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Australia abstains from UN resolution calling for truce in Gaza, prompting criticism at home 0 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 3075

Indigenous Australians call for 'week of silence' after referendum failure 2 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 13 2493

Australia PM to visit China, with progress on wine, wind tower disputes 0 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 5335

Russian, South African and US athletes get rushed Australian citizenships ahead of 2024 Olympics 2 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 2326

Social media platform "X" fined $610,000 by Australia's e-safety commissioner - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 3232

Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution 2 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 2268

A record number of Australians enroll to vote in referendum on Indigenous Voice 1 sl8 Sep 2023 Oct 2023 2 2503

[NZ] 'Bugger!': New Zealand PM gets COVID at critical point in election campaign 0 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 2521

Australia's army to undergo major restructuring - CNA 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 2058

Australia mushroom deaths: Memorial for couple draws hundreds 3 sl8 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 2863

Wall Street's Next Prize Is a $2 Trillion Australia Pension Pot - Bloomberg Television 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 4147

MELBOURNE: Sagas of the Icelanders 0 Celerity Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 2321

For expats - Winter in Oz 4 canetoad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 3976

Former Australian Labor Party leader Simon Crean dies aged 74 - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 4261

Driver charged after Australia's worst bus accident in decades kills 10 wedding guests 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 3541

Australian government to introduce ban on Nazi symbols - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 3116

Tasered 95-year-old dies; Australian police officer charged - Al Jazeera 2 TexasTowelie May 2023 May 2023 8 3096

95yo great-grandmother in hospital after being tasered by police - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie May 2023 May 2023 4 3616

Home builder Porter Davis collapses, 1,700 projects left in limbo - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 5046

Pauline Hanson condemns Mark Latham over homophobic tweet - ABC News (Australia) 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 2940

Professor Mark Howden on Australia passing climate law - CNA 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 0 1969

Drug laws set to relax in Queensland under legislative changes - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 4794

Offshore casino illegally 'partners' with Facebook to target Australians - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 0 3253

Adelaide anti-vaccination protest used for Russian propaganda - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 3191

Australia becomes first country to recognise psychedelics as medicines 1 canetoad Feb 2023 Feb 2023 4 2521

Missing radioactive capsule sparks urgent health alert in Western Australia 3 sl8 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 4003

[NZ]Jacinda Ardern quits as Prime Minister: Labour to elect new leader ... 1 sl8 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 4787

Australia cancels Afghanistan cricket series over curbs on women 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 2871

(NZ) Man poses as attractive blonde woman, convinces police officer to hand over patrol car 1 sl8 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 5918

Andrews says State Electricity Commission pledge sealed election for Labor 0 canetoad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 2401

Australia Continued...

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Fourteen people are accused of murdering Elizabeth Struhs. Here's what we know about the case ... 2 sl8 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 20 6129

[NZ]New Zealand Supreme Court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory 5 sl8 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 8 3842

Australia's Medibank says data of 4 mln customers accessed by hacker 6 sl8 Oct 2022 Nov 2022 1 6207

Albo as a young man. 9 canetoad May 2022 Nov 2022 1 3626

Flight Facilities - Clair De Lune - with Owl Eyes & the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 0 Celerity Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 4543

Australia reverses recognition of W Jerusalem as Israel's capital - Al Jazeera 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 3157

Thousands in evacuation centres in northern Victoria where flooding continues - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 4746

"Longstanding points of contention" raised in China-Australia meeting - ABC News (Australia) 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 4143

Australian Indigenous island community halts $3.6bn gas drilling - Al Jazeera 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 2520

Solomon Islands accuses Australia of "foreign interference" after election offer - ABC News (Aus) 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 3733

Papua New Guinea reveals plans for security agreement with Australia and New Zealand- ABC News (Aus) 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 4784

Australia's hopes to become an EV-mineral superpower - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 2098

This small Queensland town is rich in sapphires -- and now the word is out - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 5132

NBA star Shaquille O'Neal meets with PM before Voice to Parliament press conference - ABC News (Aus) 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 2949

De-extinction: scientists are planning the multimillion-dollar resurrection of the Tasmanian tiger 7 sl8 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 2980

Public display of Nazi flags and memorabilia bearing swastikas banned in New South Wales following 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 4719

Rapid cryptocurrency growth sparks calls for national regulation - ABC News (Australia) 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 3928

Hillsong megachurch accused of financial misconduct - ABC News (Australia) 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 2788

British-Australian 1980s pop goddess Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73 5 peppertree Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 3654

The strategic challenges China poses and the importance of the Defence Force review - ABC News (Aus) 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 4617

Australian anti-CCP activist was set up in bomb scare, lawyer says - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 2354

Rio Tinto to pay nearly $1b in tax avoidance settlement with ATO - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 4710

China moves to gain more leverage over Australia iron ore exports - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 3621

Government unveils first Reserve Bank review since the 1990s - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 3068

Joseph Stiglitz warns Australia of 'rising inequality' and to impose windfall profits tax - ABC News 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 4684

China issues what amounts to four 'demands' of the Albanese government - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 3401

China and Australia to discuss trade barriers at G-20 - DW News 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 4020

Melbourne to replace Russia as host of swimming world championships 0 canetoad May 2022 May 2022 9 3547

Anyone watching the election? 2 Violet_Crumble May 2022 May 2022 3 1989

Covid-19: How Australia's Omicron battle compares with NZ 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 4145

Australia Continued...

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Partners to Develop Green Corridor for Australia-Asia Iron Ore Shipping 1 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 4273

Batshit moments in Australian Politics - Bob Katter and gay marriage... 0 Violet_Crumble Apr 2022 Apr 2022 3 5311

Bondi Beach swallowed as monster waves hit Australia's east 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 4 4226

Australia declares 'mass bleaching' at Great Barrier Reef 0 Sherman A1 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 1 2160

Australia to Lift Entry Ban for Cruise Ships After Two Years 0 Sherman A1 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 0 4643

Austal Launches Second Evolved Cape-class Patrol Boat 0 Sherman A1 Mar 2022 Mar 2022 1 2847

Australia wants 'full investigation' into China laser incident - Morrison 1 TexasTowelie Feb 2022 Feb 2022 13 5393

Australia marks 80 years since Japanese bombings 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 4 2832

Aussies Say James Cook's Ship Was Found, US Says Not So Fast 0 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 3 4988

Australia to reopen borders to fully vaccinated visitors 1 Sherman A1 Feb 2022 Feb 2022 2 2241

Australia's billion-dollar plan aims to protect Great Barrier Reef 0 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 3029

Huge 'meat spill' blocks traffic after animal 'entrails' shower busy roadway 4 Sherman A1 Jan 2022 Jan 2022 2 6950

Australia starts 2022 with record COVID cases 0 TexasTowelie Jan 2022 Jan 2022 1 1714

Australia's governments scrap virtually all safety measures amid skyrocketing COVID cases 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2021 Dec 2021 1 4360

World's First Hydrogen Carrier Suiso Frontier Departs Japan for Australia 0 Sherman A1 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 1881

Scott Morrison insists mask mandates not needed despite health advice to make them compulsory indoor 0 Violet_Crumble Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 4026

What a rip off 8 canetoad Nov 2021 Dec 2021 1 3255

Australian military switches from European to US helicopters 0 Sherman A1 Dec 2021 Dec 2021 0 3217

Australian businesses call for return of overseas workers and students to overcome hospitality 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 4167

Australia considering 'unofficial' boycott of Beijing Winter Olympics 0 TexasTowelie Nov 2021 Nov 2021 2 2413

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