Australia fights bushfires in west, floods in east
MAGARET RIVER, Australia (AFP) -- Australia battled twin natural disasters Friday, with bushfires cutting through a picturesque west coast region,…
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Australia joins US diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia will not send officials to the upcoming winter Olympics in Beijing, Prime Minister Scott Morrison…
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Australia approves Covid vaccine for children aged 5-11
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia on Sunday cleared the first Covid-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, with the…
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Australia reports first locally transmitted Omicron case
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia on Friday reported a student with no history of foreign travel had tested positive for…
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Lockdowns sink Australian economy in third quarter
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Pandemic-induced lockdowns caused Australia's economy to shrink 1.9 percent…
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Lockdowns cause Australian economy to shrink
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Lockdowns and border controls shrank Australia's economy by 1.9 percent in the third quarter, official statistics…
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Australia detects first Covid Omicron infections
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Health officials said Sunday they had detected the Covid Omicron strain in Australia for the first…
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Australia bans southern Africa flights over virus concerns
Australia banned flights from nine southern African countries on Saturday, tightening its borders to prevent the entry of the new…
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Tens of thousands rally against Covid curbs in Europe and Australia
by Danny Kemp and Julie Capelle, with AFP bureaus DEN HAAG, Netherlands (AFP) -- Tens of thousands took to…
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Australia looks to wall off sensitive tech from China
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia on Wednesday announced measures to ring-fence dozens of…
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Australia’s coal country looks to a less sooty future
by Andrew LEESON Agence France-Presse NEWCASTLE, Australia (AFP) - Australia's conservative leaders have defied calls for urgent climate action, boasting…
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Australia vows to sell coal ‘for decades’
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - Australia said Monday it will sell coal for "decades into the future" after spurning a pact…
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