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News Articles: Australia

A koala joey named Humphrey is comforted by his mother, Willow, at Taronga Zoo in Sydney in March 2021. Australia's government has declared koalas endangered in New South Wales, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.

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Koalas are now officially an endangered species in parts of eastern Australia

Australia's government cited the impacts of drought, bush fires and deforestation. The koala population dropped a reported 30% from 2018 to 2021.

February 11, 2022
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  • Rachel Treisman
A plane sits at Melbourne Airport in December, ahead of the Australian Open. The country will reopen its international borders to visa holders and fully vaccinated travelers on Feb. 21.

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  • World

Australia will reopen to fully vaccinated travelers in 2 weeks

Doubly vaccinated travelers will be welcomed starting Feb. 21, nearly two years after it first closed its border. The move is seen as relief for its tourism industry.

February 07, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Novak Djokovic prepares to take his seat on a plane to Belgrade, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.

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  • Sports

Djokovic arrives in Serbia after deportation from Australia

A handful of fans waving the Serbian flag greeted Djokovic at the airport.

January 17, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
In this image taken from aerial video footage, tennis star Novak Djokovic practices on the tennis court on Tuesday in Melbourne, Australia.

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  • Sports

Djokovic gets some court time in Australia as leaders discuss his visa

The prime ministers of Australia and Serbia talked by phone about the tennis star's visa as he is seeded No. 1 in Australian Open.

January 11, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Novak Djokovic stands with Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley during the trophy presentation at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, last February.

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  • Sports

Djokovic's visa is reinstated, but his Australian Open status remains unclear

The tennis star, who sought a COVID-19 vaccine exemption to play in the tournament, could face deportation again. The battle has sparked protests in the widely vaccinated country.

January 10, 2022
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  • Bill Chappell
Protesters and fans of Novak Djokovic gather outside the Park Hotel, used as an immigration detention hotel where Djokovic is confined in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday.

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  • Sports

Djokovic's lawyers say he had COVID last month, grounds for vaccination exemption

If he fails to have his visa cancellation overturned and gets deported, Novak Djokovic risks missing more than one Australian Open and could be barred for up to three years.

January 08, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
The leggiest animal on the planet, <em>Eumillipes persephone</em>, from Australia. (<strong>A</strong>) female with 330 segments and 1,306 legs (paratype specimen, T147124). (<strong>B</strong>) ventral view of legs (male holotype, T147101). (<strong>C</strong>) dorsal view of head and ventral view of gonopods (male holotype, T147101). Scale bars, 0.5 mm.

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  • Science

A millipede with 1,300 legs has been found in Australia. It's a new record by far

Entomologists discovered a new species far underground. Despite millipede meaning "a thousand feet," it's the first to have more than 750.

December 17, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
The leggiest animal on the planet, <em>Eumillipes persephone</em>, from Australia. (<strong>A</strong>) female with 330 segments and 1,306 legs (paratype specimen, T147124). (<strong>B</strong>) ventral view of legs (male holotype, T147101). (<strong>C</strong>) dorsal view of head and ventral view of gonopods (male holotype, T147101). Scale bars, 0.5 mm.

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  • Science

A millipede with 1,300 legs has been found in Australia. It's a new record by far

Entomologists discovered a new species far underground. Despite millipede meaning "a thousand feet," it's the first to have more than 750.

December 17, 2021
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By:
  • Scott Neuman
Worksafe Tasmania officers inspect a bouncy castle at Hillcrest Primary School in Devonport, Tasmania, on Thursday. A strong gust of wind lifted the castle some 30 feet into the air at an event celebrating the end of the school year.

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  • World

A wind gust swept a bouncy castle in Tasmania 30 feet in the air, killing 5 children

Four children remain hospitalized, with three in critical condition and one in serious condition, at an end-of-year celebration at Hillcrest Primary School in the Australian state, authorities say.

December 16, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Members of the Australian Parliament are sworn in on the first day of Federal Government in Canberra in 2008. An Australian government-commissioned report released on Tuesday, Nov. 30, revealed the alarming extent of sexual harassment among those working for some of its highest legislative and elected offices.

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  • World

1 in 3 people working at Australia's parliament are sexually harassed, a report finds

A new report details the stunning culture of sexual harassment and bullying in Australia's parliamentary offices. It comes after another wave of #MeToo protests rocked the country in March.

November 30, 2021
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Cleo Smith, 4, is safe in a hospital in Carnarvon, Australia, on Wednesday. Police rescued her in an early morning house raid more than two weeks after she first went missing.

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  • World

Australian police find 4-year-old Cleo Smith safe, 18 days after she went missing

Cleo Smith went missing from her family's camping tent more than two weeks ago. Police rescued her from a locked house in an early-morning raid that left some officers "openly crying with relief."

November 03, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Josh Cavallo of Adelaide, left, and Daniel Stynes of the Glory contest for the ball during the A-League match between Perth Glory and Adelaide United at HBF Park, on May 19 in Perth, Australia.

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  • Sports

Josh Cavallo becomes one of the few professional men's footballers to come out as gay

The Adelaide United midfielder announced that he was gay in a video posted to the team's Twitter account Tuesday.

October 27, 2021
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  • Joe Hernandez
Eddie Jaku pictured just after his 100th birthday, on July 2, 2020. The Holocaust survivor and self-proclaimed "happiest man on Earth" died in Sydney this week.

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  • Obituaries

Eddie Jaku, Holocaust survivor and self-proclaimed happiest man on Earth, dies at 101

Jaku spread his message of happiness and resilience in a popular TED Talk and 2020 memoir. He died in Sydney, where he co-founded the Sydney Jewish Museum and educated students about the Holocaust.

October 13, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Aerial view of rain forest. Daintree River. Daintree National Park. Queensland Australia.

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  • Environment

A historic rainforest and other lands have been returned to Indigenous Australians

The Queensland government agreed to return more than 160,000 hectares of land, including the historic Daintree National Park, to the Eastern Kuku Yalanji community.

October 05, 2021
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  • Jaclyn Diaz
Protesters march through Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday over recently announced COVID-19 vaccine requirements for construction workers. Construction sites have been shut down for two weeks due to protests and rising COVID-19 cases.

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  • World

Anti-Vaccine Protesters Clash With Police In Melbourne, Australia, For The 2nd Day

Construction workers and others opposed to new COVID-19 vaccine rules have taken to the streets. Some allege that right-wing extremists have infiltrated the increasingly violent protests.

September 21, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
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