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Namibia cause a historic upset by defeating former champions Sri Lanka by 55 runs in the opening game of the T20 World Cup in Australia.
2022-10-16

Australia announces its agreement to join the United States' coalition, along with the United Kingdom and Bahrain, to prevent Iran from targeting ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz. Australia will deploy a Boeing P-8 Poseidon and a frigate.
2019-08-21

Australia and Canada deploy surveillance aircraft to Japan to monitor ship-to-ship transfers between North Korean vessels that bypass United Nations sanctions. The aircraft join a warship already deployed by the United Kingdom.
2018-04-28

A measles outbreak from the Philippines has spread into Australia, Canada, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
2014-02-12

A boat carrying 380 asylum seekers en route from Indonesia to Australia sinks off the coast of Java with hundreds of people missing.
2011-12-17

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

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

Law enforcement agencies in Victoria, Australia, the United Kingdom and Spain conduct raids in relation to allegedly corrupt behaviour by the currency subsidiary of the Reserve Bank of Australia.
2010-10-6

Actor Paul Hogan is banned from leaving Australia until he settles a multi-million dollar tax bill.
2010-08-25

A man detonates a homemade bomb outside a shopping mall in Darwin, Australia, wounding 15 people.
2010-02-3