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Oceania

Australians flee homes as grassfires hit southeast

March 18th, 2018 Bush and grass fires sweeping across Australia's southeast destroyed homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds to flee on Sunday as dry, hot winds fanned the...

Oceania

‘Water as far as eye can see’ as floods hit Australia

March 9th, 2018 Floods swamped parts of the Australian state of Queensland on Friday, covering pastureland and cutting off towns as swollen rivers inundated about 200...

World

Asia-Pacific nations sign sweeping trade deal without US

March 8th, 2018 Eleven countries including Japan and Canada signed a landmark Asia-Pacific trade agreement without the United States on Thursday in what one minister called...

Offbeat

World's oldest message in a bottle found on Australian beach

March 7th, 2018 The oldest known message in a bottle was found on an Australian beach 132 years after being thrown from a German ship in the Indian Ocean as part of an...

Oceania

At least 18 killed as second earthquake strikes Papua New Guinea

March 7th, 2018 A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck Papua New Guinea's mountainous Southern Highlands on Wednesday killing at least 18 people, an official said, a week after a...

World

Nearly 150,000 people in urgent need of aid after Papua New Guinea quake

March 4th, 2018 By Alison Bevege Almost a week after a deadly quake struck the rugged Papua New Guinea highlands, nearly 150,000 people remain in urgent need of...

Oceania

Melon listeria kills three in Australia

March 3rd, 2018 Three people have died and 12 others have fallen ill in a national listeria outbreak linked to contaminated rockmelons, and more cases are expected, Australian...

Oceania

Death toll rises to 31 in PNG quake as relief effort hampered

March 1st, 2018 The death toll from the strongest earthquake to strike Papua New Guinea's rugged interior in almost a century has climbed to 31 and would probably rise...

Oceania

Papua New Guinea officials say deadly quake flattens villages

February 28th, 2018 Whole villages were flattened and water sources spoiled by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 20 people, residents said on Wednesday as rescuers...

Offbeat

Australian town crowns most impressive hairstyle at inaugural "Mulletfest"

February 27th, 2018 A small Australian town that claims to have created the mullet, the "short on top and sides but long at the back" hairstyle favoured by '70s rock stars,...

Oceania

At least 14 dead in Papua New Guinea quake; ExxonMobil shuts LNG plant

February 27th, 2018 Up to 14 people were killed in landslides and by collapsed buildings during a powerful earthquake in the remote Papua New Guinea highlands, police and a...

Oceania

Major quake cuts communications in Papua New Guinea

February 26th, 2018 At least one company began evacuating non-essential personnel after a powerful 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Papua New Guinea's energy-rich interior on Monday,...

Oceania

Australian deputy prime minister resigns after affair with staffer

February 23rd, 2018 Australia's deputy prime minister said on Friday he will resign as leader of his party after weeks of pressure over an affair with a staffer that brought him...

Oceania

Sex scandal exposes faultlines in Australia coalition

February 16th, 2018 A major rift opened up in Australia's fragile ruling coalition on Friday as Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce refused to quit over an affair with a staff...

Oceania

Australian PM bans sex between ministers and staff

February 15th, 2018 Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Thursday banned sex between ministers and staff and rounded on his deputy for a "shocking error of judgment" by...

Oceania

Search resumes after eight survivors of Kiribati ferry rescued

January 29th, 2018 New Zealand military planes on Monday were scouring a section of the Pacific Ocean for more survivors from a missing ferry after eight people were rescued from...

Oceania

Thousands mark Australia Day with protest against white colonisation

January 26th, 2018 Thousands took to the streets on Australia Day on Friday to protest against the celebration of the start of white colonisation and persecution of Aboriginal...

Oceania

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern pregnant with first child

January 19th, 2018 New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday she was pregnant with her first child, prompting an outpouring of support from women's rights groups...

Oceania

Drone rescues swimmers in Australia in world first

January 18th, 2018 A drone rescued two swimmers off an Australian beach on Thursday, a world first for the fast-developing technology that seems perfectly suited to saving lives...

Oceania

Warmer temperatures causing sea turtles to be born female

January 15th, 2018 Rising temperatures at Australia's Great Barrier Reef are causing more green turtles to be born female, which could lead to the species dying out, a new...

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