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An Australian security contractor is killed outside the Australian embassy in Baghdad. There are unconfirmed reports that he was shot.
2016-05-13

Australian artist Nigel Milsom wins the 2015 Archibald Prize for a portrait of barrister Charles Waterstreet who represented Milsom when he was sentenced for armed robbery.
2015-07-17

Egypt deports Australian journalist Peter Greste after being jailed with two al-Jazeera colleagues Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed 400 days before.
2015-02-1

Former Australian parliamentarian Craig Thomson is found guilty of theft and fraud during his time as national secretary of the Health Services Union.
2014-02-18

The Government of Papua New Guinea reacts angrily after the new Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Bob Carr threatens the imposition of sanctions if elections are delayed.
2012-03-15

Australians commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Bombing of Darwin by Japan during World War II.
2012-02-19

Kidnapped Australian man Warren Rodwell states that his Filipino captors have asked $2 million in ransom.
2012-01-5

Indigenous Australian Kim Scott wins the Miles Franklin Literary Award for his book "That Deadman Dance".
2011-06-22

The Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre in Darwin warns that Australian travellers face more disruption from ash from the 2011 Puyehue-Cordón Caulle eruption in Chile.
2011-06-20

Australian airlines QANTAS and Virgin Australia cancel flights to New Zealand and postpone flights to Argentina due to the continued presence of volcanic ash from the 2011 Puyehue eruption.
2011-06-16