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Australia's central bank takes 'responsibilty' for embarrasing note typo Offbeat

Australia's central bank takes 'responsibilty' for embarrasing note typo

May 9th, 2019722 SYDNEY, May 9 (Reuters) - Millions of A$50 ($35) banknotes in Australia have an embarrassing typographical error that was overlooked by the country's central bank before they were printed and circulated. The goof first became known on Thursday when a listener on radio outlet Triple M sent the station a magnified photo of the Reserve...
Australian Cypriot doctor on trial for giving daughter life-saving CPR Cyprus

Australian Cypriot doctor on trial for giving daughter life-saving CPR

February 15th, 20195575   A Greek Cypriot doctor, Jack Kerry (Kyriacou), is on trial for giving life-saving CPR to his daughter after she overdosed on heroin, despite evidence her friend – who later died from the overdose – was in a worse condition a court in Australia heard. According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC News), the...
Australia probes attempted hacking of national parliament Tech & Science

Australia probes attempted hacking of national parliament

February 8th, 20191760 By Colin Packham SYDNEY, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Australian authorities are investigating an attempt to hack into the national parliament's computer network, two senior lawmakers said on Friday, but there was no evidence yet that any data had been accessed or stolen. In one of Australia's most high-profile cyber attacks, Tony Smith, the...
Australia hit by once-in-a-century floods, braces for more rain World

Australia hit by once-in-a-century floods, braces for more rain

February 2nd, 20191069 Once-in-a-century flooding in part of the eastern Australian state of Queensland looks set to worsen as the nation's weather bureau on Saturday warned of more heavy rain in the area. Some residents have already been evacuated after days of monsoon rains lashed the region around the coastal city of Townsville in north Queensland, a...
Zen master Pujara deflates Australia again Cricket

Zen master Pujara deflates Australia again

January 4th, 20192051 Cheteshwar Pujara fell agonisingly short of a fourth double hundred in test cricket but India's top order bulwark firmly established himself as the difference between the sides in the ongoing series against Australia on Friday. The mild-mannered number three's centuries in Adelaide and Melbourne helped the tourists surge 2-1 ahead...
AEK's Giannou named in Australia team for Asian Cup Cyprus football

AEK's Giannou named in Australia team for Asian Cup

January 3rd, 20192030 AEK Larnaca striker Apostolos Giannou has been named by Australia as a replacement for injured winger Martin Boyle, with the Cyprus-based 28-year-old joining Graham Arnold's Asian Cup squad on Thursday. Boyle was ruled out of the tournament after suffering a left knee injury in Sunday's 5-0 friendly win over Oman and returned to...
Australia swelters through heatwave as records tumble Oceania

Australia swelters through heatwave as records tumble

December 28th, 20182047 By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Australia looks set to sweat through one of its hottest Decembers ever, the national weather bureau said on Friday, prompting fire bans, health warnings and big crowds trying to cool off at beaches. As the country's hottest town, Marble Bar in the remote northwest, endured its warmest day...
Kohli leads India's fightback in Perth Cricket

Kohli leads India's fightback in Perth

December 15th, 20181556 Captain Virat Kohli determinedly led India's fightback on an engrossing day two on Saturday, blunting Australia's bowling attack to leave the second test hanging in the balance. In reply to Australia's first innings of 326, India fought back on the green-tinged Perth Stadium pitch to reach stumps at 172 for three with Kohli 82 not out...
Australian kids walk out of school to protest climate inaction Oceania

Australian kids walk out of school to protest climate inaction

November 30th, 20182163 Thousands of children walked out of school across Australia on Friday in protest against government inaction on climate change, prompting a rebuke from a minister who said they were setting themselves up for "failure". Children, parents and teachers gathered in Sydney's central business district in the lunch hour, chanting "ScoMo's...
Gas cylinders set on fire, three stabbed in Australia terror attack Oceania

Gas cylinders set on fire, three stabbed in Australia terror attack

November 9th, 20181986 A Somali-born man set fire to a pickup truck laden with gas cylinders in the centre of the Australian city of Melbourne on Friday and stabbed three people, killing one, before he was shot by police in a rampage they called an act of terrorism. Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack, without providing any evidence. The...
All Blacks crush Wallabies for Bledisloe Cup sweep Rugby

All Blacks crush Wallabies for Bledisloe Cup sweep

October 27th, 20181497 All Blacks flyhalf Beauden Barrett scored 17 points as New Zealand completed a Bledisloe Cup clean sweep with a 37-20 win over Australia at the venue for the 2019 World Cup final on Saturday. Flanker Liam Squire and captain Kieran Read crossed before the break to put the All Blacks in a commanding position and they piled on the points...
Australia slaps sanctions on Myanmar army top brass Asia

Australia slaps sanctions on Myanmar army top brass

October 23rd, 2018867 Australia on Tuesday slapped travel and financial sanctions on five top Myanmar military officers, accused of overseeing brutal violence against Rohingya Muslims by units under their command, following similar moves by the European Union and United States. More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled Buddhist-majority Myanmar to...
Cypriot caught smuggling millions worth of meth into Australia Cyprus

Cypriot caught smuggling millions worth of meth into Australia

October 9th, 20184399 A 47-year-old Cypriot man allegedly attempting to smuggle $3.5 million worth of methamphetamines into Australia was arrested and at Sydney international airport on Sunday. The Australian Border Force (ABF) on Sunday said they found four kilos of crystal methamphetamine, also known as ice, in the lining of the luggage of a Cypriot man...
Cambodia pardons Australian filmmaker jailed for espionage Asia

Cambodia pardons Australian filmmaker jailed for espionage

September 21st, 2018744 Cambodia has granted a pardon to an Australian filmmaker jailed in August on espionage charges for six years, a court in the capital, Phnom Penh, said on Friday. In a warrant, the municipal court ordered the release of James Ricketson because he had received a royal pardon, it said in a statement. "Having fully understood the...
Two dead after suspected drug overdose at Sydney music festival Oceania

Two dead after suspected drug overdose at Sydney music festival

September 16th, 20181525 Two people died, a dozen more were hospitalised and hundreds others sought medical assistance after suspected drug overdoses at a music festival in Sydney, the police said. A 23-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman died on Saturday after collapsing at the Defqon.1 festival, the police said. Two of the 13 hospitalised people remain in...
Argentina upset Wallabies to break 35-year drought Rugby

Argentina upset Wallabies to break 35-year drought

September 15th, 20181740 Argentina beat the Wallabies in Australia for the first time since 1983 with a 23-19 victory on the Gold Coast on Saturday that gave them two Rugby Championship wins in one season for the first time. Nicolas Sanchez and Bautista Delguy scored tries before halftime and fullback Emiliano Boffelli landed two monster long-range penalties...
Australia's new PM to face hostile parliament in test of mettle Oceania

Australia's new PM to face hostile parliament in test of mettle

September 7th, 20181324 Australia's new Prime Minister Scott Morrison, elected to heal his fractured party, faces his biggest test on Monday, in steering the government through a hostile first session of parliament. Picked last month by the ruling Liberal Party to become the sixth prime minister in the last decade, following a backbench revolt that ousted...
Church in Australia rejects abuse reporting, defying new laws Oceania

Church in Australia rejects abuse reporting, defying new laws

August 31st, 20181465 The Catholic church in Australia said on Friday it would oppose laws forcing priests to report child abuse when they learn about it in the confessional, setting the stage for a showdown between the country's biggest religion and the government. Pope Francis, leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics, is facing sexual abuse crises...
Cambodian court jails Australian filmmaker for espionage Asia

Cambodian court jails Australian filmmaker for espionage

August 31st, 2018963 A Cambodian court jailed an Australian filmmaker for six years on Friday after finding him guilty of espionage for flying a drone over an opposition party rally. James Ricketson, 69, was arrested last June after he was photographed flying the drone above the rally organised by the now-dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue...
Ex Australian PM resigns from parliament, govt loses majority Oceania

Ex Australian PM resigns from parliament, govt loses majority

August 31st, 20181316 Australia's former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday resigned from parliament, a source familiar with the matter said, stripping the government of its one-seat parliamentary majority. Turnbull last week said he would resign from parliament after he was ousted from office in a bitter party-room contest which ushered in the...
New Australian PM promises stability (Update) Oceania

New Australian PM promises stability (Update)

August 24th, 20181371 Incoming Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison promised generational change in the warring Liberal party on Friday, seeking to end an internecine battle that has scarred the conservative government ahead of an election due by May 2019. Morrison, who was treasurer under outgoing prime minister Malcolm Turnbull, emerged the surprise...
Australia bans Huawei from network project, angers Beijing Tech & Science

Australia bans Huawei from network project, angers Beijing

August 23rd, 20181471 Australia has banned Chinese telecoms firm Huawei Technologies Co Ltd from supplying equipment for a 5G mobile network, citing risks of foreign interference and hacking which Beijing dismissed as an "excuse" to tilt the playing field against a Chinese firm. The move, following advice from security agencies, signals a hardening of...
Australian PM Turnbull stubbornly clings to power Oceania

Australian PM Turnbull stubbornly clings to power

August 23rd, 20181222 Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stubbornly clung to power on Thursday as senior ministers deserted him, saying he would hold a second leadership vote on Friday if he received a letter signed by the majority of the ruling Liberal party. Turnbull narrowly won a leadership vote on Tuesday against former home affairs minister...
Australia PM in climate policy U-turn after government fractures Oceania

Australia PM in climate policy U-turn after government fractures

August 20th, 20181401 Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday stripped requirements for reducing greenhouse emissions from his centrepiece energy policy in the face of political opposition, although the country remains a signatory to the Paris Agreement. While stopping short of following the lead of US President Donald Trump and withdrawing...
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