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| Mar.23 |
Western Australia |
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Hamelin Bay: Nearly 150 beached whales die in Australia |
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Queensland |
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Row of cows in Australia killed 'by lightning strike' |
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Scandal-hit Australia deputy PM to resign |
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Melbourne |
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Federer wins sixth Australian Open and 20th Grand Slam title
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Sydney |
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Sydney swelters on hottest day since 1939 |
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Sydney |
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Sydney seaplane: Six dead as aircraft crashes in river |
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Melbourne |
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Melbourne crash: Driver arrested after hitting pedestrians |
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Australians decisively support same-sex marriage
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Australia deputy PM disqualified from office |
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Sydney |
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Australia police 'foil terror plot to bring down plane' |
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Melbourne |
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Cardinal Pell: Vatican treasurer charged with sex offences
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Sydney |
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Plane lands safely in Sydney with hole in engine casing
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MH370: New analysis reiterates plane's likely location |
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Queensland |
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Cyclone Debbie: 'Monster' storm makes landfall 
Map of Bowen Queensland Australia A powerful cyclone, a category four storm, carrying winds of up to 263km/h (163 mph) has made landfall in Queensland
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Western Australia |
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After 3 years, MH370 search ends with no plane, few answers |
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World's largest marine protected area declared in Antarctica |
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Sydney |
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Australia storm leaves three dead and homes in danger |
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Los Angeles |
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Maria Sharapova failed drugs test at Australian Open
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Japan |
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New Year: Celebrations mark start of 2016 |
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Christmas blaze guts Australia homes |
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'Major disturbance' and fires at Christmas Island detention centre |
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Tony Abbott was ousted by his party
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MH370: Abbott says 'baffling mystery' closer to being solved |
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Sydney |
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PM Tony Abbott urges regional action against IS |
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Indonesia |
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Indonesia executions: Australia recalls ambassador |
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Melbourne |
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Australian teens held over alleged terror attack |
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Australia to toughen citizenship laws |
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Sydney |
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Inquest hears of Sydney siege deaths |
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Queensland |
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Eight children found in Australian home Police said a 34-year-old woman had been taken to hospital with stab wounds but was stable
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Sydney |
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Abbott pays tribute to siege dead |
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Sydney |
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Gunman takes hostages in Lindt café Map of Martin Place Sydney Australia At least one gunman has taken several people hostage at a cafe in Sydney. Pictures on TV a black flag with Arabic writing
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Queensland |
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Huge clean-up after Brisbane storm |
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Sydney |
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Australia batsman Phil Hughes dies Australia Test batsman Phil Hughes has died in hospital, two days after being hit on the head by a ball
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Queensland |
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Ukraine crisis: Russia under pressure at G20 summit |
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Queensland |
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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
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| Oct.5 |
Western Australia |
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The search for MH370: Next phase gets underway
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Australia elevates terrorism threat level |
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Search shifted for Malaysia plane
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| May.28 |
Western Australia |
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Missing plane 'not in ping zone' The area where acoustic signals thought linked to the missing Malaysian plane were detected can now be ruled out as the final resting place
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Western Australia |
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Firm claims to have found commercial airliner wreckage
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Missing plane's search area to be expanded
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Western Australia |
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Flight MH370: Submersible to begin undersea search Teams searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane are to deploy a submersible Bluefin-21 drone for the first time
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Western Australia |
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Long search for missing jet looms as pings go silent Map of Western Australia After a week of optimism over four underwater signals believed to be coming from the missing Malaysian plane, the sea has gone quiet
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Abbott confident over plane signals |
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| Apr.9 |
Western Australia |
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Malaysia plane search teams relocate signals |
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Western Australia |
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Missing plane: Search 'regains recorder signal'
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Missing plane MH370: Teams scour sea for signals |
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Western Australia |
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Plane MH370 search has 'best lead so far'
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Western Australia |
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Malaysia Airlines searchers say more pings consistent with black boxes Map of Indian Ocean Australia The Australian official said that a search ship had detected more signals consistent with those emitted from aircraft cockpit voice and flight data recorders
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Ships racing toward site of latest lead in Malaysia Airlines search
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Western Australia |
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Malaysia missing plane search China ship 'picks up signal'
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Western Australia |
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Underwater search begins for MH370
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| Mar.29 |
Western Australia |
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New MH370 navy search draws blank
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| Mar.28 |
Western Australia |
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Plane 'spots objects' in new area
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| Mar.27 |
Western Australia |
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Search for Malaysia plane shifted
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| Mar.26 |
Western Australia |
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More than 120 objects spotted in plane search
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Western Australia |
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Search for Malaysia plane resumes |
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| Mar.21 |
Western Australia |
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Indian Ocean search for missing jet enters 3rd day |
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No sign of Malaysian airliner on day 2 of search off Australia |
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| Mar.20 |
Western Australia |
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Malaysian plane search resumes at first light |
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Australia suspends search for possible plane debris |
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| Mar.19 |
Western Australia |
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Australia sees possible plane debris Map of southern Indian Ocean Australia Two objects have been seen that could possibly relate to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, Australian PM Tony Abbott has announced
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Antarctica |
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All 52 passengers rescued from ship trapped in Antarctic ice |
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Jakarta |
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Indonesia anger at Australia spy row |
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| Oct.23 |
Sydney |
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Australia bush fires: Worst may be over |
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| Oct.22 |
Sydney |
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Weather fear as Australia fires burn |
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Australia firefighters back-burn to merge NSW fires |
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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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Sydney |
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Australia wildfires raze homes |
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Tony Abbott sweeps to Australia win
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Rudd sworn in as Australian prime minister |
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| May.26 |
Sydney |
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Sydney blaze nurse admits 11 murders |
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| May.9 |
Sydney |
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2 cruise line passengers missing off Australian coast
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| Jan.27 |
Queensland |
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Flooding hits eastern Australia |
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Australia races to control fires |
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Heat and wind fan Australia fires 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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Boat sinks off Christmas Island |
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Ship with about 200 aboard capsizes off Australia
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Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigns |
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| Oct.30 |
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Qantas resuming flights |
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Qantas ordered to end labor dispute |
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Labour row grounds Qantas flights
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Sydney |
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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
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Ash cloud grounds Australian flights
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Queensland |
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Powerful cyclone slams into Queensland |
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Queensland |
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Evacuations urged ahead of Cyclone Yasi |
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| Jan.12 |
Queensland |
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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.
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Queensland |
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Australia floods menace Brisbane |
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Queensland |
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8 dead, 70 missing in flash flood |
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Queensland |
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City Rockhampton hitting flood peak
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Queensland |
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Australian floods 'to last weeks' |
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Queensland |
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Supplies flown to Queensland city |
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Queensland |
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Australia facing 'biblical' flood |
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Queensland |
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Flood chaos forces mass evacuations North-eastern Australia's worst flooding in decades is continuing to cause chaos across the region
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Up to 48 Dead in Christmas Isl. Shipwreck |
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'Many drown' in asylum shipwreck Many people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying suspected asylum seekers crashed into rocks on Australia's Christmas Island
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Qantas' A380 fleet to remain grounded |
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Qantas grounds Airbus A380 |
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Key Australia MP backs opposition |
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| Aug.21 |
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Australia set for hung parliament
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New Australian PM to call for elections |
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| May.14 |
Sydney |
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Australia hails solo yachts girl |
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Queensland |
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Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef |
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Shanghai |
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Rio Tinto executives jailed |
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Melbourne |
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Australia detains terror suspects |
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Melbourne |
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Toll from bush fires claimed 181 Map of Victoria Australia 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. Over 500 people injuried.
The fires have destroyed at least 1,834 homes in towns north-east of Melbourn. The fires have left an estimated 7,500 people homeless
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Australia apologizes to Aborigines |
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| Nov.24 |
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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
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Sydney |
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Live Earth concerts kick off 24-hour global concert series to raise awareness about climate change got a traditional Aboriginal welcome
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| Apr.19 |
Queensland |
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'Ghost yacht' found Emergency services have launched a search for the 3-man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast
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Cleric in dress furore |
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'Croc Hunter' died in stingray attack Steve Irwin enthralled audiences around the world with his wildlife adventures
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Trapped miners rescued
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| Dec.26 |
Sydney |
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Media magnate Kerry Packer dies |
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| Dec.12 |
Sydney |
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Second night of riots |
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| Dec.1 |
Singapore |
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Young Australian hanged |
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| Mar.23 |
South Africa |
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Australia retained cricket World Cup |
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| Oct.1 |
Sydney |
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Olympic Games closed |
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| Sep.15 |
Sydney |
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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,... | |
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Sydney |
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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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