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Fugitive sex offender caught
A CONVICTED child sex offender on the run has been arrested at an ex-girlfriend's home.
Fugitive sex offender caught
A CONVICTED child sex offender has been arrested at an ex-girlfriend's home in the southern Sydney suburb of Menai.
Clarke's great weight removed - Ponting
RICKY Ponting says Michael Clarke has been able to shrug off his split with Lara Bingle.
MPs booted after Rudd ambush
CHAOS in parliament as Labor suspends Question Time to ambush Tony Abbott on health.
Tourist jailed in sniffer dog stuff-up
WOMAN spends five days in custody on drug charges after tea mistaken for amphetamines.
Schoolboy's 'throat cut in tram attack'
A TRAM driver refused to help a boy who was attacked with a box cutter while on board.
Madoff bashed by ripped-off inmate
FRAUDSTER Bernie Madoff suffered broken nose and fractured ribs after prison attack.
Australia 'economic envy of the world'
MANY countries “would die” to have Australia’s exposure to the US and Asia, economist says.
Aeroplane 'could be brought down for $55'
Manhunt for 'worst' child sex offender
A MANHUNT is being stepped up for a child sex offender on the run after giving prison guards the slip.
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Supervisor details miscalculation on rig
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Opposition fightback in the polls slows
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Child sex offender arrested in Sydney
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Escapee caught after major hunt in Perth
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Defence chief in E Timor to meet troops
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Don't politicise Hu trial, China warns
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School program faces new claims of waste
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ADF risks contempt over success scandal
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Dragun wanted to 'step in front of bus'
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Minors could be charged over 'sexting'
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Buttrose nephew jailed for drug dealing
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Rudd and Abbott to hold debate next week
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Fatty foods affect the brain
Scientists say their studies of the impact on the brain of fatty, sugary foods could shed new light on Australia's obesity epidemic.
EU companies exporting torture tools: Amnesty
A committee of the European parliament will consider evidence that more than 150 countries in the European Union are exporting torture equipment.
Proposal to protect whistleblowers 'not tough enough'
Whistleblowers say the Federal Government's proposed new laws to protect public servants who expose corruption or malpractice are a big move, but not enough.
Ireland to vote on blasphemy ban
Ireland's justice minister has announced there will be a referendum on whether to maintain the country's controversial law against blasphemy.
Power bills to surge, consumers warned
Australian consumers are being warned to brace for a surge in electricity prices after New South Wales announced a 30 per cent increase over the next three years.
Newsreader's depression treatment delayed, inquest told
An inquest into the death of newsreader Charmaine Dragun has heard a psychiatrist was not told about her suicidal thoughts, delaying her treatment by two weeks.
Aid agency pans NATO Afghanistan plan
An international aid agency is rejecting the NATO secretary-general's call for non-government organisations (NGOs) to work alongside military forces in Afghanistan.
Police nab escaped sex offender
New South Wales Police have arrested a convicted sex offender who ran off from his supervisor at Fairfield in Melbourne yesterday.
HIA warns housing shortage set to quadruple
A new report claims Australia's housing shortage will more than quadruple by 2020 if current building trends persist.
Australia 'playing its part' in Afghan surge
Defence Minister John Faulkner says Australian troops will be involved in the next phase of a major operation against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
Flight attempt lands ex-Macquarie banker in jail
A former Macquarie fund manager has been given a prison sentence for attempting to avoid ASIC investigations by trying to flee the country.
Court rules drug law breaches human rights
Victoria's highest court has invoked the state's Charter of Human Rights to send a law back to Parliament on the grounds that it breaches the rights of citizens.
Market recovers gains to end higher
The Australian share market ended the session higher, despite falling flat earlier today on insurer concerns about a cyclone hitting coal mining regions in Queensland.
Bruising debate ends with face-off challenge
Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott traded bitter blows on health policy as the last Question Time until May descended into chaos.
Macklin must seize control of housing program: MLA
A Northern Territory independent politician is appealing for the Federal Government to completely take over a multi-million dollar Aboriginal housing program.
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Names put to soldiers killed in Australia's bloodiest battle
Seventy-five Australian soldiers killed in the World War I battle of Fromelles have been identified, the first of about 250 whose remains were discovered at the site in France more than a year ago.
32 asylum seekers rescued off Australian coast
Australia rescued 32 people seeking asylum this week after spotting them floating on boats off the country's northwest coast.
An Australia tour that wasn't meant to be
First her flight is canceled. Then she misses another flight after her bus breaks down. Finally, Rebecca Canter decides to cancel her Australia tour. But her tour operator refuses her request for a refund. Can it do that?
UK apologizes over 'shameful' child migration program
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown apologized on behalf of the UK government Wednesday over a controversial child migration policy which saw thousands of children separated from their families and sent to Australia and other Commonwealth countries.
Australian child migrants: In their words
"Barbaric ... inexcusable ... unfettered." Those were the words Norman Johnston used to describe his harrowing time as a child migrant in Western Australia.
Jon Wertheim: Federer's resurgence, Hingis thoughts, more mail
Jon, I don't mean to pick on you because many writers made the same mistake, but I seem to remember you writing just before the 2008 U.S. Open that Fed might struggle to ever pass Sampras's mark and that his time at the top was over. Any regrets about that now? --Paul Collins, Halifax, Nova Scotia
India warns Australia over student attacks
India's foreign minister has cautioned his Australian counterpart that the relations between the two countries could be strained unless Australia tackles the continuing attacks on Indian students studying there.
India issues advisory for students in Australia
A weekend killing in Australia has prompted the Indian government to issue an advisory for its college students studying in that country.
Koalas in Australia dying from AIDS, habitat loss
On the operating table lies a sick koala. He's just been brought in by a driver who found the animal sitting in the middle of a busy road. Veterinarian Claude Lacasse determines the koala has not been hit by a car but she immediately detects one serious problem facing many of the marsupials: Chlamydia, a disease which can lead to a very slow and painful death for koalas living in the wild.
Giant iceberg heading toward Australia
A massive iceberg -- more than twice the size of New York's Manhattan island -- is drifting slowly toward Australia, scientists said Wednesday.
Kevin Rudd: Keeping Australia on the world stage
After nearly two years in office, Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, remains committed to keeping Australia at the forefront of global affairs.
Climate skeptic clinches Australia opposition leadership
Australia's main opposition Liberal party appointed a climate change skeptic as its leader on Tuesday in a move that all but kills plans by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to have an emissions trading scheme passed into law ahead of the Copenhagen climate change summit.
Australia issues 'catastrophic' fire warning
Authorities are asking residents in some some parts of south Australia to evacuate their homes as an impending heat wave prompted the nation to issue its first "catastrophic" brush fire warning.
Australia: Boat sinks with 39 on board
Eighteen people were rescued -- but as many as 21 others were missing -- after a boat sank late Sunday in remote seas off Australia's Cocos Islands, according to Australian Customs and Border Protection Service officials.
Five convicted in Australia of terror
Five men were convicted Friday in Sydney, Australia, of trying to commit terrorist acts in the country's longest-ever terror trial, court officials said.
Analysis: 'Blackface Jacksons' embarrassing to Australia
That Australia is once again defending itself against claims of racism is not surprising.
Rig spill causes oil slick off Australia
Crews worked Monday to disperse an oil slick that stretches 8 nautical miles through remote waters off the coast of northwestern Australia.
13 missing on Papua New Guinea flight
A plane carrying 13 people -- including nine passengers from Australia -- went missing on its way from Port Moresby to Kokoda in Papua New Guinea, the Australia Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Vanderbilt hoops team to embark on tour of Australia
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- The Vanderbilt Commodores are about to go down under for some preseason bonding and extra play time.
Polar blog: 'There's something afoot in the Arctic'
I'm writing this blog from Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a cold katabatic wind is blowing off the ice onto the deck of the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise.
Aborigines at 'higher risk' of swine flu
Australia's Aboriginal people are at greater risk from the H1N1 virus, the country's health minister has warned.
'Best job in the world' winner to be named
Sixteen people vying for what is being dubbed the "best job in the world" will on Wednesday learn who has won the post of caretaker for the tropical paradise of Hamilton island in Queensland, Australia.
Final interviews begin for island dream job
Sixteen applicants arrived in Hamilton Island on Sunday for the final interviews to pick a caretaker for the tropical paradise in Queensland, Australia.
Rudd: Human smugglers 'scum of the earth'
Australia's prime minister Friday slammed those engaged in human trafficking after an explosion aboard a boat carrying Afghan refugees killed three people and injured more than 40 others near Ashmore Reef, off Australia's northwest coast.
World Soccer: Future looks bright for Australia's long-suffering fans
In the same week in late February that the fourth season of Australia's A-League reached its climax with the showpiece Grand Final between the Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United, Football Federation Australia moved offices. The common timing of the two events is not entirely coincidental nor insignificant.
Ship spills chemicals in waters off Australia
A container ship lost 30 containers of chemicals in heavy seas off eastern Australia on Wednesday morning, maritime officials said.
Mass stranding of whales, dolphins in Australia
Rescuers have saved more than 50 whales and five dolphins that stranded themselves on a beach in Tasmania, officials said Monday.
5 championship surf spots
For pro-surfers like nine-time world champion Kelly Slater, flying from continent to continent looking for the perfect wave seems like a freewheeling lifestyle, but for amateurs, it requires careful planning.
Australia fire death toll reaches 210
The death toll from bushfires in southeastern Australia has risen to 210, police in the state of Victoria said Tuesday.
Australia mourns victims of deadly wildfires
Church bells rang throughout Australia on Sunday as the country remembered the victims of this month's devastating fires -- and firefighters braced themselves for the possibility of more blazes.
Police question man over Australia wildfire
Police were questioning a man taken into custody Friday in connection with one of the many wildfires that have laid waste to parts of southeastern Australia. No other details were immediately available.
Winds continue to spread Australia's wildfires
Winds whipping across southeastern Australia's countryside continued to fan deadly brushfires Wednesday, spreading flames through rural towns and ravaging scores of homes.
Australian PM: Wildfire arson is mass murder
Investigators in Australia believe some of the deadly wildfires ravaging dry southeastern bushland may have been set, a conclusion prompting Australia's prime minister to call such acts "mass murder."
Fast, fickle, fatal: Face-to-face with wildfires
It was the speed that caught us off guard. And the noise. Like a roaring, out-of-control freight train.
Raging Australia bushfires kill at least 35
Deadly bushfires raged on in southeast Australia on Sunday despite cooler temperatures and scores of firefighters trying to control the flames.
Border cops claim bird-brain stuffed live pigeons in tights
Customs officials in Australia have cried fowl after searching a airline traveler -- and allegedly finding two live pigeons stuffed in his tights.
Two men found in cooler want to stay in Australia
Two men found floating in a giant cooler off the Australian coast say they want to stay in Australia and don't want to go home, immigration officials said Friday.
Blow-up doll sex suspect arrested in Australia
Police in Australia have arrested a man accused of breaking into an adult shop and having sex with blow-up dolls, it was reported Wednesday.
Australia denies another request to resettle Guantanamo detainees
Australia declined a request from the Bush administration to resettle detainees held by the United States at Guantanamo Bay, the Australian Associated Press agency (AAP) reported Saturday.
Australia asked to resettle Guantanamo inmates
Australia is considering a request from the Bush administration to resettle detainees from Guantanamo Bay, though it is unlikely to accept, the prime minister's office said Friday.
'Australia' a 'mammoth task,' says film's designer
Famed for her opulent theatrical style in films like "Strictly Ballroom" and "Moulin Rouge!," production designer Catherine Martin is probably the last person you might expect to find in the remote Outback of Australia knocking up a film set.
Review: 'Australia' weighed down by artifice
When the subject of Australia is as ambitious as the character of an entire country, and the filmmaker is as effusive as Down Under's native son Baz Luhrmann, a ballsy Aussie cinematic razzle-Bazzle is to be expected. To be longed for, actually.
Safe sex ideas that raise eyebrows
Most people know that condoms prevent the spread of HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Australia Opens National Tsunami Warning Center
Australia became an integral link in a network of tsunami warning hubs across the Indian and Pacific oceans with the official opening of a national monitoring center Friday
Blue skies, blue days in rural Australia
It sounds like the ultimate advertisement jingle for a holiday: Blue skies, nothing but blue skies, all day long.
Australia to guarantee bank deposits
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Sunday that his government will guarantee all deposits in the country's banks and financial institutions for the next three years.
Australia: Outrage over sheep truck deaths
Australian animal protection activists repeated their calls Tuesday for an end to the long-distance transport of livestock after 400 sheep died in a wreck.
Natural born killers
Setting one species up to scare off or even kill another is nothing new.
The Political Rock Star Helps Another Odd Bird
Former Midnight Oil lead singer Peter Garrett, now Australia's environment minister, races to the rescue of the Southern Cassowary, a creature that does a fair job of protecting itself
Starbucks closing 61 stores in Australia
Starbucks is closing more than two-thirds of its stores in Australia, days after announcing that hundreds of its American coffee outlets are also being shuttered.
Pope Apologizes for Sex Abuse
Pope Benedict XVI used some of the strongest language yet in his apology for the sexual abuse of children by Australia's Roman Catholic clergy
The Pope Thinks Young in Australia
Forget Abba, Australia hails the octogenarian pontiff like a 21st century rock star, even though he has a very old-school sermon for everyone
Australia's Stolen Generation finds its voice
It may lack the prestige of Cannes, but this year's Sydney Film Festival was an equally glitzy and glamorous affair, attracting some Hollywood heavyweights.
Australia Starts Kangaroo Killing
Australian authorities have started the controversial killing of
about 400 kangaroos on the outskirts of Australia's capital of
Canberra, animal rights activists said Monday
Australia's Gun Laws: Little Effect
New research on tough firearms restrictions passed in Australia in 1996 suggests they have had little impact on gun violence
Ancient Tools Unearthed in Australia
Tools dating back at least 35,000 years have been unearthed in a rock shelter in Australia's remote northwest, making it one of the oldest archaeological finds in that part of the country, archaeologists said Monday
Full text of Australia's apology to Aborigines
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd introduced a motion in the Australian national parliament Tuesday, apologizing for past mistreatment of the country's Aboriginal population. Here is the full text of that apology:
E. Timor president survives shooting
East Timor's president Jose Ramos-Horta arrived in Australia on Monday on full life support after being shot twice in an assassination attempt in his country, a medical official said.
Australia Learns to Say "I'm Sorry"
The government finally apologizes to Aborigines forcibly taken from their families over the course of six decades. But don't ask for compensation
Cell phone call leads to quick rescue for trapped miners
Twenty-seven miners were rescued Monday less than five hours after a landslide trapped them deep below ground in a gold mine west of Melbourne, Australia, police said.
Scientists find clue in mystery of the vanishing bees
A virus found in healthy Australian honey bees may be playing a role in the collapse of honey bee colonies across the United States, researchers reported Thursday.
Australia outlines new citizenship test
People who want to become Australians will have to commit to broad values of "mateship" and may need to brush up on horse racing and political history under new citizenship tests outlined by the government on Sunday.
Coffee gets a color correction
It's not just a mood ring for your mocha. This coffee lid from Australia, which changes color with the temperature of your beverage, is also a hot seller.
Freed doctor leaves Australia
An Indian doctor flew home from Australia early Sunday after prosecutors dropped a charge linking him to recent failed terrorist bombings in Britain.
Freed doctor can leave Australia
A former suspect charged in connection with the foiled terrorist bomb attacks in Britain was free to leave Australia Saturday, a day after prosecutors dropped charges against the Indian-born doctor, according to Australia's Immigration Minister.
Australia detains man in terror probe
A doctor taken into custody Monday while trying to fly out of Australia was the eighth person detained as British investigators focused on several foreign-born doctors believed to have played a role in the attempted terror attacks in London and Glasgow over the weekend, Australian officials and sources said.
Indian doctor charged in UK terror attempts
A 27-year-old Indian national, detained in Australia, has been charged in connection with terrorism incidents in Britain last month, Australian authorities told CNN.
Tsunami warnings for Pacific after quake
Two large back-to-back earthquakes centered in the region of the Solomon Islands triggered a tsunami warning Sunday for a huge part of the Pacific including Australia and Indonesia.
Why foreign companies are buying our toll roads
Someone call Lou Dobbs: America's highways are are up for sale. States are auctioning off the rights to manage their roads - often to overseas firms. What's driving the trend?
CNN Future Summit forum
"Heaven or hell: will technology destroy humanity or turn us into superhumans?"
Row brews over Papua refugees
Australia's government is hoping to avoid escalating a diplomatic spat between Canberra and Jakarta over the granting of temporary visas to asylum seekers from the Indonesian province of Papua.
Australia cyclone 'like atom bomb'
The worst storm to hit Australia in decades has wreaked havoc to its northeastern coast, mowing down sugar and banana crops and leaving thousands of people homeless.
The Buzz About Medical Honey
Ancient Egyptians treated injuries with honey, and World War II doctors dressed wounds with it. Now honey is back on the medical scene, thanks to a startup called MediHoney.
Canberra passes abortion drug vote
Australia's lawmakers have voted Thursday to remove regulatory control of a controversial abortion drug away from the health minister.
Showdown looms over abortion pill
Australia's federal lawmakers have a rare chance to vote outside party lines this week and go with their conscience on what has become a fevered debate on abortion.
Winds of change stir energy market
Energy company AGL will spend Aust. $236 million ($177 million) to build Australia's largest wind farm.
Fires threaten to spoil the party
Soaring mercury, strong gusty winds and no rain in sight -- it's bushfire season in Australia, and if the early signs are any indication, it's going to be another long, hot struggle.
Climate group wants growth balance
A meeting in Sydney of six Asia-Pacific nations to address climate change issues has concluded with member countries seeking to balance continued economic growth with the need to cut greenhouse emissions.
Australia mulls Afghan troop plea
Australia will decide next week whether it will again send troops to Afghanistan, Prime Minister John Howard has said.
Apostles lose one of their own
It has taken just a few seconds for the sea to remake one of Australia's most distinctive coastal attractions, the Twelve Apostles.
Jakarta 'recalling Canberra envoy'
Indonesia's ambassador to Australia is being called back to Indonesia after completing barely half of his three year term, according to a report in Australia's Sydney Morning Herald newspaper.
Jakarta condemns terror threat
The Indonesian Government has vowed it will not be intimidated by threats following the discovery of a suspected biological agent mailed to the Indonesian embassy in Australia.
Australia to check detainee cases
The row over Australia's mandatory detention policy has heated up after revelations that more than 200 cases of possible wrongful detention are being examined.
Threat to missions in Cambodia
Australia has beefed up security at its embassy in the southeast Asian nation of Cambodia after receiving a terror threat linked to Canberra's role in the war on Iraq.
Australia warns on Jakarta travel
Australia has again advised its citizens to stay away from Indonesia after Jakarta police warned of possible suicide bombings in the Indonesian capital.
India accepted to East Asia summit
Australia's participation at a key regional trade, economic and security summit in Asia remains in doubt, according to Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar.
Vietnam backs Canberra summit bid
Vietnam will back Australia's bid to be included in a key Asian forum to be held later this year despite Canberra's reluctance to sign a regional non-aggression pact, the Southeast Asian nation's leader told media Thursday.
Trade, region focus for Vietnam PM
Vietnamese Prime Minister Phan Van Khai will arrive in Australia Thursday for a three-day visit to Canberra, Brisbane and the Gold Coast.
Delta looks for new manager
Pop singer and actor Delta Goodrem confirmed reports Wednesday that she is looking for a new manager, effectively replacing her mother in the role.
Your e-mails: Australia
CNN.com asked users to share their thoughts about the political, spiritual, economic and other global issues the next pope will face. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited:
China, Australia act on trade pact
Australia and China have signed a pact to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement (FTA), with Australian Prime Minister John Howard saying Canberra recognizes China as a "market economy".
Your e-mails: Australia
CNN.com asked its readers to share their views on the death of Pope John Paul II, who died Saturday. Here is a sampling from thousands of responses, some of which have been edited.
Australia sending support planes
Australian Prime Minister John Howard is again sending military transport aircraft and a supply ship to Indonesia to help the earthquake relief effort there.
Australia sending more Iraq troops
Australia will boost its troop commitment to Iraq by more than a half, the government announced Tuesday, following a request for help from the United Kingdom.
Timeless turns: Falls Creek, Australia
Show what a thoughtful and creative parent you are: Head Down Under to keep everyone content.
Australia affirms Aceh aid deal
Australia has reaffirmed its commitment to working in a partnership with Indonesia to rebuild areas hit by the December 26 tsunami.
Australia tops travel guide poll
Look up, Down Under, you're likely to see an increasing number of tourists heading your way soon.
Our pride, by first Iraqis to vote
In Syria on Friday, an Iraqi expatriate, voting in the nation's first free elections in more than half a century, said he felt "as if I've just been born."
First Iraqis cast their vote
As insurgent attacks continue at home, Iraqi expatriates in Australia have begun the global voting process for Iraq's first democratic elections in almost 50 years, turning out in their hundreds Friday morning.
Burns doctor honored in Australia
A doctor who pioneered spray-on skin for victims of the 2002 Bali bomb blasts has been named Australian of the Year.
Australia: News & Videos about Australia - CNN.com
Find stories, videos, and photos about Australia from CNN.com.
The Sydney Royal Easter Show Is Coming
It's more than a country fair and includes daredevil acts, thrill rides, fashion shows, contests of skill, grand parades, rodeo, and agricultural displays. The Royal Easter Show runs from April 1 to 14 this year and encompasses Australia's four-day Easter long weekend. Photo: Carnival ride at the Sydney Royal Easter Show, courtesy Easter in Sydney Festival The Sydney Royal Easter Show Is Coming originally appeared on About.com Australia / New Zealand Travel on Wednesday, March 17th, 2010 at 00:00:00.
The Sydney Royal Easter Show is a massive city attraction drawing not only Sydneysiders but visitors from interstate and overseas. It's not to everyone's liking, but if you haven't been to it at all, it may be an experience worth having.
St Patrick's Day Parades Around the World
Ireland Travel Guide Bernd Biege takes us on a global trip in St Patrick's Day Parades Go Global from Dublin to Paris to Sydney... Photo: St Patrick's Day merrymakers in Sydney © Larry Rivera, licensed to About.com, Inc St Patrick's Day Parades Around the World originally appeared on About.com Australia / New Zealand Travel on Monday, March 15th, 2010 at 00:00:01.
Yes, the world goes green as St Patrick's Day is celebrated all around the world.
Journey Back in Time in the Adelaide Hills
Hahndorf, settled in 1839 by Prussian Lutherans fleeing religious persecution in Europe, retains many of its heritage buildings and seems to have been frozen in time. Photo: A horse-drawn cart on the main street of Hahndorf © South Australian Tourism Commission Journey Back in Time in the Adelaide Hills originally appeared on About.com Australia / New Zealand Travel on Saturday, March 13th, 2010 at 00:00:00.
From the outskirts of the South Australia capital of Adelaide, the contiguous area of hills, mountains, fields, valleys and rivers known as the Adelaide Hills fans out through some of the state's most picturesque features.
Get Your Bearings at Bowali
Accessed through a meandering path, Bowali Visitor Centre contains interpretive displays of Kakadu country and ecology, providing insights into the land and its traditional people, as well as giving practical guidance in exploring the wonders of Kakadu. Photo: Bowali Visitor Centre © Tourism NT Get Your Bearings at Bowali originally appeared on About.com Australia / New Zealand Travel on Thursday, March 11th, 2010 at 00:00:02.
Bowali Visitor Centre, within Kakadu National Park, lies just south of the junction of the Kakadu and Arnhem Highways in Australia's Northern Territory.
Cruise Lake Wakatipu on the TSS Earnslaw
Regular Lake Wakatipu sightseeing cruises from Queenstown are available on the Earnslaw. Queenstown, of course, prides itself on being the "adventure capital of the world," so there's much more to do there. Photo: TSS Earnslaw on Lake Wakatipu © Real Journeys Cruise Lake Wakatipu on the TSS Earnslaw originally appeared on About.com Australia / New Zealand Travel on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 at 00:00:00.
The TSS Earnslaw is a vintage steamship that evokes the feel of a bygone era when steamers and paddle wheelers plied Lake Wakatipu in New Zealand and ferried sheep, cattle and passengers to lakeside farms and stations.
Get Set for the Golden Slipper
Golden Slipper Day offers a full day's racing — and entertainment — with nine races on the day. There's parking at the racecourse for those who drive and there are trains and buses to the racecourse for those who prefer public transport. Photo: Racing in Rosehill Gardens, courtesy Easter in Sydney Festival | Tourism New South Wales Get Set for the Golden Slipper originally appeared on About.com Australia / New Zealand Travel on Sunday, March 7th, 2010 at 00:00:03.
The Golden Slipper, Sydney's richest horse race and the world's richest race for two-year-old thoroughbreds with prizemoney of A$3.5 million, is run this year on Easter Saturday, April 3. at Sydney's Rosehill Gardens.
Canberra Goes Festive
The Canberra Festival features community activities, art, performance, film, and music, celebrating Australia's capital city, and its people and culture, in intriguing, new ways. During the festival, up to 50 hot air balloons will fly over Canberra. Photos: Hot air balloons take off from the grounds of Old Parliament House © Australian Capital Tourism; National Museum of Australia, by John Gollings, courtesy National Museum of Australia Canberra Goes Festive originally appeared on About.com Australia / New Zealand Travel on Friday, March 5th, 2010 at 00:00:15.
Canberra starts its nine-day Canberra Festival on March 6 which includes festivities on Canberra Day, March 8, a public holiday in the Australian Capital Territory.
Canberra museums will highlight the capital city's heritage and history in its various displays.
It's Moomba Time
There's a host of activities on and along the Yarra River and at Docklands, with the colorful Moomba parade — with its long line of "fantasy" floats and costumed participants — occurring on Labor Day Monday, March 8, in the heart of the city. Photo: Moomba merrymakers © Tourism Victoria It's Moomba Time originally appeared on About.com Australia / New Zealand Travel on Thursday, March 4th, 2010 at 00:00:00.
Get set for Melbourne's massive carnival-like festival, Moomba, which takes place over Victoria's Labor Day long weekend (March 5-8).
Top 10 Free Melbourne Attractions
Photo: Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens © Tourism Victoria Top 10 Free Melbourne Attractions originally appeared on About.com Australia / New Zealand Travel on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 at 00:00:00.
If the best things in life are free, then Melbourne visitors should enjoy a number of free attractions available in the city, from taking the free Melbourne City Circle tram and City Tourist Shuttle to visiting Flinders St Station, Federation Square and its exhibition venues, Melbourne Royal Botanic Gardens, and various other Melbourne attractions within walking distances of one another.
Arnhem Land Dancers Perform at Adelaide Festival
In a collaboration with award-winning director Nigel Jamieson, Ngurrumilmarrmiriyu (Wrong Skin) by the Chooky Dancers fuses traditional culture, dance, film and comedy with influences drawn from mobile phone technology to Saturday night discos, Taiwanese martial art videos and Bollywood. Ngurrumilmarrmiriyu, one of the festival highlights, plays Adelaide's Her Majesty's Theatre, 58 Grote St, from March 11 to 14. Bookings on 131-246 or Bass Online. The Adelaide Festival of Arts takes place every two years. This year, it opened on February 26 and closes on March 14. Photo: Two of the Chooky Dancers, courtesy Adelaide Festival of Arts 2010 Arnhem Land Dancers Perform at Adelaide Festival originally appeared on About.com Australia / New Zealand Travel on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 00:00:04.
From Elcho Island off the northeast coast of Arnhem Land, the Chooky Dancers of that remore Northern Territory island bring a story of forbidden love to this year's Adelaide Festival of Arts.
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Australia--Risking Loss of Heritage
Political correctness is threatening the land Down Under with the loss of the heritage that built that nation.
Pope Ropes in Australian Anglicans
The Romanizing of traditional Christianity reaches Down Under.
Is Global Warming Causing Extreme Weather?
Extreme droughts in one nation, heavy snows in another. Is this a coincidence, or is something behind it?
Australia: Bushfires Wreaking Havoc, Again
Who's Sorry Now?
Appeasers and revisionists seek apologies for past history.
Drought Continues to Plague Australia's Breadbasket
Terror Touches Australia
In the second such incident within the past few years, a terrorist plot is unveiled in Australia.
The Year's Most Crucial Election
While politicians and pundits remain ignorant of its impact on world affairs, tensions build toward the most crucial national election of 2009.
Far-Right Landslide in Austria
New Trade Pact Furthers ASEAN Integration
Australia: The Other Natural Disaster
Why So Many Disasters?
Records continue to tumble annually as the Anglo-Saxon nations suffer from an unprecedented series of disasters. What’s the reason for this battering from a record-breaking series of catastrophes?
Australia: Fires, Floods and Fulfilled Prophecy!
The devastating fires and floods in Australia ought to be a wake-up call to the nation.
Australia--Reality Dawns
From budget surplus to impending deficit in just one year. That’s hardly an encouraging scenario for Australia’s current federal government.
Ex-PM Attacks Aussie Heritage
A former Australian prime minister attacked the watershed battle that put Australia on the map.
Drought Worsens in Australia's Murray-Darling
The Land Down Under Is Going Under
It doesn’t matter how many surfers there are in Australia—the coming surge of home foreclosures and bank failures will pulverize the economy. No one will be able to ride out this wave.
Aussie Bank to Bring America's Biggest Bankers to Their Knees?
With American banks already in trouble, an Australian bank made matters worse—by telling the truth!
Weather: God's Bullhorn to Mankind
Few people comprehend the centrality of the weather to human existence. Even fewer see a divine presence in our out-of-control skies.
Australia and a Prophetic Warning
In a time of change, a vital message goes out to Australians.
Anzac Heroes
The heroic stand by the forces of Australia and New Zealand at Gallipoli has links that extend back to biblical times.
Australia--Meant to Be
In the ongoing argument as to whether Australia should cast off its moorings from mother England, one overarching truth is neglected.
Australia--Savages on the Fringe
Vicious, senseless youth crimes stain civilized society in the land Down Under.
Australia--Trailing Behind the Trend
As Europe tires of the center-left politics of a previous decade, Australia drifts in the backwash, trailing behind the trends to its north.
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Commonwealth of Australia
Capital: Canberra / Largest city: Sydney
The Commonwealth of Australia is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the mainland of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and a number of other islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The neighbouring countries are Indonesia, East Timor, and Papua New Guinea to the north, the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and New Caledonia to the north-east, and New Zealand to the south-east.
The Australian mainland has been inhabited for more than 42,000 years by Indigenous Australians. After sporadic visits by fishermen from the north and then European discovery by Dutch explorers in 1606, the eastern half of Australia was later claimed by the British in 1770 and initially settled through penal transportation as part of the colony of New South Wales, commencing on 26 January 1788. As the population grew and new areas were explored, another five largely self-governing Crown Colonies were established during the 19th century.
On 1 January 1901, the six colonies became a federation, and the Commonwealth of Australia was formed. Since federation, Australia has maintained a stable liberal democratic political system and remains a Commonwealth realm. The capital city is Canberra, located in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT). The population is 21 million, and is concentrated in the mainland state capitals of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, and Adelaide.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia