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| Jan.1 |
Queensland |
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Australia facing 'biblical' flood A senior official has warned of the economic impact of flooding in Queensland, describing the disaster as one of 'biblical proportions'
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Queensland |
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Australian flooding claims victim
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| Jan.2 |
Queensland |
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Floods surge in Queensland city
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Queensland |
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Supplies flown to Queensland city 
Military aircraft are flying supplies into the Australian city of Rockhampton, where rising flood waters have cut off all but one access rou...
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| Jan.3 |
Queensland |
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Australian floods 'to last weeks' Seasonal flooding had left thousands of people without homes and claimed nine lives across Queensland state
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| Jan.4 |
Queensland |
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Queensland braces for flood peak |
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Queensland |
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City Rockhampton hitting flood peak Map of Rockhampton Queensland Australia| Flood preparations in the inundated Australian city of Rockhampton are being put to the test as river Fitzroy levels hit their peak | |
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| Jan.5 |
Queensland |
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Massive flooding could continue for weeks
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| Jan.6 |
Sydney |
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England snags Ashes trophy |
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| Jan.8 |
Queensland |
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Australia's PM: Flooding expected to rise |
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| Jan.10 |
Queensland |
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8 dead, 70 missing in flash flood The number of people missing after flash floods swept cars off roads in the eastern Australian city of Toowoomba
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Queensland |
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Australia floods menace Brisbane Police have urged the evacuation of parts of Brisbane - as the biggest floods in years approach the Queensland state capital
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| Jan.11 |
Queensland |
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Brisbane braces for flood surge
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Queensland |
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Flood fears worsen for Brisbane
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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.
In Brisbane a 24-year-old man was killed after being sucked into a storm water drain as he tried to check his father's property
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| Jan.13 |
Queensland |
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Brisbane begins floods clean-up
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| Jan.16 |
Queensland |
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Official: 'Homes and lives torn apart'
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| Jan.17 |
Melbourne |
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Federer wins in Aussie opener |
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Queensland |
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Toll climbs as search continues for missing |
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Australia floods menace Victoria |
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| Jan.18 |
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Flooding spreads to southern Australia |
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Australians told to flee floods |
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| Jan.19 |
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Australia flooding will 'whack' economy |
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Melbourne |
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Jankovic falls to China's Peng |
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| Jan.22 |
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Australia braces for more floods |
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| Jan.23 |
Melbourne |
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Roddick knocked out; Schiavone wins epic |
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Australia: Flooding cost to be 'enormous'
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| Jan.24 |
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Christmas Island shipwreck charge |
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Melbourne |
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Federer rolls into Aussie Open semis |
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| Jan.25 |
Qatar |
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Japan to face Australia in Asian Cup final |
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| Jan.26 |
Melbourne |
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Ferrer ends Nadal's title bid |
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Australia unveils new flood tax
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| Jan.27 |
Melbourne |
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Djokovic stuns Federer in semi
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Melbourne |
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Li, Clijsters reach Aussie Open final |
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| Jan.28 |
Melbourne |
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Murray tames Ferrer, advances to final |
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| Jan.29 |
Melbourne |
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Clijsters triumphs in Australian Open final
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| Jan.30 |
Melbourne |
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Djokovic beats Murray in final Third seed Novak Djokovic produced a superb display to beat Andy Murray, 6-4 6-2 6-3, to claim the second Australian Open title of his caree...
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| Jan.31 |
Queensland |
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149-mph cyclone could hit Australia |
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| Feb.1 |
Queensland |
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Cyclone poses 'serious threat to life'
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Queensland |
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Evacuations urged ahead of Cyclone Yasi Officals are urging residents in parts of Queensland to flee ahead of the most dangerous storm ever predicted to hit the state
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| Feb.2 |
Queensland |
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Powerful cyclone slams into Queensland Map of Cairns Australia More than 170,000 homes are without power after a massive cyclone slammed into the already flood-ravaged northern Australian state
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Queensland |
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Queensland survives Cyclone Yasi
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| Feb.3 |
Queensland |
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Queensland battles cyclone debris
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| Feb.6 |
Western Australia |
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Bushfires rage out of control near Perth |
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| Mar.19 |
Sri Lanka |
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Pakistan end Australia's run |
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| Mar.27 |
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Vettel beats Hamilton in opener |
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| Apr.20 |
Sydney |
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Rioters burn asylum centre |
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| Apr.21 |
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Ozone hole 'has dried Australia' |
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| May.4 |
Western Australia |
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Last WWI veteran dies at age 110 The world's last known combat veteran of World War I, Claude Choules, has died in Australia aged 110
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| Jun.20 |
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Ash cloud grounds Australian flights Map of Adelaide Australia An ash cloud is drifting around the world for a second time after spewing from a Chilean volcano more than two weeks ago
| All scheduled international flights in and out of Sydney and Melbourne were cancelled.
Virgin Australia's New Zealand flights were cancelled indefinitely
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| Jun.21 |
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Ash-hit Australian flights resume |
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Qantas settles with Rolls-Royce |
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| Jun.22 |
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Australia in mass broadband move |
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| Jun.29 |
Sydney |
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Volcano ash disrupts air travel, again |
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News Corp finally sells MySpace |
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| Jul.8 |
Spain |
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Man gored in Spain's running of the bulls |
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London |
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Murdoch due in UK to face crisis |
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| Jul.9 |
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Australia to tax carbon polluters |
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| Jul.23 |
Southern France |
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Evans set to make history |
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| Jul.24 |
 Paris |
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Evans Wins Tour de France Cadel Evans won the Tour de France on Sunday, becoming the first Australian to capture cycling's most prestigious title
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| Aug.2 |
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Court freezes Hicks book proceeds |
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| Aug.3 |
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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Sydney |
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No suspect in bomb 'hoax device' case Australian authorities said they don't have a suspect in the case of a suspected bomb strapped around the neck of a woman
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| Aug.14 |
Sydney |
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World Bank warns of 'new danger zone' The head of the World Bank warned that many key market players have lost confidence in recent weeks
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| Aug.15 |
 Kentucky |
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Man in US held over 'collar-bomb' An Australian man has been arrested in the US in connection with an attack on a teenager who had a fake bomb strapped to her neck
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Qantas expands fleet to reverse losses Qantas announced a new international strategy on Tuesday with the acquisition of up to 110 Airbus A320s to boost its fleet
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| Aug.23 |
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Australia MP in sex scandal probe |
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| Sep.6 |
Sydney |
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Hostage drama in law office |
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| Sep.11 |
New York |
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Serena and Stosur made to final |
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New York |
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Stosur stuns Serena in final
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Australia to pursue Malaysia migrant swap |
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| Sep.17 |
New Zealand |
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Rugby: Ireland shock the Wallabies |
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| Sep.23 |
New Zealand |
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Wallabies whip U.S. Eagles |
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| Oct.1 |
Sydney |
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Plane stuck in Sydney Ferris wheel
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| Oct.9 |
New Zealand |
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New Zealand and Australia through |
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| Oct.12 |
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Apple wins Samsung Australia ban
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| Oct.16 |
Melbourne |
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Stoner seals second world MotoGP title |
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| Oct.21 |
New Zealand |
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Wallabies take third in World Cup |
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| Oct.22 |
Western Australia |
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Shark kills US diver in Australia
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| Oct.27 |
Western Australia |
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Perth hosts Commonwealth summit
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| Oct.29 |
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Labour row grounds Qantas flights | The Australian airline Qantas is grounding all international and domestic flights with immediate effect due to an industrial dispute | |
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Australian PM seeks Qantas deal
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| Oct.30 |
Sydney |
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Qantas ordered to end labor dispute An Australian workplace relations tribunal ordered Qantas to end a labor dispute that has left tens of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide
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Qantas resuming flights Qantas resumes flights after an independent tribunal orders a permanent end to the industrial dispute with union members
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| Nov.16 |
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US to send marines to Australia Australia has agreed to host a full US Marine task force in the coming years, PM Gillard has announced at a news conference with Barack Obama
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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
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| Nov.18 |
Sydney |
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Fatalities in Australia nursing home fire
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Sydney |
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Fatal fire: Nurse charged with murder
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| Nov.20 |
Melbourne |
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Tiger clinches U.S. win at Presidents Cup |
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| Nov.25 |
Indonesia |
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Australian teen gets 2 months in prison
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| Nov.27 |
Sao Paulo |
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Webber claims first win of 2011 |
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| Dec.2 |
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Australia Labor for gay marriage
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| Dec.8 |
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Australia lifts Samsung sales ban
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| Dec.27 |
Melbourne |
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Tendulkar falls short again |
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| Dec.28 |
Sydney |
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Crocodile Elvis sinks teeth into lawnmower
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Anti-whaling boat hulled by wave
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| 2011 |
|
| Jan.2 |
Queensland |
Supplies flown to Queensland city Military aircraft are flying supplies into the Australian city of Rockhampton, where rising flood waters have cut off all but one access rou...
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| May.4 |
Western Australia |
Last WWI veteran dies at age 110 The world's last known combat veteran of World War I, Claude Choules, has died in Australia aged 110
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| Nov.16 |
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US to send marines to Australia Australia has agreed to host a full US Marine task force in the coming years, PM Gillard has announced at a news conference with Barack Obama
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|
| 2011 |
|
| Jan.1 |
Queensland |
Australia facing 'biblical' flood A senior official has warned of the economic impact of flooding in Queensland, describing the disaster as one of 'biblical proportions'
|
| Jan.1 |
Queensland |
Australian flooding claims victim
|
| Jan.2 |
Queensland |
Floods surge in Queensland city
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| Jan.2 |
Queensland |
Supplies flown to Queensland city Military aircraft are flying supplies into the Australian city of Rockhampton, where rising flood waters have cut off all but one access rou...
|
| Jan.3 |
Queensland |
Australian floods 'to last weeks' Seasonal flooding had left thousands of people without homes and claimed nine lives across Queensland state
|
| Jan.4 |
Queensland |
Queensland braces for flood peak |
|
| Jan.4 |
Queensland |
City Rockhampton hitting flood peak Map of Rockhampton Queensland Australia| Flood preparations in the inundated Australian city of Rockhampton are being put to the test as river Fitzroy levels hit their peak | |
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| Jan.5 |
Queensland |
Massive flooding could continue for weeks
|
| Jan.8 |
Queensland |
Australia's PM: Flooding expected to rise |
|
| Jan.10 |
Queensland |
8 dead, 70 missing in flash flood The number of people missing after flash floods swept cars off roads in the eastern Australian city of Toowoomba
|
| Jan.10 |
Queensland |
Australia floods menace Brisbane Police have urged the evacuation of parts of Brisbane - as the biggest floods in years approach the Queensland state capital
|
| Jan.11 |
Queensland |
Brisbane braces for flood surge
|
| Jan.11 |
Queensland |
Flood fears worsen for Brisbane
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| Jan.12 |
Queensland |
Brisbane flood levels reach peak Map of Brisbane Australia The city of Brisbane has woken to widespread flooding, although the peak level is a meter lower than feared
| Dozens of suburbs and thousands of properties are inundated.
The death toll went up to 15; dozens more reported missing.
In Brisbane a 24-year-old man was killed after being sucked into a storm water drain as he tried to check his father's property
|
| |
|
| Jan.13 |
Queensland |
Brisbane begins floods clean-up
|
| Jan.16 |
Queensland |
Official: 'Homes and lives torn apart'
|
| Jan.17 |
Queensland |
Toll climbs as search continues for missing |
|
| Jan.17 |
|
Australia floods menace Victoria |
|
| Jan.18 |
|
Flooding spreads to southern Australia |
|
| Jan.18 |
|
Australians told to flee floods |
|
| Jan.19 |
|
Australia flooding will 'whack' economy |
|
| Jan.22 |
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Australia braces for more floods |
|
| Jan.23 |
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Australia: Flooding cost to be 'enormous'
|
| Jan.26 |
|
Australia unveils new flood tax
|
| Jan.31 |
Queensland |
149-mph cyclone could hit Australia |
|
| Feb.1 |
Queensland |
Cyclone poses 'serious threat to life'
|
| Feb.1 |
Queensland |
Evacuations urged ahead of Cyclone Yasi Officals are urging residents in parts of Queensland to flee ahead of the most dangerous storm ever predicted to hit the state
|
| Feb.2 |
Queensland |
Powerful cyclone slams into Queensland Map of Cairns Australia More than 170,000 homes are without power after a massive cyclone slammed into the already flood-ravaged northern Australian state
|
| Feb.2 |
Queensland |
Queensland survives Cyclone Yasi
|
| Feb.3 |
Queensland |
Queensland battles cyclone debris
|
| Feb.6 |
Western Australia |
Bushfires rage out of control near Perth |
|
| Apr.21 |
|
Ozone hole 'has dried Australia' |
|
| Jun.20 |
|
Ash cloud grounds Australian flights Map of Adelaide Australia An ash cloud is drifting around the world for a second time after spewing from a Chilean volcano more than two weeks ago
| All scheduled international flights in and out of Sydney and Melbourne were cancelled.
Virgin Australia's New Zealand flights were cancelled indefinitely
|
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|
| Jun.21 |
|
Ash-hit Australian flights resume |
|
| Jun.29 |
Sydney |
Volcano ash disrupts air travel, again |
|
| Jul.8 |
Spain |
Man gored in Spain's running of the bulls |
|
| Jul.9 |
|
Australia to tax carbon polluters |
|
| Oct.1 |
Sydney |
Plane stuck in Sydney Ferris wheel
|
| Oct.22 |
Western Australia |
Shark kills US diver in Australia
|
| Nov.18 |
Sydney |
Fatalities in Australia nursing home fire
|
| Nov.18 |
Sydney |
Fatal fire: Nurse charged with murder
|
| Dec.28 |
Sydney |
Crocodile Elvis sinks teeth into lawnmower
|
| Dec.28 |
|
Anti-whaling boat hulled by wave
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|
| 2011 |
|
| Jan.19 |
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Australia flooding will 'whack' economy |
|
| Jan.23 |
|
Australia: Flooding cost to be 'enormous'
|
| Jan.26 |
|
Australia unveils new flood tax
|
| Jun.21 |
|
Ash-hit Australian flights resume |
|
| Jun.21 |
|
Qantas settles with Rolls-Royce |
|
| Jun.22 |
|
Australia in mass broadband move |
|
| Jun.29 |
Sydney |
Volcano ash disrupts air travel, again |
|
| Jun.29 |
|
News Corp finally sells MySpace |
|
| Jul.8 |
London |
Murdoch due in UK to face crisis |
|
| Jul.9 |
|
Australia to tax carbon polluters |
|
| Aug.14 |
Sydney |
World Bank warns of 'new danger zone' The head of the World Bank warned that many key market players have lost confidence in recent weeks
|
| Aug.15 |
|
Qantas expands fleet to reverse losses Qantas announced a new international strategy on Tuesday with the acquisition of up to 110 Airbus A320s to boost its fleet
|
| Oct.12 |
|
Apple wins Samsung Australia ban
|
| Oct.29 |
|
Labour row grounds Qantas flights | The Australian airline Qantas is grounding all international and domestic flights with immediate effect due to an industrial dispute | |
|
| Oct.29 |
|
Australian PM seeks Qantas deal
|
| Oct.30 |
Sydney |
Qantas ordered to end labor dispute An Australian workplace relations tribunal ordered Qantas to end a labor dispute that has left tens of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide
|
| Oct.30 |
|
Qantas resuming flights Qantas resumes flights after an independent tribunal orders a permanent end to the industrial dispute with union members
|
| Dec.8 |
|
Australia lifts Samsung sales ban
|
|
| 2011 |
|
| Jan.6 |
Sydney |
England snags Ashes trophy |
|
| Jan.17 |
Melbourne |
Federer wins in Aussie opener |
|
| Jan.19 |
Melbourne |
Jankovic falls to China's Peng |
|
| Jan.23 |
Melbourne |
Roddick knocked out; Schiavone wins epic |
|
| Jan.24 |
Melbourne |
Federer rolls into Aussie Open semis |
|
| Jan.25 |
Qatar |
Japan to face Australia in Asian Cup final |
|
| Jan.26 |
Melbourne |
Ferrer ends Nadal's title bid |
|
| Jan.27 |
Melbourne |
Djokovic stuns Federer in semi
|
| Jan.27 |
Melbourne |
Li, Clijsters reach Aussie Open final |
|
| Jan.28 |
Melbourne |
Murray tames Ferrer, advances to final |
|
| Jan.29 |
Melbourne |
Clijsters triumphs in Australian Open final
|
| Jan.30 |
Melbourne |
Djokovic beats Murray in final Third seed Novak Djokovic produced a superb display to beat Andy Murray, 6-4 6-2 6-3, to claim the second Australian Open title of his caree...
|
| Mar.19 |
Sri Lanka |
Pakistan end Australia's run |
|
| Mar.27 |
|
Vettel beats Hamilton in opener |
|
| Jul.23 |
Southern France |
Evans set to make history |
|
| Jul.24 |
Paris |
Evans Wins Tour de France Cadel Evans won the Tour de France on Sunday, becoming the first Australian to capture cycling's most prestigious title
|
| Sep.11 |
New York |
Serena and Stosur made to final |
|
| Sep.11 |
New York |
Stosur stuns Serena in final
|
| Sep.17 |
New Zealand |
Rugby: Ireland shock the Wallabies |
|
| Sep.23 |
New Zealand |
Wallabies whip U.S. Eagles |
|
| Oct.9 |
New Zealand |
New Zealand and Australia through |
|
| Oct.16 |
Melbourne |
Stoner seals second world MotoGP title |
|
| Oct.21 |
New Zealand |
Wallabies take third in World Cup |
|
| Nov.20 |
Melbourne |
Tiger clinches U.S. win at Presidents Cup |
|
| Nov.27 |
Sao Paulo |
Webber claims first win of 2011 |
|
| Dec.27 |
Melbourne |
Tendulkar falls short again |
|
|
| 2011 |
|
| Jan.24 |
|
Christmas Island shipwreck charge |
|
| Apr.20 |
Sydney |
Rioters burn asylum centre |
|
| Aug.2 |
|
Court freezes Hicks book proceeds |
|
| 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 | |
|
| Aug.3 |
Sydney |
No suspect in bomb 'hoax device' case Australian authorities said they don't have a suspect in the case of a suspected bomb strapped around the neck of a woman
|
| Aug.15 |
Kentucky |
Man in US held over 'collar-bomb' An Australian man has been arrested in the US in connection with an attack on a teenager who had a fake bomb strapped to her neck
|
| Aug.23 |
|
Australia MP in sex scandal probe |
|
| Sep.6 |
Sydney |
Hostage drama in law office |
|
| Nov.18 |
Sydney |
Fatal fire: Nurse charged with murder
|
| Nov.25 |
Indonesia |
Australian teen gets 2 months in prison
|
|
| 2011 |
|
| Apr.20 |
Sydney |
Rioters burn asylum centre |
|
| May.4 |
Western Australia |
Last WWI veteran dies at age 110 The world's last known combat veteran of World War I, Claude Choules, has died in Australia aged 110
|
| Jul.8 |
London |
Murdoch due in UK to face crisis |
|
| Aug.23 |
|
Australia MP in sex scandal probe |
|
| Sep.11 |
|
Australia to pursue Malaysia migrant swap |
|
| Oct.27 |
Western Australia |
Perth hosts Commonwealth summit
|
| Oct.29 |
|
Australian PM seeks Qantas deal
|
| Oct.30 |
Sydney |
Qantas ordered to end labor dispute An Australian workplace relations tribunal ordered Qantas to end a labor dispute that has left tens of thousands of passengers stranded worldwide
|
| Nov.16 |
|
US to send marines to Australia Australia has agreed to host a full US Marine task force in the coming years, PM Gillard has announced at a news conference with Barack Obama
|
| Nov.16 |
|
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
|
| Dec.2 |
|
Australia Labor for gay marriage
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