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'Little tug who could' hailed as Aussie flood hero...

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An Australian tugboat pilot became a local hero Thursday after he steered a runaway 300-ton concrete walkway to safety when floods turned it into a floating missile.

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Australia: 'No warning' from refugee boat - Yahoo!...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110124/wl_asia_afp/a...

Refugees caught in wild Australian seas desperately phoned police for help as their boat, only spotted 600 metres from shore, drifted towards cliffs where it smashed apart, a report found Monday.

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Australia navy 'sex ring' unacceptable: minister -...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110125/wl_asia_afp/a...

Australia's defence minister on Tuesday said a report into an alleged sex betting ring on a warship did not make "good reading" and raised issues about a "tribal culture" in the navy.

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Australian PM defends floods tax - Yahoo! News

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Friday defended her plan for a one-off tax to pay for the flood disaster, insisting there was no "big pile of money" to fund the rebuilding.

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Australian PM's computer hacked: report - Yahoo! N...

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's parliamentary computer and the foreign and defence ministers' machines are all suspected of being hacked, with China under suspicion, reports said Tuesday.

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Australian guilty of throwing daughter off bridge ...

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Australian child protection officials Tuesday called for an urgent review of custody dispute protocols after a father was found guilty of throwing his daughter off a bridge "like a rag doll".

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Australia PM urged to meet indigenous people - Yah...

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Australian Aboriginal leaders have urged Prime Minister Julia Gillard to "sit down with us together in the dirt" to discuss tackling social problems in the desert community of Alice Springs.

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Thousands evacuated after Melbourne airport breach...

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Thousands of passengers were evacuated from the Qantas terminal at Melbourne airport and planes delayed on Thursday after a security breach.

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Australia to clamp down on problem gambling - Yaho...

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Australian leader Julia Gillard vowed on Tuesday to clamp down on problem slot machine gambling as the pubs that host the popular games launched a Aus$20 million advertising blitz attacking the move.

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Australian state scraps Aboriginal acknowledgement...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110519/wl_asia_afp/a...

The Victorian state government in Australia on Thursday scraped its policy of forcing ministers to acknowledge traditional Aboriginal landowners at public events in a move that sparked criticism.

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