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Leaking oil rig ablaze in Timor sea
Monday, 2 November 2009
Australia promised an investigation today after a massive fire erupted on an oil rig that had been leaking into the Timor Sea - the latest drama in a 10-week saga to plug the hole.
Lead-mining: the ugly truth about Mount Isa
Monday, 2 November 2009
In the boom town next to Australia's biggest lead mine, mothers fear their children are being poisoned, reports Kathy Marks from Queensland
Takeaway killing suspect hands himself in
Friday, 30 October 2009
The prime suspect in the killing of an Irish man in Australia handed himself over to police hours after an emotional plea from the dead man's mother, it emerged today.
Like father, like son: Prince Edward's Australian gaffe
Friday, 30 October 2009
It's another royal blunder Down Under. Seven years after his father marked a visit to Australia by asking an aborigine if he was still "throwing spears", Prince Edward has sparked fresh controversy by saying that the death of a teenager during a Duke of Edinburgh Award expedition could encourage other children to take part in the scheme.
'Beautiful plague' of budgies descends on Outback
Thursday, 29 October 2009
Many people believe the budgerigar's natural habitat is a pet shop. In fact, the bird is a native of the Australian outback, and locals there are saying they have rarely seen flocks of the size that are descending on Queensland this year. Some are calling it a "beautiful plague".
Coastal homes in Australia at risk from rising sea levels
Wednesday, 28 October 2009
Government report shocks country where 80 per cent of population lives on coast
Big breakfast, Sydney style
Sunday, 25 October 2009
There was only one place to be seen for breakfast in Sydney yesterday: 100 metres above the sparkling blue water on the Harbour Bridge. Gone were the eight lanes of traffic; in their place, a carpet of newly laid lush grass was dotted with tartan picnic rugs, food hampers and the odd cow.
Oil spill off Australian coast poses major threat to marine life
Saturday, 24 October 2009
Nine weeks after a ruptured oil rig sprang a leak, the catastrophic consequences are becoming apparent. Kathy Marks reports
Strong earthquake rocks eastern Indonesia
Friday, 23 October 2009
A strong earthquake shook eastern Indonesia's remote Papua province Friday, causing panic among residents and reportedly toppling a building.
Cleric 'sent hate mail' to bereaved families
Thursday, 22 October 2009
A Muslim activist who calls himself an ayatollah faces up to 14 years in prison after allegedly sending offensive letters to the families of Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan, police said today.
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