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Massive cyclone makes landfall in northeastern Australia
Mar 28, 2017 04:06A “monster” cyclone made landfall in northeast Australia Tuesday, cutting power and uprooting trees as coastal towns went into lockdown in the face of lashing rain and howling winds.
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Australia’s Anglican Church ‘ashamed’ over sex abuse
Mar 17, 2017 05:24Australia’s Anglican Church has expressed “deep shame” over a government revelation that close to 1,100 people have filed child sexual assault claims against the Church.
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Australia to invest billions in hydroelectric project
Mar 16, 2017 06:17Billions of dollars will be pumped into a massive hydroelectric project in Australia, the prime minister said Thursday, as the country faces a growing power crisis after a huge blackout and heatwave strained supplies.
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Australian prime minister backs Zionist entity, slams United Nations
Feb 22, 2017 11:56Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has expressed strong support for the illegal Zionist entity and slammed a recent United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution demanding an end to the illegal construction of illegal Zionist settlements on occupied Palestinian land.
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Amnesty censures Australian rights abuses
Feb 22, 2017 11:23The Amnesty International rights group has slammed Australia for rights violations against Aboriginals in the country as well as asylum seekers held off shores, saying indigenous kids are 24 times more likely to be arrested than their non-native peers.
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Plane crashes into Australia mall, five killed
Feb 21, 2017 09:57A light plane has crashed into the roof of a shopping mall in Australia, claiming the lives of five people, including four Americans.
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Australia wants asylum seekers to leave voluntarily by offering money
Feb 15, 2017 14:12Australia is offering money to the asylum seekers it has been holding in off-shore detention camps to persuade them to return home voluntarily, as difficulties associated with the refugees and the camps reportedly mount.
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Indonesia, Australia agree to ‘choke off’ terror funding
Feb 03, 2017 03:01Indonesia and Australia have reached an agreement to fight terrorist groups by blocking their financial resources amid concerns in both countries that supporters of Daesh may be planning new terror attacks there.
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Light plane crashes in Australia, two killed
Jan 27, 2017 05:41Two people have died in an incident involving an old, light plane crashing during an air show in Australia’s west.
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Thousands demand change of national day in Australia
Jan 26, 2017 09:12Tens of thousands of protesters have staged rallies in major Australian cities to demand a shift of the date of the country’s national day because, according to them, the current date marks the start of an era of injustices suffered by Australia’s disadvantaged Aborigines.