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Melbourne |
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Melbourne crash: Driver arrested after hitting pedestrians 
Map of Flinders Street Melbourne Australia Australian police have arrested a driver after a car drove into a crowd at a busy junction in the centre of the city
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| Dec.16 |
Sydney |
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Sydney man charged with being 'economic agent' for North Korea
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| Dec.15 |
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Australian Archbishop rejects call to report confessions
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| Aug.3 |
Sydney |
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Australia terror probe: Plane suspects 'made two plots'
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| Jul.29 |
Sydney |
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Australia police 'foil terror plot to bring down plane' Counter-terrorism police in Australia have stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said
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Minnesota |
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Australian shot dead by a US police officer
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| Jun.28 |
Melbourne |
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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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7% of Australian Catholic priests allegedly abused children
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| Jan.19 |
Melbourne |
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Car ploughs into pedestrians in Melbourne
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| Nov.18 |
Melbourne |
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Man sets himself on fire in Australia bank; 26 injured
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| Aug.19 |
Sydney |
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All Blacks hotel room in Sydney 'bugged' |
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| Jul.27 |
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Cardinal George Pell denies child abuse claims
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| May.4 |
Mosul |
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Australian IS recruiter Neil Prakash killed in Iraq |
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| Apr.17 |
Queensland |
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Depp's wife avoids Australia dog-smuggling conviction |
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| Mar.6 |
Sydney |
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Three men shot during Sydney factory siege |
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| Mar.2 |
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Cardinal Pell admits he did not act on abuse claim
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| Feb.15 |
Sydney |
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Australia police seize meth hidden in bras inserts |
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| Dec.9 |
Sydney |
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Sydney police arrest teen and man over 'terror plans' |
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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 ...
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| Oct.6 |
Western Australia |
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Sydney shooting: Police arrest five over killing |
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| Jul.3 |
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Adelaide Crows AFL coach killed at home; son arrested |
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| May.8 |
Melbourne |
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Australian police hold youth on terror charges
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| Apr.28 |
Indonesia |
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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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| Apr.17 |
Melbourne |
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Australian teens held over alleged terror attack Police in Australia say they have foiled an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event
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| Feb.21 |
Sydney |
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Sydney siege: Security hotline had 18 calls before attack |
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| Jan.28 |
Sydney |
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Inquest hears of Sydney siege deaths The start of an inquest into the Sydney cafe siege has heard that hostage Katrina Dawson was killed by fragments from a police bullet or bul...
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| Dec.23 |
Sydney |
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Arrests in Sydney anti-terror raid
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| Dec.19 |
Queensland |
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Australian woman arrested in deaths of 8 children
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| Dec.18 |
Queensland |
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Eight children found in Australian home Map of Cairns Queensland Australia Police said a 34-year-old woman had been taken to hospital with stab wounds but was stable
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| Dec.15 |
Sydney |
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Abbott pays tribute to siege dead Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has paid tribute to the two hostages who died in the Sydney café siege
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Sydney |
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Australia begins siege investigation into deaths
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| Dec.14 |
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. 3 dead, including gunman, after raid ends Sydney hostage situation. Man Haron Monis, an Iranian a... | |
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| Sep.18 |
Sydney |
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Australia raids foil reported ISIS beheading plots
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| Sep.17 |
Sydney |
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Australia raids over killing plot
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| Sep.11 |
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Australia elevates terrorism threat level
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| Aug.10 |
Syria |
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Australia boy 'in Syria severed head image'
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| May.26 |
Sydney |
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Sydney blaze nurse admits 11 murders
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| Feb.27 |
Sydney |
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Australia finds largest meth haul
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| Feb.17 |
Jerusalem |
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Israel to launch Prisoner X inquiry
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| Aug.14 |
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Nazi suspect wins Australia case
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| Jun.11 |
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Dingo to blame for Australian baby's death
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| Aug.15 |
Kentucky |
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Man in US held over 'collar-bomb'
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| Aug.3 |
Sydney |
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No suspect in bomb 'hoax device' case
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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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| Sep.19 |
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Australia warns of terror at India Games |
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| Mar.29 |
Shanghai |
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Rio Tinto executives jailed Map of Shanghai A court has sentenced an Australian mining executive to 10 years for bribery and stealing commercial secrets in the Rio Tinto case
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| Mar.21 |
Shanghai |
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4 Tio Tinto employees on trial for bribery
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| Oct.15 |
Sydney |
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Terror suspects convicted |
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| Sep.17 |
Melbourne |
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Man fathered four with daughter |
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| Aug.3 |
Melbourne |
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Australia detains terror suspects Police have arrested four people after uncovering what they say was a plot to launch a suicide attack on an army base
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| Feb.12 |
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Man charged with arson
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| Feb.1 |
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Arson blamed for fires |
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| Jan.2 |
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Canberra rejects Guantanamo cases |
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| Jul.18 |
Sydney |
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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 trust
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| Jan.17 |
Antarctica |
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Anti-whaling activists handed over |
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| Dec.28 |
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'Terror' convict freed |
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| Dec.10 |
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Rape case ruling shocks Australia |
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| Aug.20 |
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Judge overturns Haneef visa ban |
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| Jul.26 |
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Australia drops terror charge
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| Jul.13 |
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UK terror plot suspect charged |
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| Jul.2 |
Queensland |
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Australia detains man in terror probe |
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| May.19 |
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Guantanamo Australian flies home |
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| Mar.30 |
Guantanamo |
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Hicks to serve nine months' jail |
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| Mar.26 |
Guantanamo |
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Australian admits terror charge Prisoner David Hicks pleaded guilty before a U.S. military tribunal to a charge of providing material support to terrorists
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| Dec.18 |
Sydney |
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Arms seized in beach raid |
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| Dec.12 |
Sydney |
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Second night of riots Violence triggered by race tensions has hit Sydney for a 2nd night, with youths damaging cars and shops
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| Dec.1 |
Singapore |
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Young Australian hanged Singapore hanged young drug smuggler Tuong Van Nguyen, despite widespread condemnation in Australia
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| Nov.13 |
Sydney |
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Terror accused nuclear link |
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| Nov.7 |
Sydney |
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17 held in Australia terror swoop Prosecutors began outlining planned attacks against citizens after police made arrests on terrorism charges
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| Jun.15 |
Iraq |
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Jubilant ex-hostage tells of rescue Australian Douglas Wood, held in captivity for more than a month and a half appeared from his hospital room
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| Jun.1 |
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Jakarta condemns terror threat |
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| May.1 |
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Australia: No hostage negotiations |
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| Mar.2 |
Indonesia |
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Cleric jailed over Bali bombings A court has found Abu Bakar Ba'asyir guilty of conspiracy over the 2002 bombings, in which 202 people died
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| Jan.18 |
Iraq |
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Bomber strikes near embassy |
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| Sep.8 |
Jakarta |
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Deadly car bomb near Australian Embassy A powerful bomb has hit Jakarta's central business district, killing at least 6 people and wounding nearly 100
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| Jul.24 |
Iraq |
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Militant threat to Australia and Italy Australia and Italy have received terror warnings that demanded those countries withdraw troops from Iraq
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| May.27 |
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Guilty plea in embassy bomb plot |
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| Feb.3 |
Bali |
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Downer warns attacks 'inevitable' |
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| Dec.2 |
Washington |
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New terror attack warnings |
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| Nov.25 |
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Guantanamo deal for Australia duo |
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| Nov.2 |
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Radical cleric 'set sights' on Australia |
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| Oct.31 |
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Bali bombs 'work of experts' |
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| Oct.20 |
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Terror cells 'inside Australia' warning |
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| Oct.16 |
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Australia posts reward for Bali bombers |
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| Nov.8 |
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2 die after refugee boat set alight |
before year 2000
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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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| 2016 |
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| Nov.18 |
Melbourne |
Man sets himself on fire in Australia bank; 26 injured
| 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 ...
| 2009 |
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| Feb.12 |
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Man charged with arson
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| Feb.1 |
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Arson blamed for fires |
|
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| 2016 |
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| Feb.15 |
Sydney |
Australia police seize meth hidden in bras inserts |
| 2013 |
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| Feb.27 |
Sydney |
Australia finds largest meth haul
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| 2011 |
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| Aug.3 |
Sydney |
No suspect in bomb 'hoax device' case
|
| Aug.3 |
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 | |
| 2005 |
|
| Jan.18 |
Iraq |
Bomber strikes near embassy |
| 2004 |
|
| Sep.8 |
Jakarta |
Deadly car bomb near Australian Embassy A powerful bomb has hit Jakarta's central business district, killing at least 6 people and wounding nearly 100
| 2002 |
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| Oct.31 |
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Bali bombs 'work of experts' |
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| 2017 |
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| Dec.16 |
Sydney |
Sydney man charged with being 'economic agent' for North Korea
|
| Jun.28 |
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 | |
| 2016 |
|
| Apr.17 |
Queensland |
Depp's wife avoids Australia dog-smuggling conviction |
| 2015 |
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| May.8 |
Melbourne |
Australian police hold youth on terror charges
|
| 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 | |
| 2012 |
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| Aug.14 |
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Nazi suspect wins Australia case
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| Jun.11 |
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Dingo to blame for Australian baby's death
| 2010 |
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| Mar.29 |
Shanghai |
Rio Tinto executives jailed Map of Shanghai A court has sentenced an Australian mining executive to 10 years for bribery and stealing commercial secrets in the Rio Tinto case
|
| Mar.21 |
Shanghai |
4 Tio Tinto employees on trial for bribery
| 2009 |
|
| Oct.15 |
Sydney |
Terror suspects convicted |
| 2008 |
|
| Jan.17 |
Antarctica |
Anti-whaling activists handed over |
| 2007 |
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| Dec.28 |
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'Terror' convict freed |
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| Aug.20 |
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Judge overturns Haneef visa ban |
|
| Jul.26 |
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Australia drops terror charge
|
| Mar.30 |
Guantanamo |
Hicks to serve nine months' jail |
|
| Mar.26 |
Guantanamo |
Australian admits terror charge Prisoner David Hicks pleaded guilty before a U.S. military tribunal to a charge of providing material support to terrorists
| 2005 |
|
| Dec.1 |
Singapore |
Young Australian hanged Singapore hanged young drug smuggler Tuong Van Nguyen, despite widespread condemnation in Australia
|
| Mar.2 |
Indonesia |
Cleric jailed over Bali bombings A court has found Abu Bakar Ba'asyir guilty of conspiracy over the 2002 bombings, in which 202 people died
| 2003 |
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| Nov.25 |
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Guantanamo deal for Australia duo |
| 2002 |
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| Oct.16 |
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Australia posts reward for Bali bombers |
|
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| 2015 |
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| Oct.6 |
Western Australia |
Sydney shooting: Police arrest five over killing |
|
| Jul.3 |
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Adelaide Crows AFL coach killed at home; son arrested |
| 2014 |
|
| Dec.19 |
Queensland |
Australian woman arrested in deaths of 8 children
|
| Dec.18 |
Queensland |
Eight children found in Australian home Map of Cairns Queensland Australia Police said a 34-year-old woman had been taken to hospital with stab wounds but was stable
| 2013 |
|
| May.26 |
Sydney |
Sydney blaze nurse admits 11 murders
|
|
| 2014 |
|
| Dec.14 |
Sydney |
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. 3 dead, including gunman, after raid ends Sydney hostage situation. Man Haron Monis, an Iranian a... | |
| 2005 |
|
| Jun.15 |
Iraq |
Jubilant ex-hostage tells of rescue Australian Douglas Wood, held in captivity for more than a month and a half appeared from his hospital room
|
| May.1 |
|
Australia: No hostage negotiations |
|
|
| 2005 |
|
| Dec.12 |
Sydney |
Second night of riots Violence triggered by race tensions has hit Sydney for a 2nd night, with youths damaging cars and shops
|
|
| 2001 |
|
| Nov.8 |
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2 die after refugee boat set alight |
|
|
| 2015 |
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| Feb.21 |
Sydney |
Sydney siege: Security hotline had 18 calls before attack |
|
| Jan.28 |
Sydney |
Inquest hears of Sydney siege deaths The start of an inquest into the Sydney cafe siege has heard that hostage Katrina Dawson was killed by fragments from a police bullet or bul...
|
|
| 2005 |
|
| Dec.18 |
Sydney |
Arms seized in beach raid |
|
|
| 2014 |
|
| Sep.18 |
Sydney |
Australia raids foil reported ISIS beheading plots
| 2011 |
|
| Aug.15 |
Kentucky |
Man in US held over 'collar-bomb'
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Jul.17 |
Minnesota |
Australian shot dead by a US police officer
| 2016 |
|
| Mar.6 |
Sydney |
Three men shot during Sydney factory siege |
|
|
| 2013 |
|
| Feb.17 |
Jerusalem |
Israel to launch Prisoner X inquiry
| 2009 |
|
| Jan.2 |
|
Canberra rejects Guantanamo cases |
| 1889 |
|
| 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 | |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Dec.20 |
Melbourne |
Melbourne crash: Driver arrested after hitting pedestrians Map of Flinders Street Melbourne Australia Australian police have arrested a driver after a car drove into a crowd at a busy junction in the centre of the city
|
| Aug.3 |
Sydney |
Australia terror probe: Plane suspects 'made two plots'
|
| Jul.29 |
Sydney |
Australia police 'foil terror plot to bring down plane' Counter-terrorism police in Australia have stopped a suspected plot to bring down an aeroplane, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has said
|
| Jan.19 |
Melbourne |
Car ploughs into pedestrians in Melbourne
| 2016 |
|
| May.4 |
Mosul |
Australian IS recruiter Neil Prakash killed in Iraq |
| 2015 |
|
| Dec.9 |
Sydney |
Sydney police arrest teen and man over 'terror plans' |
|
| Apr.17 |
Melbourne |
Australian teens held over alleged terror attack Police in Australia say they have foiled an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event
| 2014 |
|
| Dec.23 |
Sydney |
Arrests in Sydney anti-terror raid
|
| Dec.15 |
Sydney |
Abbott pays tribute to siege dead Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has paid tribute to the two hostages who died in the Sydney café siege
|
| Dec.15 |
Sydney |
Australia begins siege investigation into deaths
|
| Sep.17 |
Sydney |
Australia raids over killing plot
|
| Sep.11 |
|
Australia elevates terrorism threat level
|
| Aug.10 |
Syria |
Australia boy 'in Syria severed head image'
| 2010 |
|
| Sep.19 |
|
Australia warns of terror at India Games |
| 2009 |
|
| Aug.3 |
Melbourne |
Australia detains terror suspects Police have arrested four people after uncovering what they say was a plot to launch a suicide attack on an army base
| 2007 |
|
| Jul.13 |
|
UK terror plot suspect charged |
|
| Jul.2 |
Queensland |
Australia detains man in terror probe |
|
| May.19 |
|
Guantanamo Australian flies home |
| 2005 |
|
| Nov.13 |
Sydney |
Terror accused nuclear link |
|
| Nov.7 |
Sydney |
17 held in Australia terror swoop Prosecutors began outlining planned attacks against citizens after police made arrests on terrorism charges
|
| Jun.1 |
|
Jakarta condemns terror threat |
| 2004 |
|
| Jul.24 |
Iraq |
Militant threat to Australia and Italy Australia and Italy have received terror warnings that demanded those countries withdraw troops from Iraq
|
| May.27 |
|
Guilty plea in embassy bomb plot |
|
| Feb.3 |
Bali |
Downer warns attacks 'inevitable' |
| 2003 |
|
| Dec.2 |
Washington |
New terror attack warnings |
| 2002 |
|
| Nov.2 |
|
Radical cleric 'set sights' on Australia |
|
| Oct.20 |
|
Terror cells 'inside Australia' warning |
|
|
| 2016 |
|
| Aug.19 |
Sydney |
All Blacks hotel room in Sydney 'bugged' |
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| Dec.15 |
|
Australian Archbishop rejects call to report confessions
|
| Feb.5 |
|
7% of Australian Catholic priests allegedly abused children
| 2016 |
|
| Jul.27 |
|
Cardinal George Pell denies child abuse claims
|
| Mar.2 |
|
Cardinal Pell admits he did not act on abuse claim
| 2009 |
|
| Sep.17 |
Melbourne |
Man fathered four with daughter |
| 2008 |
|
| 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 trust
| 2007 |
|
| Dec.10 |
|
Rape case ruling shocks Australia |
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