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Australia's Gillard faces new leadership discontent
(Reuters)
Reuters - Growing speculation that Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard could be dumped by her party before the end of the year forced senior ministers to rally behind her Friday after a disastrous start to 2012.
02/03/2012 - 12:24 AM
Australia's iron lady on road to world-scale wealth - report
(Reuters)
Reuters - Australian Gina Rinehart could soon become the world's wealthiest woman after amassing an $18 billion fortune from mining and media investments, Forbes magazine says in its latest list of the wealthiest people in Australia.
02/02/2012 - 02:26 AM
Aussie claim about comrade's Afghan death rejected
(AP)
AP - A military inquiry on Thursday rejected an Australian soldier's allegations that a comrade died unnecessarily during a gunbattle in Afghanistan because the U.S.-led coalition provided inadequate air support.
02/01/2012 - 10:58 PM
Police arrest 6 at Occupy Sydney protest site
(AP)
AP - Police have arrested six demonstrators while pulling down tents and posters at the Occupy Sydney protest site in Australia's largest city.
02/01/2012 - 06:02 PM
James Cameron plans move to New Zealand farm
(AP)
AP - Hollywood director James Cameron is planning to move onto a New Zealand farm.
02/01/2012 - 05:38 PM
Aussie mom clueless about US murder victim's ashes
(AP)
AP - The Australian mother of a 10-year-old disabled girl who was murdered by her American stepmother in North Carolina said Tuesday she has no idea what became of her daughter's ashes since the child's father brought them to Australia.
01/31/2012 - 04:41 AM
Australia's navy told to be more visible near resource projects
(Reuters)
Reuters - Defense planners urged Australia's military on Monday to maintain a stronger presence in the country's north and northwest to guard the booming resource industry and be better placed to respond to challenges from Asia and the Indian Ocean.
01/30/2012 - 01:37 AM
Australia reviews timetable for buying 12 F-35s
(AP)
AP - Australia is reviewing its timetable for buying 12 of the troubled F-35 Joint Strike Fighters between 2015 and 2017 after the Unites States announced a rethink of its own purchase schedule for the futuristic warplanes.
01/29/2012 - 11:07 PM
Information from Australian PM's aide led to clash
(AP)
AP - A clash between protesters and Australian police that forced bodyguards to rush Prime Minister Julia Gillard out of an event appears to have been set off by information released by one of Gillard's own aides.
01/28/2012 - 02:34 AM
33 whales shot in New Zealand after rescues failed
(AP)
AP - Conservation staff in New Zealand have put down 33 stranded whales after several attempts to refloat them failed.
01/25/2012 - 08:34 PM
APNewsBreak: Fifth arrest made in Megaupload case
(AP)
AP - A U.S. official confirmed that a fifth person has been arrested in the Megaupload file-sharing case.
01/24/2012 - 08:34 PM
Plane crashes in New Zealand, killing 2 aboard
(AP)
AP - A small plane has crashed in a New Zealand park, killing both people aboard.
01/22/2012 - 08:44 PM
New Zealand authorities shut down 'Occupy' camps
(AP)
AP - Authorities have effectively shut down the Occupy movement in New Zealand's largest city after more than 100 days of protest.
01/22/2012 - 08:19 PM
Key lawmaker withdraws support for Aussie gov't
(AP)
AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard's tenuous grip on power weakened on Saturday when a key independent lawmaker withdrew his support for her minority government.
01/21/2012 - 01:11 AM
3 shark attacks in Australia in less than 3 weeks
(AP)
AP - A snorkeling guide was attacked by a 10-foot (3-meter) tiger shark off a remote beach in Australia's third attack this month. That's as many attacks as the country generally sees in an entire year.
01/20/2012 - 06:18 AM
Saddam musician jailed for Australian burglaries
(AP)
AP - A wedding musician who once served as a music teacher to former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has been jailed in Australia for burglarizing the homes of two women.
01/19/2012 - 09:45 PM
Strong earthquake strikes off New Zealand
(AP)
AP - A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of New Zealand's South Island, but there are no reports of damage or injuries and no tsunami warning has been issued.
01/19/2012 - 02:23 AM
Anti-whaling activists clash with Japan harpoon ship
(Reuters)
Reuters - Japanese whalers and protesters clashed on Wednesday in the Southern Ocean, with activists saying three of their crew were injured by grappling hooks and a bamboo pole and Japan claiming the anti-whalers tried to cut ropes and tangle propellers.
01/18/2012 - 12:58 AM
Aussie police downgrade charges for mooning queen
(AP)
AP - Australian police have downgraded charges against a man who mooned Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip as they drove past tens of thousands of well-wishers during a visit to the Australian east coast city of Brisbane.
01/16/2012 - 09:19 PM
The Fugitive Butt-Cutter is Off the Streets At Last
(The Atlantic Wire)
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01/14/2012 - 12:31 PM
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