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Further sites of illicit soft plastic storage are found in Sydney after the collapse of commercial plastic recycler REDcycle. After taking $20 million from Coles and Woolworths to recycle soft plastics at 2,000 locations, the company instead stored 12,000 tonnes of plastics at more than 44 locations across Australia.
2023-04-17

A chartered helicopter travelling to Ulupna Island, Victoria, Australia, crashes into Mount Disappointment, killing all five people onboard.
2022-03-31

Philip Wilson, the Catholic archbishop of Adelaide, Australia, is convicted of concealing sexual abuse of children from authorities.
2018-05-21

Australian electronics retailer Dick Smith, placed in administration by creditors in January, will close 301 stores in Australia and 62 in New Zealand with nearly 3000 people to lose their jobs.
2016-02-25

An al Qaeda affiliate has freed Jocelyn Elliott, an Australian woman kidnapped in Burkina Faso along with her husband.
2016-02-6

The government of Nauru announces that the Nauru Detention Centre will become an "open facility" where people seeking asylum in Australia will be able to move freely around the island.
2015-10-5

A possible new species of giant jellyfish is discovered, washed up on a beach in Australia.
2014-02-6

A judge in Australia rules that Standard & Poor's misled investors in its rating of two pre-crisis issues of structured debt.
2012-11-5

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