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At least 10 people are killed by thunderstorms and strong winds in the eastern Australian states of Queensland and Victoria.
2023-12-27

Australia and India sign a A$12.6 billion trade deal aimed at strengthening India's manufacturing sector by allowing access to more raw materials, and to also reduce Australia's dependence on China after China placed sanctions on some Australian goods following several political disputes.
2022-04-2

Victoria reports a record 1,438 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, surpassing New South Wales as the epicentre of the pandemic in Australia. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews blames the increase on illegal parties held to celebrate the AFL Grand Final and also announces that the time between doses of the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine will be reduced to three weeks.
2021-09-30

The Therapeutic Goods Administration grants provisional approval for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the fourth vaccine to be approved for use in Australia.
2021-08-9

Thousands, including some from Australia, protest in London, England, against the renewal of the United Kingdom's Trident nuclear deterrent system, the largest anti-nuclear rally since 1983. Leader of the Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn, Scottish National Party leader and First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, the Welsh Plaid Cymru Party, and the Green Party participated in the march. A parliamentary vote on renewing Trident is expected this year.
2016-02-27

Voters in Australia go to the polls for a federal election with the Liberal-National Coalition Opposition led by Opposition Leader Tony Abbott winning government.
2013-09-7

The Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard announces that the next federal election will be held on September 14.
2013-01-30

A boat carrying 70 asylum seekers en route to Australia sinks off the coast of Java in Indonesia with eight confirmed deaths and fifteen people missing.
2011-11-1

In Australia, Prime Minister Julia Gillard says that News Limited – the Australian arm of News Corporation – will face "hard questions" in the wake of the phone hacking scandal.
2011-07-20

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