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Tourist narrowly escapes encounter with Australia’s most venomous snake
Tengrinews.kz - Australia is renowned for its unique wildlife but encounters with venomous snakes can be a true test of nerves. A recent incident
27 November 2024
Trapped tourist in Australia had his leg amputated in rescue
Tengrinews.kz - A 60-year-old foreign tourist was left in critical condition and lost his leg after being trapped for more than 20 hours between
25 November 2024
Australia introduces bill to ban social media for under-16s
Tengrinews.kz - The Australian government has launched a bill in parliament that bans social media for children under 16, proposing fines of
21 November 2024
Australian company received permission to explore uranium in Kazakhstan
Tengrinews.kz - C29 Metals, a company listed on the Australian stock exchange, has received an official Category 2 environmental permit for
08 November 2024
Australia plans to ban social media for under-16s
Tengrinews.kz - The Australian government has proposed to ban social media, including Instagram and TikTok, for children under 16 due to potential
07 November 2024
Australian workers granted the right to ignore work messages outside office hours
Tengrinews.kz - Australian workers now have a legal right to ignore work-related calls and messages outside of working hours, according to Daily
27 August 2024
New fossils show life on Earth at least 3.7bn years old
Life on Earth is even older than we though - fossils dating back a staggering 3.7 billion years have been discovered.
01 September 2016
Bogan, ranga, rurosexual added to Australian dictionary
Heading Down Under where locals are "dry as a dead dingo's donger" and beachgoers don "budgie smugglers"?
25 August 2016
Aping jazz greats, orangutan makes music Down Under
An orangutan living in an Australian zoo has created a jazz riff.
19 August 2016
Australia PM urged to quit after 'Brexiting' himself
Australia's opposition urged Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull to resign, calling him the 'David Cameron of the southern hemisphere'.
04 July 2016
'Impossibly rare' violet diamond found in Australia
A rare violet diamond, the largest of its kind ever found at Australia's remote Argyle mine, will be the centrepiece of annual showcase.
03 May 2016
Elusive Aussie Bitcoin founder a reluctant identity
Australian entrepreneur Craig Wright, who has revealed himself as the creator of the virtual Bitcoin currency, is an elusive individual.
03 May 2016
First signs of coral bleaching in Sydney Harbour: scientists
Coral bleaching has been detected in Sydney Harbour. The damaging phenomenon is blamed on warming sea-surface temperatures.
19 April 2016
British 'invaded' Australia say university guidelines
Language guidelines that advise students to describe British explorer James Cook's arrival in Sydney as an "invasion" rather than a "settlement" were defended by an Australian university.
30 March 2016
New 'Drowned Apostles' at popular Australia tourist site
Researchers found five more columns under the sea to add up to the limestone stacks off the south coast of Australia known as the Twelve Apostles.
10 March 2016
Climate change 'forcing species to move'
Warming temperatures are causing about half of the world's plants and animals to move location, with every major type of species affected.
10 February 2016
Australia's Westfield offloads five US malls
Australian shopping centre giant Westfield Corp. said Monday it has offloaded five US malls for US$1.1 billion to divest non-core assets.
21 December 2015
Australian PM seeks to repair strained ties on Indonesia visit
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull made his first visit to Indonesia since taking power, seeking to repair a key relationship strained by repeated crises under his conservative predecessor.
12 November 2015
Prince Charles meets Australian war widow
Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla met war widow Daphne Dunne in Sydney, as they were mobbed by royal fans as they continued their six-day tour of Australia.
12 November 2015
Australia marks 30 years since Uluru returned to Aboriginal owners
Australia marked 30 years since the world's largest monolith Uluru was returned to its traditional Aboriginal owners with the government admitting it has not lived up to commitments made back then.
26 October 2015