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Australia Is Dumping King Charles From $5 Bill

New bank note will feature Indigenous design to replace Queen Elizabeth

(Newser) - Australia is removing the British monarchy from its bank notes. The nation's central bank said Thursday its new $5 bill will feature an Indigenous design rather than an image of King Charles III, the AP reports. But the king is still expected to appear on coins. The $5 bill...

Crisis Averted: Radioactive Capsule Is Found

Exposure unlikely as capsule located along lonely stretch of West Australia highway

(Newser) - The radioactive capsule lost during an 870-mile journey through Western Australia has been located. "The search groups have quite literally found the needle in the haystack," Australia's Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson said at a Wednesday news conference, per Reuters , adding the tiny silver capsule containing Caesium-137...

Nuclear Agency Joins Hunt for Tiny Missing Capsule

Radioactive item smaller than a dime poses serious health risks

(Newser) - Australia's nuclear safety agency has joined the search for a tiny capsule containing radioactive material , about the third of the size of a dime, believed to have fallen from a truck during a journey equivalent to driving the entire length of Great Britain. Large sections of Western Australia are...

Rio Tinto: Sorry We Lost That Radioactive Capsule

Mining giant says hunt is still on in Western Australia for tiny container with cesium 137

(Newser) - One of the largest mining companies in the world is now apologizing for losing a teensy capsule filled with a whole lot of danger. "We recognize this is clearly very concerning and are sorry for the alarm it has caused in the Western Australian community," Simon Trott, CEO...

Sabalenka Gets Over Initial Jitters to Win Australian Open
We Have an
Australian
Open Winner
Jan 28, 2023 5:30 AM CST

We Have an Australian Open Winner

Belarus' Aryna Sabalenka beats Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, wins first Grand Slam title

(Newser) - Aryna Sabalenka won her first Grand Slam title by coming back to beat Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the Australian Open women's final Saturday. The 24-year-old Sabalenka, who's from Belarus, was appearing in her first major final, per the AP . She improved to 11-0 in...

Kanye Could Be Barred From Meeting the In-Laws

Jewish groups want him denied entry to Australia over antisemitic comments

(Newser) - Kanye West is reportedly preparing to meet his new in-laws in Australia, though a cabinet minister says there's a good chance he could be barred from entering the country. "I don't know if he's applied for a visa yet—but Google it, you will see that...

Gigantic Cane Toad Found, Promptly Euthanized
Gigantic Cane Toad Found,
Promptly Euthanized
in case you missed it
Jan 22, 2023 10:45 AM CST

Gigantic Cane Toad Found, Promptly Euthanized

'Toadzilla' may be a record-setter

(Newser) - If this toad is so big it looks fake to you, you're not alone: Wildlife officers reportedly felt the same way. While patrolling a rainforest in Queensland, Australia, rangers had to stop their vehicle upon finding a snake blocking the path. When they got out to take a closer...

2 Helicopters Collide Midair, Killing 4
2 Weeks After 'Unthinkable
Tragedy,' a Miracle
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jan 21, 2023 1:00 PM CST

2 Weeks After 'Unthinkable Tragedy,' a Miracle

Boy injured in helicopter collision comes out of coma

(Newser) - Nearly two weeks after a helicopter collision off Australia's Gold Coast killed four people and seriously injured three others, news that media outlets are referring to as a "miracle": A 10-year-old boy who was in a coma has come out of it. Nicholas Tadros, who has had several...

Another Tennis Star Has Apparent Vaccine Troubles

Italy's Camila Giorgi is accused of having fake vaccination certificate on eve of Australian Open

(Newser) - Around this same time last year, Australia was booting Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic out of the country, prohibiting him from competing in the Australian Open due to his lack of COVID vaccination. Now, right before this year's tennis tourney Down Under, a similar controversy is bubbling up involving...

800 Cruise Passengers Stranded Due to &#39;Biofoul&#39;
Passengers Stuck
on Cruise Ship
Due to 'Biofoul'
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Jan 7, 2023 4:10 PM CST

Passengers Stuck on Cruise Ship Due to 'Biofoul'

Ship was not allowed to dock after fungus found on hull

(Newser) - "Biofoul" found growing on the hull of a cruise ship left more than 800 passengers stuck aboard the ship for nearly a week of the holiday season. The Viking Orion has not been allowed to dock in Australia after a marine growth was discovered on the ship's hull...

Kids Survive 2 Days in Outback After Parents Killed in Crash

'Nobody knows what they went through,' relative says; 5-year-old credited with saving baby brother

(Newser) - Three young children survived two days in the Australian Outback after a Christmas Day car crash that took the lives of their parents, and the eldest sibling deserves some thanks for that. Sky News reports that 25-year-old Cindy Braddock, 28-year-old Jake Day, and their three kids—a 5-year-old girl and...

Aussie Feds Celebrate One of Their 'Most High-Profile Arrests'

Extradition fight ends for Tse Chi Lop, dubbed 'Asia's El Chapo'

(Newser) - Almost two years after his arrest in the Netherlands , the alleged kingpin of a global multibillion-dollar drug operation has arrived in Australia, where he could face life in prison. Tse Chi Lop, dubbed "Asia's El Chapo," is accused of running the crime supersyndicate Sam Gor , also known...

A 'Christmas Miracle' for Missing Aussie Teens

4 paddleboarders spent at least 7 hours in Australia's Port Phillip Bay before finding land

(Newser) - A helicopter search for four Australian teenagers who failed to return from a paddleboarding excursion came to a happy end Tuesday when they were found washed up on an island some 20 miles from where they started out. Two men and two women, aged 18 to 19, had set out...

Dozens Suffer Hallucinations After Eating Spinach Products

Aussie authorities believe recalled spinach was contaminated by toxic weed

(Newser) - As far as we know, Popeye used to eat spinach for strength, not to enter a hallucinatory state. In Australia, however, more than 130 people in Australia got an inadvertent high after ingesting contaminated baby spinach, and now the nation's government is urging consumers not to try to achieve...

Match Ends When Fans Attack Goalkeeper
Fans Storm Field,
Attack Goalkeeper
Dec 17, 2022 3:35 PM CST

Fans Storm Field, Attack Goalkeeper

Crowds backing both sides planned walkout over decision to move future finals to Sydney

(Newser) - Australian soccer rans ran onto the field Saturday during a professional match in Melbourne, attacking one of the goalkeepers. Tom Glover of Melbourne City was pushed and hit with what looked like a metal bucket holding a white substance, the Washington Post reports. Teammates rushed over to protect Glover from...

Azealia Banks Says She's Never Going Back to Australia

'This place makes me utterly miserable,' rapper says

(Newser) - American rapper Azealia Banks has declared that her tour of Australia is a "farewell tour"—and the farewell is definitely not a fond one. After a concert in Brisbane was called off Tuesday hours before Banks was due to perform, she said this will be her "very...

These Wasps Love Planes, Could Bring Them Down

Airports employing insecticide, Pitot tube covers to deter keyhole wasp nests

(Newser) - There are numerous examples of birds colliding with planes in incidents that prove deadly for human passengers, hence why airports use various methods to deter fowl. Now, several airports are working to deter a smaller, airborne pest that also proves a deadly threat: wasps. As the Wall Street Journal reports,...

Marion Barter Vanished. A Podcast Listener Found a Clue

Inside the significance of the last name 'Remakel'

(Newser) - It's a convoluted missing-person story, one that has been turned into a podcast called "The Lady Vanishes" that's been downloaded some 14 million times. In a lengthy piece for CNN , Hilary Whiteman digs in to what's known about Marion Barter, a thrice-divorced mother of two who...

He Killed Wife, Replaced Her With Kids' Teen Babysitter

Chris Dawson sentenced to 24 years in wife Lynette's 1982 murder in Australia

(Newser) - A true-crime podcast helped bring about his conviction. Now Australian Chris Dawson has been sentenced to 24 years for the 1982 murder of his wife Lynette, whom he seemingly replaced with a 16-year-old student at the high school where he taught. In sentencing the 74-year-old on Friday, Justice Ian Harrison...

High-Profile Australian Parliament Rape Trial Aborted Completely

Prosecutor drops rape charge

(Newser) - An Australian prosecutor on Friday dropped the rape charge involving a woman who was allegedly assaulted in a parliamentary office after he determined that the stress of the trial would put her life at risk. Former government staffer Brittany Higgins alleges a more senior colleague, Bruce Lehrmann, raped her in...

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