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Ukraine says that it has recaptured from Russia four Black Sea oil platforms known as the Boyko Towers in Crimea.
2023-09-11

Australia designates the entirety of Hamas, including its political wing, as a terrorist organisation, and also designates Atomwaffen Division, Tahrir al-Sham and the Guardians of Religion Organization as terrorist organisations.
2022-02-17

China suspends imports of beef from four Australian abattoirs, saying that its customs agency "continuously" found violations of inspection and quarantine requirements. Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian says the suspension comes to "ensure the safety and health of Chinese consumers". This comes after the Australian government last month called for an independent inquiry into the origins of the novel coronavirus.
2020-05-12

The Australian government announces that it will hold a referendum on recognition of local government in the constitution simultaneously with the federal election on September 14.
2013-05-9

Asylum seekers stage another riot at the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre burning parts of the Australian government facility.
2011-03-17

The Government of Australia sends a QANTAS jet to evacuate Australians trapped in Egypt while the United States Government charters jets to evacuate its citizens.
2011-01-31

An armed group kidnaps at least two Americans, two Frenchmen and a Canadian from a Transocean oil rig in the Okoro Oilfield off the coast of Niger Delta, Nigeria, injuring two others.
2010-11-8

The Australian Government announces that it will establish two new Immigration detention centres in Northam, Western Australia and Inverbrackie, South Australia and end detention of children and family groups.
2010-10-18

Two workers are missing and more than thirty workers are trapped in an oil rig in the Shengli oil field off Dongying in China's Shandong province.
2010-09-8

Transocean oil platform "Deepwater Horizon" sinks into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Louisiana after an explosion two days earlier that injured 7, with 11 still missing.
2010-04-22