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Billionaire Calls for Removal of 'Unflattering' Portrait from National Gallery of Australia 1 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 7 2492

Australia's Albanese declares 'national crisis' after killings of women (trigger warning) 0 niyad May 2024 May 2024 2 1976

Australia joins 142 nations in backing Palestinian statehood in UN vote 1 canetoad May 2024 May 2024 17 2373

Perth stabbing: police shoot dead boy, 16, after alleged attack that has 'hallmarks' of terror incident 1 sl8 May 2024 May 2024 0 2366

Gaza protests spread to Australian universities 0 Violet_Crumble Apr 2024 Apr 2024 0 2141

At least 26 pilot whales die after mass stranding in Australia 0 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 2085

Teenager charged with 'terrorism' over Australia church stabbing attack 0 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 2216

[NZ] Penguins in the pond, kiwi in the back yard: how a city brought back its birds 0 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 2239

'Bollard Man': Hero who confronted stabber promised Australia visa 0 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 2382

Police in Australia identify the Sydney stabbing attacker who killed 6 people 3 sl8 Apr 2024 Apr 2024 2 2816

More people injured in another knife attack in Sydney - DW News 2 TexasTowelie Apr 2024 Apr 2024 5 2513

Australia announces plans to halve migrant intake - Reuters 0 TexasTowelie Dec 2023 Dec 2023 2 8934

[NZ] New Zealand's Indigenous people are furious over plans to snuff out anti-smoking laws 2 sl8 Dec 2023 Dec 2023 7 3834

American arrested over shooting that killed three Australians - ABC News (Australia) 1 TexasTowelie Dec 2023 Dec 2023 14 2971

'She's very excited': Top Trump foe Nancy Pelosi to visit Australia 3 canetoad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 18 3137

The appearance of a "tropical" mosquito-borne illness in southeastern Australia has unsettled researchers 0 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 5 3692

PM set to offer Australia as climate refuge for 11,200 Tuvalu residents 3 canetoad Nov 2023 Nov 2023 7 4295

China, Australia agree to turn the page as tensions ease 1 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 1 3614

Australia police charge woman with murder over mushroom lunch 3 sl8 Nov 2023 Nov 2023 4 2829

Australia abstains from UN resolution calling for truce in Gaza, prompting criticism at home 0 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 3338

Indigenous Australians call for 'week of silence' after referendum failure 2 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 13 2866

Australia PM to visit China, with progress on wine, wind tower disputes 0 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 5609

Russian, South African and US athletes get rushed Australian citizenships ahead of 2024 Olympics 2 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 0 2699

Social media platform "X" fined $610,000 by Australia's e-safety commissioner - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2023 Oct 2023 4 3478

Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution 2 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 6 2594

A record number of Australians enroll to vote in referendum on Indigenous Voice 1 sl8 Sep 2023 Oct 2023 2 2819

[NZ] 'Bugger!': New Zealand PM gets COVID at critical point in election campaign 0 sl8 Oct 2023 Oct 2023 1 2767

Australia's army to undergo major restructuring - CNA 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2023 Sep 2023 0 2287

Australia mushroom deaths: Memorial for couple draws hundreds 3 sl8 Sep 2023 Sep 2023 4 3222

Wall Street's Next Prize Is a $2 Trillion Australia Pension Pot - Bloomberg Television 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2023 Jul 2023 1 4385

Australia Continued...

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MELBOURNE: Sagas of the Icelanders 0 Celerity Jun 2023 Jun 2023 0 2618

For expats - Winter in Oz 4 canetoad Jun 2023 Jun 2023 9 4395

Former Australian Labor Party leader Simon Crean dies aged 74 - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2023 Jun 2023 1 4539

Driver charged after Australia's worst bus accident in decades kills 10 wedding guests 0 mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2023 Jun 2023 2 3871

Australian government to introduce ban on Nazi symbols - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jun 2023 Jun 2023 5 3391

Tasered 95-year-old dies; Australian police officer charged - Al Jazeera 2 TexasTowelie May 2023 May 2023 8 3445

95yo great-grandmother in hospital after being tasered by police - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie May 2023 May 2023 4 3904

Home builder Porter Davis collapses, 1,700 projects left in limbo - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 5274

Pauline Hanson condemns Mark Latham over homophobic tweet - ABC News (Australia) 1 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 2 3256

Professor Mark Howden on Australia passing climate law - CNA 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 0 2230

Drug laws set to relax in Queensland under legislative changes - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 1 5031

Offshore casino illegally 'partners' with Facebook to target Australians - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 0 3496

Adelaide anti-vaccination protest used for Russian propaganda - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Mar 2023 Mar 2023 3 3423

Australia becomes first country to recognise psychedelics as medicines 1 canetoad Feb 2023 Feb 2023 4 2836

Missing radioactive capsule sparks urgent health alert in Western Australia 3 sl8 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 7 4355

[NZ]Jacinda Ardern quits as Prime Minister: Labour to elect new leader ... 1 sl8 Jan 2023 Jan 2023 2 5105

Australia cancels Afghanistan cricket series over curbs on women 0 niyad Jan 2023 Jan 2023 3 3113

(NZ) Man poses as attractive blonde woman, convinces police officer to hand over patrol car 1 sl8 Dec 2022 Dec 2022 2 6286

Andrews says State Electricity Commission pledge sealed election for Labor 0 canetoad Dec 2022 Dec 2022 1 2646

Fourteen people are accused of murdering Elizabeth Struhs. Here's what we know about the case ... 2 sl8 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 20 6481

[NZ]New Zealand Supreme Court rules voting age of 18 is discriminatory 5 sl8 Nov 2022 Nov 2022 8 4261

Australia's Medibank says data of 4 mln customers accessed by hacker 6 sl8 Oct 2022 Nov 2022 1 6708

Albo as a young man. 9 canetoad May 2022 Nov 2022 1 4377

Flight Facilities - Clair De Lune - with Owl Eyes & the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 0 Celerity Nov 2022 Nov 2022 0 4766

Australia reverses recognition of W Jerusalem as Israel's capital - Al Jazeera 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2022 Oct 2022 2 3365

Thousands in evacuation centres in northern Victoria where flooding continues - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Oct 2022 Oct 2022 4 4968

"Longstanding points of contention" raised in China-Australia meeting - ABC News (Australia) 1 TexasTowelie Sep 2022 Sep 2022 1 4443

Australian Indigenous island community halts $3.6bn gas drilling - Al Jazeera 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2022 Sep 2022 3 2736

Solomon Islands accuses Australia of "foreign interference" after election offer - ABC News (Aus) 0 TexasTowelie Sep 2022 Sep 2022 0 3939

Papua New Guinea reveals plans for security agreement with Australia and New Zealand- ABC News (Aus) 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 5026

Australia Continued...

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Australia's hopes to become an EV-mineral superpower - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 2294

This small Queensland town is rich in sapphires -- and now the word is out - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 5339

NBA star Shaquille O'Neal meets with PM before Voice to Parliament press conference - ABC News (Aus) 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 3175

De-extinction: scientists are planning the multimillion-dollar resurrection of the Tasmanian tiger 7 sl8 Aug 2022 Aug 2022 4 3568

Public display of Nazi flags and memorabilia bearing swastikas banned in New South Wales following 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 3 4947

Rapid cryptocurrency growth sparks calls for national regulation - ABC News (Australia) 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 1 4178

Hillsong megachurch accused of financial misconduct - ABC News (Australia) 1 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 6 3009

British-Australian 1980s pop goddess Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73 5 peppertree Aug 2022 Aug 2022 2 4081

The strategic challenges China poses and the importance of the Defence Force review - ABC News (Aus) 0 TexasTowelie Aug 2022 Aug 2022 0 4825

Australian anti-CCP activist was set up in bomb scare, lawyer says - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 2593

Rio Tinto to pay nearly $1b in tax avoidance settlement with ATO - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 2 4921

China moves to gain more leverage over Australia iron ore exports - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 3810

Government unveils first Reserve Bank review since the 1990s - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 3271

Joseph Stiglitz warns Australia of 'rising inequality' and to impose windfall profits tax - ABC News 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 1 4879

China issues what amounts to four 'demands' of the Albanese government - ABC News (Australia) 0 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 3605

China and Australia to discuss trade barriers at G-20 - DW News 2 TexasTowelie Jul 2022 Jul 2022 0 4278

Melbourne to replace Russia as host of swimming world championships 0 canetoad May 2022 May 2022 9 3766

Anyone watching the election? 2 Violet_Crumble May 2022 May 2022 3 2286

Covid-19: How Australia's Omicron battle compares with NZ 0 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 2 4355

Partners to Develop Green Corridor for Australia-Asia Iron Ore Shipping 1 Sherman A1 Apr 2022 Apr 2022 1 4637

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