Australasia
Jury finds banjo killer guilty of manslaughter
A tourist who killed a man with a banjo after he received unwanted sexual advances has been found guilty of manslaughter in New Zealand.
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Australian town bans bottled water
Thursday, 9 July 2009
An Australian town has banned bottled water, claiming to be the first in the country to revert to the tap for the sake of the environment and prompting the nation's largest state government to stop buying bottled water.
Climbers may be barred from Uluru
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
An Australian government proposal to stop people from climbing the famed Uluru, in deference to the wishes of indigenous people, sparked debate today with lawmakers opposing the plan.
Australia's Miss Havisham: the jilted lover who spent her dying days in a cave
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
An Australian woman who disappeared 40 years ago and whose remains were found in a remote cave 12 years later has been identified this week as a tragic Miss Havisham figure who had been jilted by her lover.
Terror for passengers as propellor falls from plane
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
Passengers on a Great Barrier Airlines flight watched in horror as a propeller came off in mid-air, smashing a window on their aircraft and ripping a door off.
The wombat: back from the brink
Sunday, 5 July 2009
One of the world's most threatened mammals manages to go forth into the forest – and multiply
Britons 'among victims of credit card scam'
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Australian authorities have uncovered a six million Australian dollar (4.8 million US dollar) international credit card scam that used stolen personal information from people as far away as Britain and Spain, officials said.
Actor left to ask: 'Where's the money, Skip?' after court case
Thursday, 2 July 2009
An actor who starred in the iconic 1960s Australian television show Skippy has lost a legal battle for a share of the millions of dollars it has generated in the past 40 years.
'Stoned' wallabies make crop circles
Friday, 26 June 2009
Wallabies snacking in legally grown opium poppy fields are getting "high as a kite" and hopping around in circles, trampling the crops, officials in Tasmania say.
Crop circles, poppies - and tripping wallabies
Thursday, 25 June 2009
Wallabies snacking in opium poppy fields are getting "high as a kite" and hopping around creating crop circles.
Police say Kevin Rudd email was forged
Monday, 22 June 2009
The Australian media are calling it “Utegate”, and the smoking gun was supposed to be an email seeking preferential treatment for a car dealer friend of the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd.
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