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Two tourists from Australia and the United Kingdom die within a week from drinking poisoned alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, bringing the death toll to five. A dozen others remain in hospital.
2024-11-21

Greenpeace partially leaks a draft report from the International Panel on Climate Change, revealing that a number of large oil, coal, beef and animal feed-producing countries including Australia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Argentina are lobbying the IPCC for looser restrictions on global heating.
2021-10-21

Australia closes its borders to all non-Australian residents.
2020-03-19

Around 7,500 people in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, stage a protest against Prime Minister Scott Morrison's lack of acknowledgement towards an ongoing bushfire caused by drought and climate change.
2019-12-11

A message in a bottle found in Australia is confirmed to have been adrift for almost 132 years, making it reportedly the oldest known message in a bottle.
2018-03-7

Tens of thousands of people protest in Washington, D.C. to bring awareness to climate change.
2017-04-29

After eight years in power, the Liberal Party is defeated by the Labor Party in a landslide election. Mark McGowan is set to become the Australian state's new Premier.
2017-03-11

The storm in Australia's New South Wales is declared a "catastrophe" with four deaths, heavy flooding and disruption of transport to the state's largest cities Sydney and Newcastle.
2015-04-22

Australia warns of bushfires due to a 40C (104F) heatwave affecting the country.
2014-01-15

An Australian mining company signs a $70 billion deal to supply Chinese power stations with coal, in the country's biggest ever export contract.
2010-02-6