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Australia's most decorated soldier loses defamation case for alleged war crimes

10:17am June 01, 2023

by The Associated Press

An Australian federal court judge ruled that newspaper articles published in 2018 were substantially true about a number of war crimes committed by Ben Roberts-Smith in Afghanistan.

In this image made from video, Clare Nowland reacts following her skydive in Canberra, Australia April 6, 2008.

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A 95-year-old Australian woman dies after police shoot her with a stun gun

4:20am May 25, 2023

by The Associated Press

The woman, who had dementia, had been hospitalized in Cooma in New South Wales state since her skull was fractured when she fell on May 17 after a police officer socked her with a stun gun.

President Biden (L) and Secretary of State Antony Blinken (R) participate in a virtual meeting with leaders of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue countries in March 2021.

Australian envoy suggests 'smelling salts' for worries over Biden's Quad cancellation

11:03am May 18, 2023

by Destinee Adams

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Australian Ambassador to the U.S. Kevin Rudd about President Biden deciding not to meet with leaders of Australia, India and Japan because of U.S. debt ceiling negotiations.

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A screenshot shows the moment Lillian, a 48-year-old Australian woman, was rescued after going missing in dense bushland with only a bottle of wine and some candy.

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How wine and candy helped an Australian woman survive 5 days in the bushland

10:00am May 10, 2023

by Emily Olson

She doesn't normally drink, but when Lillian's car got stuck in the mud after making a wrong turn on a remote road, she downed the bottle. Police say it may have helped her survive.

The aim of Australian scientists vaccinating koalas for chlamydia is to test a method for protecting the beloved marsupials against a widespread disease that causes blindness, infertility and death.

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In Australia, scientists begin vaccinating koalas against chlamydia

2:29am May 09, 2023

by The Associated Press

The safety and effectiveness of the vaccine, designed specifically for koalas, has previously been tested by vaccinating a few hundred koalas brought to wildlife rescue centers for other afflictions.

A team of explorers announced it found the sunken Japanese ship Montevideo Maru that was transporting Allied prisoners of war when it was torpedoed off the coast of the Philippines in 1942, resulting in Australia's largest maritime wartime loss: 1,080 lives.

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Explorers find a World War II ship that was sunk with over 1,000 Allied POWs aboard

12:29pm April 22, 2023

by The Associated Press

The Japanese ship Montevideo Maru wasn't marked as carrying POWs, and on July 1, 1942, a U.S. submarine fired four torpedoes, sinking the vessel in less than 10 minutes.

The sun and moon are photographed near Exmouth, Australia, during a solar eclipse on Thursday, April 20, 2023. The lucky few in the path of the hybrid solar eclipse will either get plunged into the darkness of a total eclipse or they'll see a "ring of fire" as the sun peeks out from behind the moon.

Viewers in parts of Australia and Indonesia saw this rare hybrid solar eclipse

4:11am April 20, 2023

by The Associated Press

Under a cloudless sky, about 20,000 eclipse chasers watched a rare solar eclipse plunge part of Australia's northwest coast into brief midday darkness Thursday with an accompanying temperature drop.

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Australia bans TikTok from federal government devices

11:19am April 04, 2023

by The Associated Press

Australia is the last of the "Five Eyes" security partners — the U.S., Canada, Britain and New Zealand — to ban the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok from its federal government's devices.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, at the left podium, is surrounded by members of the First Nations Referendum Working Group as he speaks during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, March 23, 2023.

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Australia decides on the referendum question to create a greater say for Indigenous

3:44am March 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

Australians will vote sometime between October and December on the referendum that would enshrine in the constitution an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Dead fish lay on the bank of the Darling River near Menindee, Australia, Sunday, March 19, 2023.

Millions of dead fish have been found in an Australian river due to low oxygen levels

4:25am March 20, 2023

by Ayana Archie

Millions of dead fish have been found dead in an Australian river due to dangerously low oxygen levels in the water caused by receding flood waters, government officials said.