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News Articles: Australia

A <em>Euoplos dignitas</em> spider pictured in 2021.

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  • Animals

A giant trapdoor spider was discovered in Australia

The spider lives in open woodland habitats, building burrows in Central Queensland's black soils. Much of its habitat has been lost to land clearing, meaning it's likely an endangered species.

March 24, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
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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  • World

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

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

March 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Dead fish lay on the bank of the Darling River near Menindee, Australia, Sunday, March 19, 2023.

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  • Environment

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

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.

March 20, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Steve Johnson, right, and his wife Rosemarie arrive at the Supreme Court in Sydney, Australia, on May 2, 2022, for a sentencing hearing in the murder of Scott Johnson, Steve's brother.

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  • World

An Australian man pleads guilty to manslaughter in death of a gay American in 1988

Scott White's admission in the New South Wales state Supreme Court comes three months after he had his conviction for murdering Scott Johnson overturned by an appeals court.

February 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
This shows a Chinese Dahua brand security camera in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.

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  • World

Following the U.S., Australia says it will remove Chinese-made surveillance cameras

Australia will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese Communist Party-linked companies from its buildings, the government said Thursday after the U.S. and Britain made similar moves.

February 09, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Australian $5 notes are pictured in Sydney on Sept. 10, 2022. King Charles III won't feature on Australia's new $5 bill, the nation's central bank announced Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023, signaling a phasing out of the British monarchy from Australian bank notes, although he is still expected to feature on coins.

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  • World

Australia's central bank says it will remove the British monarchy from its bank notes

Australia's central bank says its new $5 bill would feature an Indigenous design rather than an image of King Charles III. But the king is still expected to appear on coins.

February 02, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Aboriginal man Josh Sly of the Muggera Dancers prepares a fire for a smoking ceremony at the start of an Invasion Day rally in Sydney, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023.

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  • World

Thousands rally for 'Invasion Day' protests on Australia Day holiday

Australia Day is known to many Indigenous people as Invasion Day and Survival Day, because of the disastrous impacts on First Nations people of British colonists taking their land without a treaty.

January 26, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
New Zealand Education Minister Chris Hipkins talks to reporters outside Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Saturday.

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  • World

Chris Hipkins is set to become New Zealand's next prime minister

The 44-year-old education minister must still garner an endorsement Sunday from his Labour Party colleagues. He would replace Jacinda Ardern, who shocked the nation when she announced her resignation.

January 21, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Kylee Gray, a ranger with the Queensland Department of Environment and Science, holds a giant cane toad on Jan. 12 near Airlie Beach, Australia. The toad weighed 5.95 pounds.

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  • Animals

Nearly 6-pound 'Toadzilla' found in Australia breaks the record for largest toad

Cane toads are notorious pests in Australia, colonizing habitats and poisoning other wildlife. Park rangers euthanized the 5.95-pound animal, whose body will be donated to the Queensland Museum.

January 20, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
This image made from a video shows sand bank with crashed helicopter on Gold Coast, Australia Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. Two helicopters collided Monday afternoon over the Australian beach. (Australian Broadcasting Corp. via AP)

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  • Asia

4 passengers are dead after 2 helicopters collide over an Australian beach

Two helicopters collided in an Australian tourist hotspot Monday in a crash that killed four passengers and drew emergency aid from beachgoers enjoying the water during the southern summer.

January 02, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
A thylacine or 'Tasmanian tiger' in captivity, circa 1930. These animals are thought to be extinct, since the last known wild thylacine was shot in 1930 and the last captive one died in 1936.

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  • Animals

The long-lost remains of the last known Tasmanian tiger have been found in a cupboard

The skeleton and skin of what is believed to be the last Tasmanian tiger have been stashed away in a cupboard at a museum in Tasmania, where experts lost track of the bizarre looking creature.

December 06, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
A sea turtle swims over corals on Moore Reef in Gunggandji Sea Country off the coast of Queensland in eastern Australia on Nov. 13, 2022.

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  • Environment

Australia argues against 'endangered' Barrier Reef status

Australia's environment minister says her government will urge against the U.N. adding the Great Barrier Reef to a list of endangered sites, saying worries are a reflection of the previous government.

November 29, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The black flying fox is one of the bats in Australia that carries the Hendra virus — which sometimes spills over to horses, and humans, with devastating impact. Scientists are trying to figure out what triggers spillovers — and how to stop them.

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  • Global Health

An elegant way to stop deadly Hendra virus spillovers from bats to horses ... to us

New research points to a surprising way to stop spillovers of Hendra virus, which is harbored by bats. It's not often that it jumps to horses, then humans, but when it does, the result are brutal.

November 17, 2022
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  • Ari Daniel
Brittany Higgins spent several days under cross-examination for the trial of her alleged rapist, Bruce Lehrmann. The trial has come to an abrupt end after a juror brought outside research into deliberations.

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  • World

A high-profile Australian #MeToo trial ended unexpectedly — and without a verdict

Jurors spent five days deliberating Brittany Higgins' claim of being raped in Parliament house before a judge discovered of of them brought outside research into the court, scrapping the whole trial.

October 27, 2022
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  • Emily Olson
In this image taken from video, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong speaks during a press conference, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022, in Canberra, Australia.

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  • World

Australia says it will end its recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital

Australia's government Cabinet agreed to again recognize Tel Aviv as the capital and reaffirmed that Jerusalem's status must be resolved in peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians

October 18, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
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