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April 23rd, 2012

It’s not a scene from “The Hangover 3,” but it could easily pass for one. (more)

April 19th, 2012

An Australian woman who was injured in 2007 while having sex during a business trip has been awarded worker’s compensation. (more)

April 10th, 2012

In a confidential briefing note obtained by media in Australia, the Salvation Army fretted that carbon taxes set to be imposed soon Down Under will cost charities at least $3.5 million per year and force them to cut back on services to the poor. (more)

April 5th, 2012

One Australian pilot “had it with these mother f***ing snakes” on his mother effin’ flight from Darwin Airport to Peppimenarti when he had to land early due to an unexpected visitor. (more)

January 20th, 2012

The longest airplane flight with a coach cabin is 15 hours, on Qantas Airways, from Sydney to Dallas, Scott McCartney of The Wall Street Journal reports(more)

January 12th, 2012

For the fourth year in a row, the United States has fallen on the Heritage Foundation’s international Index of Economic Freedom. For 2011, the U.S. fell from 9th to 10th, just behind Ireland. (RELATED: IMF providing bailout support to heavily indebted Ireland)
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November 16th, 2011

The United States and Australia are expected to sign a modest new security pact that many national security experts say is part of a larger effort to counter China’s increasingly aggressive demands for raw materials, oil and influence in the region. (more)

November 12th, 2011

President Barack Obama’s campaign heads to the Pacific and Asian corners of the world this week where his public relations crew will produce a symphony of visuals for American voters. The nine day trip will include visits to San Diego, Hawaii, Australia, Bali and Indonesia. (more)

November 12th, 2011

HONOLULU (AP) — President Barack Obama heads into a day of heavy diplomacy in his native Hawaii with some of the United States’ most important and complicated allies, the start of a nine-day tour of the crucial and growing Asia-Pacific region. (more)

October 12th, 2011

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Serena Williams will open her 2012 season for the first time at the Brisbane International tournament, a warmup for the Australian Open. (more)

August 3rd, 2011

The investigation into a Mosman bomb incident is now being headed by the robbery and serious crimes squad, which also deals with extortion attempts. (more)

May 25th, 2011

A man whose parrot was seized after he filmed it clinging to a windscreen wiper as he drove down the Eastern Freeway is considering a hunger strike to get his mate back. (more)

February 17th, 2011

HA LONG BAY, Vietnam (AP) — An anchored boat packed with sleeping tourists sank early Thursday in Vietnam’s scenic Ha Long Bay, killing 12 people from nine countries in the deadliest tour boat accident since the country opened to foreign tourism 25 years ago. (more)

February 3rd, 2011

TULLY, Australia (AP) — First came the terrifying roar, then a violent bang like something had exploded. “We gotta go!” David Leger screamed to his father as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in Australia tore the roof off their home, sucking the air up and out of the room like a vacuum. (more)

February 2nd, 2011

CAIRNS, Australia (AP) — The tail end of one of Australia’s largest-ever cyclones triggered wild storms and flash flooding at the other end of the country Saturday, while residents in the cyclone zone picked through what was left of their homes. (more)

January 19th, 2011

After the Port Arthur massacre in 1996, media hysteria and bipartisan political support for punishing gun owners increased. As a consequence, our gun laws were tightened. (more)

January 14th, 2011

One wouldn’t normally associate heavy snowfall with global warming, but according ABC News, it’s time to consider that causality. (more)

January 5th, 2011

ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (AP) — Weary residents of an Australian coastal city inundated with floodwaters braced Wednesday for water levels to peak, as state officials held an emergency meeting to help determine recovery plans for the 200,000 people affected by the deluge. (more)

December 28th, 2010

One: Breastfeeding improves boys’ literacy  (more)

December 15th, 2010

The weekend’s WikiLeaks release has already embarrassed a number of nations and individuals, not the least of which is Malaysia’s political opposition leader, Anwar Ibrahim. If the WikiLeaks revelations are to be believed, officials in Singapore and Australia are convinced that Anwar is guilty of the sodomy charges for which he is on trial in Malaysia — and they believe that in committing sodomy, he knowingly walked into a trap set for him by his political enemies. (more)

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