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Several athletes test positive for COVID-19, including Australian swimmer Lani Pallister, forcing her to withdraw from the 1500 metre freestyle swimming event.
2024-07-30

Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong calls on Israel to stop its attacks on hospitals, expressing concern about the number of civilian deaths from Israel's assault on Gaza, saying that "international humanitarian law does require the protection of hospitals, of patients and of medical staff".
2023-11-12

New South Wales premier Dominic Perrottet announces that the Australian Aboriginal Flag will be flown permanently above the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which is widely regarded as an iconic Australian landmark. The flag will be flown on top of the bridge's arches alongside the national flag, replacing the flag of New South Wales, after the state government decided against accommodating all three flags.
2022-07-11

Six men are arrested in the Australian state of Victoria in relation to alleged involvement in an international tennis match-fixing syndicate.
2014-07-18

Australia relaxes sanctions on Myanmar, following political reforms in Myanmar, including by-elections earlier this month in which opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party won dozens of seats.
2012-04-16

Researchers at Australia's Monash University have identified a previously unknown species of bottlenose dolphin living in waters in and around Southeastern Australia, which they have named "Tursiops australis".
2011-09-15

43 Afghan migrants on their way to Australia are detained by Indonesian authorities.
2011-03-31

The private equity owners of Australian book sellers Angus & Robertson, the New Zealand news agency chain Whitcoulls and the Australasian franchise of Borders goes into voluntary administration.
2011-02-17

Several rivers flood in the southern state of Victoria, including in the capital Melbourne.
2011-01-14

Another group of asylum seekers starts a new protest at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, while other detainees continue a hunger strike.
2010-09-22