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An Australian and a British tourist die after consuming poisoned alcohol in Vang Vieng, Laos, bringing the death toll from the incident to five. Nine others are hospitalized.
2024-11-21

Prime Minister Scott Morrison abandons the country's plan to vaccinate all Australians by the end of the year amidst medical advice that makes the vaccination program uncertain.
2021-04-11

Australian artist Nigel Milsom wins the 2015 Archibald Prize for a portrait of barrister Charles Waterstreet who represented Milsom when he was sentenced for armed robbery.
2015-07-17

Chinese authorities advise that they will deport Australian artist Guo Jian arrested before the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests.
2014-06-6

Australians living in the north-western Sydney suburbs of Richmond, Pitt Town and Grono Point are evacuated as the Nepean-Hawkesbury River system floods after Warragamba Dam overflows.
2012-03-3

Star baseball player Barry Bonds is sentenced to 30 days of home detention on obstruction of justice charges following misleading evidence about steroid use.
2011-12-16

Australian criminal Matthew Johnson is found guilty of the murder of drug boss Carl Williams in Victoria's Barwon Prison.
2011-09-29

Australian French Resistance leader Nancy Wake dies in London at the age of 98.
2011-08-7

The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in Darwin warns that Australian travellers face more disruption from ash from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption in Chile.
2011-06-20