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Australia’s scandal-hit deputy PM resigns
Feb 23, 2018 04:56Australia's scandal-hit deputy leader Barnaby Joyce announced Friday he was quitting and moving to the backbench amid claims of sexual harassment and controversy over an affair with a now-pregnant former aide.
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Australia PM meets deputy to fix sex-scandal split
Feb 17, 2018 09:26Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has held crisis talks with his deputy Barnaby Joyce to heal a dangerous rift that is threatening the ruling coalition’s one-seat majority.
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Australia unveils plan to become one of world’s top 10 arms exporters
Jan 29, 2018 10:39Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has put forth a controversial plan to boost the military industry and make the country one of the world’s top arms exporters.
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Australia unveils plan to become one of world’s top 10 arms exporters
Jan 29, 2018 05:23Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has put forth a controversial plan to boost the military industry and make the country one of the world’s top arms exporters.
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Australians rally to protest British 'Invasion Day'
Jan 26, 2018 05:28Tens of thousands of people marched across Australia Friday in an "Invasion Day" protest calling for a rethink of the national day they say is offensive to indigenous people.
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Australia: Car plows into people in Melbourne, 19 injured
Dec 21, 2017 10:24A vehicle has mowed down pedestrians in Australia’s second-largest city of Melbourne, leaving over a dozen people injured, some of them seriously, official reports say.
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Children abused in almost every Australia institution, inquiry finds
Dec 15, 2017 05:12Australian institutions "seriously failed" children in their care over decades with tens of thousands sexually abused, the final report from a five-year inquiry said Friday, calling it a "national tragedy."
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Hundreds protest in Melbourne in support of refugees
Nov 26, 2017 10:43Hundreds of protesters gathered in Melbourne on Sunday in support of asylum seekers being held in transit centers on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea.
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China challenging US position in Pacific region: Australia
Nov 23, 2017 09:50Australia has called on the United States to further increase its engagement in the Indo-Pacific region, warning of China’s growing influence.
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PNG police start forcibly evicting asylum seekers from camp: Witnesses
Nov 23, 2017 09:32Police in Papua New Guinea (PNG) have raided a detention camp formerly run by Australia on the Manus Island, using force to evict hundreds of asylum seekers who have been refusing to leave the facility for more than three weeks.