacking 'leader' charged |
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| May.26 |
Sydney |
Sydney blaze nurse admits 11 murders Roger Dean, 37, who started a fire at a Sydney nursing home has admitted 11 counts of murder
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| May.27 |
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Hack claims over Australia spy HQ |
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| Jul.19 |
Nauru |
Riot hits Australian-run asylum camp |
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| Aug.20 |
Oklahoma |
Three teens charged in Australian Christopher Lane's death
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| Sep.10 |
Papua New Guinea |
NZ, Australian hikers in PNG attack
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| Nov.18 |
Jakarta |
Indonesia anger at Australia spy row | 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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| 2013 |
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| Jan.6 |
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Australia PM visits fire-hit area |
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| Jan.29 |
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Gillard sets Australia poll date |
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| Feb.17 |
Jerusalem |
Israel to launch Prisoner X inquiry Israeli parliamentarians are to hold an intensive inquiry into the death of Ben Zygier, an Australian-Israeli believed to have had links to ...
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| Mar.20 |
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Australia sorry for forced adoptions |
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| Mar.20 |
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Australia PM calls leadership vote |
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| Mar.24 |
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Australia PM condemns infighting |
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| May.17 |
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Australian politician injured in kangaroo attack |
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| Jun.14 |
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DJ fired for gay question to PM |
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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 Gillard
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| Jul.15 |
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Australia carbon tax to cost $3.5bn |
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| Jul.19 |
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Australia to block boat people - PM |
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| Jul.19 |
Nauru |
Riot hits Australian-run asylum camp |
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| Aug.1 |
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Miners desecrated Aboriginal site |
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| Aug.4 |
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PM Kevin Rudd calls election for 7 September |
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| Aug.4 |
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Australia election campaign begins |
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| Aug.9 |
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Islam gaffe candidate Banister quits election |
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| Aug.11 |
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Australian rivals clash in TV debate |
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| Aug.15 |
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Australia opposition's new asylum measures
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| Sep.6 |
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Australia election: Millions head to polls A general election with opposition leader Tony Abbott's Liberal-National coalition aiming to bring to an end six years of Labor government
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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. Early projections show Labor winning 55... | |
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| Sep.7 |
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Abbott vows quick action on asylum PM-elect Tony Abbott has said his top priorities are to abolish a tax on carbon emissions and to stop asylum-seekers arriving by boat
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| Sep.17 |
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Abbott sworn in as Australia leader
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| Sep.29 |
Indonesia |
Australia PM to begin Indonesia trip New Australian PM Tony Abbott is to begin a visit to Indonesia, amid tensions between the two nations over his tough asylum policies
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| Oct.7 |
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Australia PM Abbott in expenses row
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| Oct.21 |
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Australia capital backs gay marriage
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| Oct.31 |
Indonesia |
Anger over Australia Asia spy claims
|
| Nov.18 |
Jakarta |
Indonesia anger at Australia spy row | Indonesia's president says ties with Australia have been 'damaged' by reports that Canberra spied on his phone calls and those of his ministers | |
|
| Dec.22 |
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Australian plane to monitor whaling
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