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Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong expresses concern over growing attacks by residents of settlements on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, saying that "such violence threatens to only inflame tensions and those responsible must be held accountable".
2023-10-31

Australia begins a mass vaccination campaign with the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine. Prime Minister Scott Morrison is one of the first people to receive a vaccine.
2021-02-21

Australia formally recognizes West Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and East Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state but will not move its embassy from Tel Aviv until a peace settlement is reached with the Palestinians.
2018-12-15

The Mary River turtle, which is endemic to the Mary River in south-east Queensland, Australia, is added to the Zoological Society of London's list of endangered species.
2018-04-12

The search for three members of the United States Marines Corps lost in a MV-22 Osprey crash in Shoalwater Bay in the Australian state of Queensland is called off.
2017-08-6

Australia commemorates the one-year anniversary of the execution of the ringleaders the Bali Nine.
2016-04-29

Fair Work Australia orders the Australian airline Qantas and its unions to reach an agreement within 21 days meaning that services will resume on Monday.
2011-10-30

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

Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority grounds all Tiger Airways flights in the country until July 9 due to a range of safety concerns.
2011-07-2

Australia and Malaysia remember the 1945 Sandakan Death Marches on their 65th anniversary.
2010-08-15