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A car crashes into a beer garden in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, killing five people and injuring four others.
2023-11-5

In Port Hedland, Australia, authorities deliberately derail a runaway train after the driver left the train for an inspection. The assemblage consisted of four locomotives and two hundred sixty-eight wagons, was operated by BHP Billiton on the Pilbara Railways, and traveled ninety-two kilometers. The train was en route from Newman to Port Hedland.
2018-11-5

Australian mining and materials company Arrium goes into voluntary administration with 7,000 jobs under threat in Australia, including 1,000 at the Whyalla Steelworks in South Australia.
2016-04-7

Australia announces that it will repatriate the bodies of up to 25 soldiers killed in the early stages of the Vietnam War.
2015-05-25

Mike Baird becomes the 44th Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales.
2014-04-17

Bosses at Australian radio station 2Day FM suspend all advertising until Monday after several major advertisers withdrew their business in the wake of the death of Jacintha Saldanha.
2012-12-8

Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority gives Tiger Airways the all clear to resume operations after a six-week suspension for safety violations.
2011-08-10

UNICEF calls on Australia not to send 18 asylum seekers who are allegedly unaccompanied minors to Malaysia as part of a people swap.
2011-08-5

Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority applies to extend grounding of Tiger Airways services in Australia to August 1.
2011-07-7

Simon Overland resigns as the Chief Commissioner of Police in the Australian state of Victoria following the release of a damning Ombudsman's report on the release of dodgy crime statistics before the 2010 Victorian election.
2011-06-16