Sources: BBC
Six people are killed and seven others are injured in a mass stabbing at a shopping center in Sydney, Australia. The perpetrator is shot and killed by police. 2024-04-13
New South Wales reports Australia's first death from COVID-19 in 10 months after a woman in her 90s died in Sydney after contracting the virus in a family setting. 2021-07-11
Australian MP Peter Dutton claims that Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has lost the support of the majority of the Liberal Party and calls for another leadership vote. Turnbull states that he will resign if another spill is called. 2018-08-23
A hot air balloon hits a tree near Sydney, Australia, wounding 16 people. 2018-03-30
Mungo Man, the oldest human remains in Australia, is returned to Lake Mungo in outback New South Wales, where he was originally buried. 2017-11-17
Presidential frontrunner Rodrigo Duterte jokes about an Australian woman being raped and murdered in Davao City. 2016-04-17
Samoa announces plans to shift west of the international dateline from the east, putting it a day ahead to make trading with Australia and New Zealand easier. 2011-05-9
Myanmar arrests the Australian owner and editor of the "Myanmar Times" newspaper, detained under immigration laws. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-asia-pacific-12440879 (BBC)] [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-221216-myanmar-times-editor-in-chief-arrested ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2011-02-12
92 Afghan asylum seekers escape from the Northern Immigration Detention Centre in Darwin, Australia as part of a protest with four people being hospitalised due to dehydration. 2010-09-1
The highest surface wind gust ever recorded of 220 kt at Barrow Island, Australia in 1996 is ratified by the WMO. 2010-01-27