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French 'Spiderman' in Sydney court over climb
(AP)
 AP - A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to his bare-handed climb up a 57-story building in downtown Sydney.
09/03/2010 - 12:02 AM
Australian political limbo to continue: MPs
(AFP)
 AFP - Australia's political paralysis will stretch into a third week with three "kingmaker" MPs still undecided Friday about which party to hand power in the first hung parliament in 70 years.
09/02/2010 - 11:22 PM
Swing-vote Australia MP hints at possible Labor deal
(Reuters)
 Reuters - One of three independent MPs needed by Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard to form a minority government hinted on Friday he could negotiate on Labor's mining profits tax he has previously opposed.
09/02/2010 - 10:12 PM
Key Australian lawmaker backs Labor to govern
(AP)
AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia on Thursday when an independent lawmaker said he would support her center-left Labor Party to form Australia's first minority government in almost seven decades.
09/02/2010 - 08:27 AM
Australian independent MP backs Gillard
(AFP)
 AFP - A key independent MP Thursday backed Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard to form a government after deadlocked polls, leaving her just two seats short of a parliamentary majority.
09/02/2010 - 02:55 AM
Qantas engine blast 'like fireworks', say passengers
(AFP)
 AFP - Passengers on a Sydney-bound Qantas jet rocked by an exploding engine Thursday described how the plane felt like it had hit a "speed bump" and showered flames and sparks like fireworks.
09/02/2010 - 02:21 AM
Kookaburra sits in gum tree, but no longer 'gay'
(AFP)
 AFP - An Australian school was under fire Thursday after erasing the word "gay" from iconic song "Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree" to stop children tittering.
09/01/2010 - 11:23 PM
Australian school drops 'gay' from classic song
(AP)
 AP - An Australian school principal has asked students to stop using the word "gay" when singing a classic children's song, but said Thursday no offense was intended — he was simply trying to keep the kids from laughing.
09/01/2010 - 10:12 PM
Australia clocks fastest growth in three years
(AFP)
 AFP - Australia's economy surged 1.2 percent in the three months to June, the biggest jump in three years, data showed Wednesday, boosted by a surprise recovery in consumer spending and soaring mining exports.
09/01/2010 - 05:34 AM
Mass breakout from Australia immigration centre
(AFP)
 AFP - More than 80 asylum-seekers broke out of an Australian immigration detention centre on Wednesday after days of riots and staged a seven-hour protest outside, police said.
09/01/2010 - 04:56 AM
Aussie mom jailed 27 years for killing two sons
(AP)
AP - An Australian mother twice convicted of killing her two young sons was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Wednesday for what the judge called "the greatest act of betrayal."
09/01/2010 - 12:50 AM
Australia PM rejects new election
(AFP)
 AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard pledged on Tuesday to work towards a minority government and rejected a quick return to the polls after national elections failed to produce a clear winner.
08/30/2010 - 11:18 PM
Australia immigration prison riot hits second day
(AFP)
 AFP - More than 100 alleged people-smugglers from Indonesia launched a second day of protests at an Australian immigration prison Monday, defying police negotiators and remaining on the roof, officials said.
08/30/2010 - 06:01 AM
David Jones sex case widens
(AFP)
 AFP - Up to 16 women could take part in a 33 million US dollar sexual harassment case involving David Jones, Australia's most exclusive department store, lawyers for the chief complainant said Monday.
08/30/2010 - 03:16 AM
Human bones found at Australia backpacker murder site
(AFP)
 AFP - Australian police confirmed Monday that bones found in a forest where serial backpacker killer Ivan Milat dumped his victims were human but said they were keeping an open mind on the investigation.
08/30/2010 - 03:15 AM
'Spiderman' arrested after scaling Sydney skyscraper
(AFP)
 AFP - A French climber known as "Spiderman" was arrested on the roof of a 57-storey Sydney skyscraper on Monday after scaling the building without ropes or a harness to raise climate change awareness.
08/30/2010 - 02:47 AM
Australian support for republic flags: poll
(AFP)
 AFP - Support for Australia becoming a republic has slumped to a 16-year-low, according to the results of a poll released Sunday which found that one-in-three people never want to break ties with Britain.
08/29/2010 - 02:26 AM
Fire, unrest at Australian immigration centre
(AFP)
 AFP - Masked men, some armed with long poles, are standing on the roof of an Australian immigration centre in which a fire broke out Sunday, reports said.
08/28/2010 - 10:29 PM
Canadian teacher arrested in Facebook child porn case
(AFP)
 AFP - One of two Canadians arrested after police in Australia cracked an alleged pedophile porn ring operating on Facebook was a teacher at a prestigious school in Vancouver, police said Friday.
08/27/2010 - 05:59 PM
Australian warning over Facebook paedophile ring
(AFP)
 AFP - Australian police warned social networking sites on Friday to be alert to illegal child sex activity, after cracking an alleged paedophile porn ring operating on Facebook.
08/27/2010 - 02:12 AM
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