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Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms to pay for news
The new law paves the way for Google and Facebook to plough tens of millions of dollars into struggling local media companies, and could provide a model for...
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Indigenous Australians take govt to UN over climate change
The lawyers, from the non-profit ClientEarth, said the case was the first of its kind to be lodged with the UN equating government inaction on climate change to a human rights violation.
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Thousands without power as storm lashes Sydney
Heavy rains and lightning storms lashed parts of Sydney late Friday, with close to 60 millimetres (nearly two and a half inches) of rain falling in some areas.
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Australia FM says country assessing resettlement push for Saudi woman in Thai
Thai authorities threatened to deport her but with the help of activists, diplomats and a hastily opened Twitter account Qunun launched an impassioned asylum campaign.
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Australia recognises West Jerusalem as Israel's capital but embassy not moving
Morrison also confirmed Australia’s support for a two-state solution with a Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem.
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'We failed them': Australia apologises to child sex abuse victims
The state apology comes after a five-year Royal Commission that detailed more than 15,000 survivors' harrowing child sex abuse claims involving thousands of institutions.
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Au pair scandal hits Australia politician who ousted PM
Peter Dutton, the driving force behind a bitter Liberal party coup that unseated Malcolm Turnbull as prime minister last week, has strongly denied any wrongdoing.
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Furious voters deliver damning verdict on Australia political chaos
Scott Morrison was sworn in as the country's 30th leader late Friday after a bitter Liberal Party revolt against moderate Turnbull driven by a hardline conservative faction.
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Treasurer Scott Morrison to become Australia's next prime minister
If Turnbull resigns from parliament, he would leave the new government facing a by-election for his Sydney seat that could see it lose its one-seat majority.
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Australian PM says will hold meeting to determine party leadership
Former home affairs minister Peter Dutton narrowly lost a leadership vote against Turnbull on Tuesday sparking an internecine battle in the Liberal party ahead of an election due by May 2019.
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Australian government moves to adjourn parliament
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership looked doomed on Thursday after several senior ministers tendered their resignations and called for a second ballot.
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Australian PM rejects Cabinet resignations as new challenge looms
Expectations that Turnbull would soon face another challenge, possibly within days, were stoked when eight Cabinet ministers backed Dutton.
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Australian prime minister wins leadership challenge
Turnbull’s position remains in jeopardy despite surviving Dutton’s leadership challenge.
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Turkish court rejects Australia's request to extradite Islamic State recruiter
Australia had been pressing Turkey to extradite Prakash since he was first detained there nearly two years ago.
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Pacific leaders sign on to Australian internet cabling scheme, shuts China out
For years, Western intelligence agencies have worried over Huawei’s ties to the Chinese government and the possibility that its equipment could be used for espionage.
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Australia punished soldiers over Nazi flag incident in Afghanistan – PM
The flag was clearly visible flying over the bonnet of a jeep in a photo published by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).
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Australia to offer national apology for institutional child sex abuse
The government is still considering the remaining 18 recommendations, including a proposal that Australia introduce a law forcing religious leaders to report child abuse.
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'This is taking an awfully long time!', says scientist before assisted suicide
British-born David Goodall, personally triggered a lethal dose of a barbiturate and died at 1030 GMT in a clinic near Basel, the assisted suicide group Exit International said.
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WHO says Australia exported listeria-tainted melons to 9 countries
Between 17 January and 6 April, Australia reported 19 confirmed and one probable case of listeriosis, all of whom were hospitalised. Seven died.
