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Australia stories: 272 news summaries

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South Pacific Avoids Tsunami After Big Earthquakes

Warning issued after off Vanuatu, canceled after only small wave materializes

Oct 7, 09 7:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tsunami warnings for a swath of the South Pacific—including American Samoa, Australia and New Zealand—issued after a pair of strong underwater earthquakes have been canceled after only a small wave materialized. Many residents had already moved to higher ground after the 7.8 and 7.1 temblors; American... More »

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Australia • tsunami • New Zealand • US Geological Survey • Vanuatu • earthquake • American Samoa

At Aussie Auto Race, Fans Allowed Just 24 Beers a Day

Limit jumps to 36 light brews for 4-day Bathurst 1,000

Oct 7, 09 6:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans headed to a four-day event that’s a highlight of the Australian auto-racing calendar will only be allowed one case of beer per day—or 36 cans if it’s light beer. “Wine lovers have not escaped the heavy hand of the law either,” the Guardian notes... More »

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Australia • alcohol • wine • beer • binge drinking • auto racing • light beer • Bathurst 1,000

MARKETS

 Dow Surges 132 as Dollar Falls 

Commodities surge as dollar falls

Oct 6, 09 3:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stocks indices saw big gains today as a result of a global chain of events: Australia’s central bank raised interest rates, the first to do so since the recession began. The move stoked optimism about the global economy and sank the value of the US dollar, which in turn... More »

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Australia • Dow Jones • Nasdaq • commodities • S&P 500

 UN Names Norway 
 Best Place to Live 

Niger, Afghanistan round out list of 182 nations; China makes big gains

Oct 5, 09 2:39 PM CDT
(Newser) - Norway is the best country in the world to live in, according to the UN’s human development index, and Niger is the worst, ranking just below Afghanistan. The index ranks 182 countries based on life expectancy, school enrollment, and GDP per capita. China came in at 92, up seven... More »

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Afghanistan • Australia • Canada • Netherlands • Norway • Ireland • Iceland • Niger

 Red Dust Blankets Sydney 

Air quality 'dangerous' as limited visibility forces incoming flights to be diverted

Sep 22, 09 8:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Red dust blowing in from the Australian Outback covered Sydney today, snarling air travel and forcing locals to don masks to venture outdoors. “It’s like a nuclear winter morning,” one visitor told Bloomberg; the state government called air quality “hazardous.” Visibility was under 50 feet... More »

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Australia • Sydney • air quality • flight delays • diversions • dust storm

'Aussie Fritzl' Charged With Raping Daughter for 30 Years

Man accused of keeping daughter captive, fathering 4 children with her

Sep 17, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Australian man has been charged with rape and incest after allegedly raping his daughter for more than 30 years and fathering four children with her, Reuters reports. The man was arrested after the victim contacted police and told them she had been kept a prisoner in their home in... More »

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Australia • rape • Melbourne • child abuse • incest • child rape

 Aussies Stop 'Asylum Boat' 

60 suspected asylum-seekers to be sent to Christmas Island detention center

Sep 16, 09 6:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Australian navy stopped a vessel carrying 58 suspected asylum-seekers off the country's northwest coast today, the BBC reports. It was the fourth such boat stopped in the area in under a week. The passengers will be sent to a detention center on Christmas Island, 1,600 miles west of... More »

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Australia • illegal immigration • asylum • Kevin Rudd • smuggling

 Aussies May Let 
 Female Soldiers Fight 

Proposal sparks fierce debate over women's fitness for combat role

Sep 9, 09 7:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Australian military may change its guidelines to allow women soldiers to serve in front-line combat roles, the AP reports. The country's defense minister says he believes all service roles should be open to women if they can meet the physical demands, and the move may help persuade more females... More »

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military • Australia • soldier • combat • gender equality • female soldiers

 'Out-of-Shape' Crowe
Bests Journo in Bike Duel

Actor challenges gossip columnist after she pokes fun at his fitness

Sep 4, 09 1:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Aussie gossip columnist Annette Sharp had to face down a challenge from Russell Crowe the day after she mocked the Gladiator star for puffing on cigarettes during a Sydney bike ride and chowing down on tacos, she writes for Australia's News Network. "Get on your bike," the star's... More »

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Australia • gossip • Sydney • bicycle • Russell Crowe • actor • Baz Luhrmann

 Blanchett 
 Bloodied 
 in Stage 
 Accident 

In Streetcar performance, radio destined for window finds her head instead

Sep 2, 09 2:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Cate Blanchett left the stage of a Sydney performance of A Streetcar Named Desire with a bloodied head after a prop mishap, the Telegraph reports. A co-star charged with throwing a radio out of window during a fight “sort of slipped and hit her in the head,... More »

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entertainment • theater • Australia • accident • Cate Blanchett • Sydney • head injury • Tennessee Williams • A Streetcar Named Desire

 Aussies Sorry for 10K Kids 
 Shipped for 'Slave Labor' 

British children were abused, kept hungry in program lasting until 1960s

Aug 31, 09 6:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Australian prime minister will apologize to generations of British migrants shipped to Australia as children and subjected to abuse, hunger, and slave labor. Between the 1920s and 1960s the UK sent about 10,000 children to provide Australia with "good white stock," but when they arrived they... More »

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Australia • slave labor • sexual abuse • abuse • orphan • Kevin Rudd

(Newser) - Australia’s interventions in remote Aboriginal communities “overtly discriminate” against them, and prove that entrenched racism remains in Australia, a UN official said today. In 2007, Australia sent police and troops to aboriginal lands, and instituted special bans on alcohol and pornography. These measures "infringe their right of... More »

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United Nations • Australia • alcohol • Aborigines • indigenous • Aboriginal

 Sex Party 
 Enters Aussie 
 Political Fray 



Sex Party gains official recognition

Aug 9, 09 12:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Australia’s “Sex Party” has been certified as a political party after receiving approval from the Electoral Commission, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The commission’s approval is a victory for free speech and “democratic rights,” says the Sex Party’s convenor. The party hopes to “... More »

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Australia • free speech • political party • sexuality

UK Contractor Held in Green Zone Killing of 2 Co-Workers 

Incident is second this summer of violence within protected Baghdad area

Aug 9, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - A security contractor working in Iraq has been charged with fatally shooting two of his co-workers in Baghdad’s Green Zone, the Washington Post reports. Danny Fitzsimmons, an employee of British firm ArmorGroup Iraq, has been arrested in the killing of fellow Briton Paul McGuigan and Australian Darren Hoare in... More »

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Australia • Baghdad • Green Zone • contractors • Britain • killings

Maddy Suspect Asked About Her 'New Daughter'

Calls flood in after request for tips about Australian woman

Aug 7, 09 2:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Private investigators working for Madeleine McCann's parents have received “hundreds of calls” from people with information about a woman who may be involved in the child’s disappearance, the Telegraph reports. A witness said the woman, described as a Victoria Beckham lookalike with an Australian accent, was pacing and... More »

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Australia • Spain • Madeleine McCann • Algarve • Portugal • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • private investigator • Barcelona • human trafficking • Praia da Luz • missing person

Australia
Grieves for
Sam the Koala

Rescued animal was symbol of strength after devastating wildfires

Aug 6, 09 5:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The koala bear that became a symbol of hope after Australia's devastating wildfires earlier this year died before surgery today, the Melbourne Herald-Sun reports. Sam was saved by a firefighter who found her moving through the scorched landscape on badly burnt paws, and her image was broadcast around the world.... More »

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Australia • wildfires • Kevin Rudd • koala • Victoria • David Tree

(Newser) - The search for Madeleine McCann has moved to Australia, two British tabloids and the Australian report. Private detectives working for the missing toddler's parents turned up a woman with an Australian accent who was spotted in Barcelona 3 days after Maddy went missing in Portugal in May 2007. More »

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Australia • Madeleine McCann • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • missing child

'Kenyan' Obama Birth Certificate Is Mine: Aussie

Forgery by birthers 'so
laughable it’s ridiculous'

Aug 4, 09 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama’s “Kenyan” birth certificate, posted online by lawyer Orly Taitz, has been debunked as a forgery, and the original document—an old Australian certificate—it was based on has even been discovered. The Australian Broadcast Channel tracked down David Bomford, the man whose genuine birth certificate was... More »

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Barack Obama • Kenya • Australia • Hawaii • President Obama • birth certificate • birther • Orly Taitz • David Bomford

Domesticated Swedes Make Best Husbands

Brits, Americans land
in top 5 on 'egalitarian index'; Aussies last

Aug 3, 09 6:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Swedish men make the best husbands, while Australian men, preferring beer and sports over housework, rank lowest on an “egalitarian index” outlined in a study of 12 developed nations. Domestic roles carry less stigma in egalitarian societies, one researcher tells the Telegraph, “so the likelihood of forming a... More »

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Australia • women • men • study • marriage • United States • Norway • Oxford University • Sweden • Britain • marriage equality • household chores

(Newser) - Australian security forces today busted an Islamist terror outfit that was planning to attack an army base in retaliation for the country’s involvement in Muslim countries, the Australian reports. An undisclosed number of Australians of Somali and Lebanese descent were arrested in the sweep, which centered around the southern... More »

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Somalia • Lebanon • Australia • Melbourne • Islamic terrorism

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