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Diana Bliss, wife of Alan Bond, mourned after sudden death
Diana Bliss, the wife of the disgraced Australian tycoon Alan Bond, has been found dead in the pool of their Perth beachside mansion.
29 Jan 2012
Julia Gillard's shoe held to ransom
Aborigine protesters demand "give us back our country" as they brandish Australian prime minister's lost shoe.
27 Jan 2012
Papua New Guinea mutiny ended and 'dealt with'
Attempted 'coup' over within a matter of hours, according to coutnry's prime minister.
26 Jan 2012
Stop teaching 'nonsense' alternative medicine, say doctors
Australia's top doctors have banded together to urge universities to stop teaching "nonsense" alternative medicine courses such as aromatherapy and homoeopathy.
26 Jan 2012
| CommentsConfusion in Papua New Guinea 'coup'
Prime Minister claims earlier mutiny is over and government has regained full control of barracks.
26 Jan 2012
Julia Gillard saved by riot police
Police were forced to escort Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard from a restaurant near Parliament House in Canberra on Australia Day, when protesters surrounded the eatery.
26 Jan 2012
Gillard rescued by riot police
Australian PM dragged to safety after becoming stranded in a building during Aboriginal rights protest in Canberra.
26 Jan 2012
| CommentsMP copies Michael Douglas
Australian Transport Minister Anthony Albanese has been accused of parroting Michael Douglas' speech in the 1995 film The American President.
25 Jan 2012
Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom refused bail
A New Zealand judge ordered Kim Dotcom, the founder of online file-sharing site Megaupload.com, to be held in custody for another month on Wednesday, saying the suspected Internet pirate posed a significant flight risk.
25 Jan 2012
60 feared dead in Papua New Guinea landslide
As many as 60 people are feared dead after a massive landslide wiped out an entire village.
25 Jan 2012
| CommentsMuseum reports theft 12 years late
The National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, one of Australia's leading art galleries, has reported the theft of a painting by British landscape artist Richard Parkes Bonington – 12 years after it went missing.
25 Jan 2012
| CommentsBritish backpacker 'died from falling masonry during New Zealand quake'
An unreinforced masonry building, which collapsed killing a British backpacker in last year's Christchurch earthquake, was not structurally assessed for safety after a big shake two months earlier, an inquiry has heard.
25 Jan 2012
Kim Dotcom: Megaupload tycoon's flamboyant lifestyle in New Zealand
The Megaupload founder used his millions to fund a playboy lifestyle.
24 Jan 2012
Gillard backs down in Queen row
Prime minister had claimed Australian taxpayers had to pay for gifts given out by the Queen during her visit last year.
24 Jan 2012
| CommentsPolice boat capsizes during search for missing boy
A police boat assisting in a search for a missing Congolese boy in Australia has overturned off a New South Wales beach.
24 Jan 2012
Buckingham Palace in gift row with Australian PM
Spat over precisely who paid for royal gifts handed out during the Queen's visit last year.
24 Jan 2012
| CommentsFrance returns 20 Maori heads to New Zealand
Authorities in New Zealand on Monday received 20 ancestral heads of Maori ethnic people once held in several French museums.
23 Jan 2012
| CommentsAustralia's defence minister releases documents exposing crimes
Australia's defence minister has released a batch of internal "hot issue" documents that expose over 100 crimes, mishaps and delinquent behaviour by troops, including an alleged murder, sexual assaults and bar fights.
20 Jan 2012
Australian opposition leader criticised
Australia's Opposition leader, Tony Abbott, has been criticised for making a "tasteless" joke about the Costa Concordia disaster.
20 Jan 2012
Australia to make history by recognising Aborigines
Australia is poised to make historic changes to its constitution recognising Aborigines as the first people of the continent.
19 Jan 2012
| CommentsSurfer pulled under water in 'Jaws' like shark attack
An Australian surfer was recovering on Thursday after being dragged under the water by a shark "like Jaws".
19 Jan 2012
F-word 'becoming vernacular' in Australia
A snack maker in Australia can call its product "Nuckin Futs" after authorities accepted the f-word was part of the country's vernacular.
18 Jan 2012
Campaign to make sheep shearing an Olympic event
The New Zealand Farmers Federation wants sheep shearing made into an Olympic event.
18 Jan 2012
| CommentsQueen 'moon' man: charge change
Australian police have downgraded charges against a man who "mooned" Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as they drove past tens of thousands of well-wishers during a visit to Brisbane.
17 Jan 2012
More than 50 dead fur seals wash up in Australia
More than 50 dead New Zealand fur seals have been found washed up on a beach in South Australia in unexplained circumstances, environmental officials said on Tuesday.
17 Jan 2012
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