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Australia begins administering booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18 years old who received their second dose at least six months ago.
2021-11-8

A temperature of 47°C (116.6F) is recorded in the remote outback town of Oodnadatta, South Australia, marking Australia's hottest day on record with average temperatures of 40.9°C, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
2019-12-17

A woman in Australia is reported dead from hepatitis after consuming frozen pomegranate. Health authorities have stated that 24 such cases were related to products by Entyce Food Ingredients.
2018-06-6

After eight years in power, the Liberal Party is defeated by the Labor Party in a landslide election. Mark McGowan is set to become the Australian state's new Premier.
2017-03-11

Cardinal George Pell, the third most senior person in the Roman Catholic Church, gives evidence to the Royal Commission in Rome dealing with his time as a priest in the Australian cities of Ballarat and Melbourne.
2016-02-28

Australian rugby star Karmichael Hunt is arrested on charges of supplying cocaine following a Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission operation.
2015-02-20

The small Pacific state of Nauru has run out of money following a legal dispute in Australia.
2014-09-26

A dozen members of the Australian Federal Police are expelled from Vanuatu, following a diplomatic row over the arrest of the Prime Minister of Vanuatu's private secretary in Australia last month. [http:--au.news.yahoo.com-thewest-a---world-13653101-australian-police-thrown-out-of-vanuatu- (AFP via Yahoo News Australia)]date=July 2019
2012-05-10

The Australian town of Gympie, Queensland is threatened by the flooded Mary River following heavy rain overnight of up to 300 mm.
2012-02-25

Militant Australian Islamic preacher Feiz Mohammad calls for Dutch politician Geert Wilders to be "beheaded" for denigrating Islam.
2010-09-3