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More ministers quit embattled Australian PM’s cabinet
Aug 23, 2018 07:59Three more ministers have resigned from the cabinet of embattled Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, further lowering his chances of continued leadership, as a second premiership vote looms at parliament.
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China to join exercises involving US off Australia
Aug 02, 2018 07:37Australia says China’s navy will participate in military exercises to be conducted by 26 countries off Australia’s northern coast later this month but would not take part in the live-fire drills of the war games.
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Refugee death was preventable: Australian coroner
Jul 30, 2018 06:44An Australian coroner rules that the death in 2014 of an asylum seeker at a notorious Canberra-run Pacific camp was “preventable,” calling on the government to improve its healthcare services to offshore detention centers.
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Australia hosting three-week air force exercises
Jul 28, 2018 07:33The tropical northern city of Darwin is hosting 4,000 personnel and 140 aircraft over the next three weeks as air forces from around the world take part in Exercise Pitch Black, one of Asia-Pacific's largest air force training exercises.
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Map shows Australia colonizers committed 250 indigenous massacres
Jul 27, 2018 11:07An online map which has so far documented 250 massacres of indigenous peoples after Australia was colonized by the British is set to be expanded, researchers said Friday, as they seek to uncover the country's dark past.
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Thousands protest refugee detention in Australia
Jul 21, 2018 09:37Thousands of people marched across major Australian cities Saturday calling for an end to Canberra's offshore detention of asylum-seekers.
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UK to send biggest warship to Pacific in 'show of force'
Jul 21, 2018 02:46The United Kingdom and Australia are discussing plans for Britain's biggest ever warship to be deployed to the Pacific alongside Australians navy.
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Australian archbishop gets 1 year in prison for hiding sexual child abuse
Jul 03, 2018 03:11An Australian archbishop has been sentenced to 12 months in detention for covering up sexual child abuse by another priest.
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Australia's special units accused of war crimes in Afghanistan
Jun 08, 2018 09:46A report says Australia’s Special Forces have been accused of committing war crimes in Afghanistan and having a "disregard for human life" in the war-torn country.
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Amazon to block Australians from global websites over new tax rules
Jun 01, 2018 03:47Amazon will block Australians from buying from its international e-commerce websites and restrict them to a smaller local platform from July in response to new tax rules that consumer advocates fear will reduce the range of choice for customers in Australia.