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Four people are killed and eight others are injured when two helicopters collide near the Sea World theme park in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
2023-01-2

Australia reports a record for the second consecutive day of 47,738 new cases of COVID-19 and surpasses 500,000 cases of COVID-19.
2022-01-4

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announces a change, effective January 1, to the wording of the country's national anthem, in which the word "young" in the second line "For we are young and free" is changed to "one", in an effort to reflect the country's long indigenous history.
2020-12-31

The governments of Papua New Guinea and Australia confirm that the Manus Regional Processing Centre will close following a ruling by the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea.
2016-08-17

The Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea rules that Australia's detention of asylum seekers on Manus Island breaches the right to personal liberty under the constitution.
2016-04-26

Queensland, Australia, authorities revise the estimated amount of sulphuric acid leaked from Sunday's 26-carriage Aurizon freight train derailment near Julia Creek to 31,500 liters. The train was carrying 819,000 liters, not 200,000 liters as originally thought. Flinders Highway remains closed in both directions.
2015-12-28

Australian Capital Territory becomes the first Australian territory to legalize same-sex marriage while the Government of Australia launches a legal challenge in the High Court.
2013-10-22

The case against Gabe Watson in relation to the death of his newlywed wife Tina on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia is dismissed in the US state of Alabama.
2012-02-23

The death of a Fijian detainee at the Villawood Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, sparks a rooftop protest by Tamil detainees.
2010-09-20

A plane carrying several Australian mining executives including Ken Talbot disappears in either Cameroon or the Republic of the Congo. [https:--web.archive.org-web-20100621005738-http:--newsinfo.inquirer.net-breakingnews-world-view-20100621-276744-Plane-carrying-Australian-execs-missing-over-Africa ("Philippine Daily Inquirer")] [http:--news.bbc.co.uk-2-hi-world-africa-10361073.stm (BBC)] [http:--uk.reuters.com-article-idUKTRE65J2B420100620?feedType=RSS&feedName=worldNews (Reuters)], [http:--www.smh.com.au-business-six-mining-magnates-feared-dead-as-plane-vanishes-in-africa-20100620-ypct.html ("Sydney Morning Herald")]date=August 2019
2010-06-20