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Photo courtesy of essentialbaby.com.au Rare Australian conjoined twins die Australian conjoined twins Hope and Faith, who shared a body and skull but had separate brains and identical faces, have died almost three weeks after they were born in Sydney, medical officials said.
27 May 2014
©Reuters/David Gray Mining giants slam Australia's 'high' taxes, costs and currency Three of the world's biggest miners have warned that government taxes, high costs and a strong currency are putting pressure on their Australian operations, reports said Monday, as they battle falling commodity prices owing to a supply glut.
26 May 2014
©Reuters/Tim Wimborne Driver with 'device' strapped on his head held in Australia A truck driver caused traffic chaos in Melbourne Thursday by speeding the wrong way down a freeway with what was feared to be an explosive device strapped to his head, police said.
22 May 2014
Nathan Tinkler. ©Reuters/Steve Christo Australian tycoon sells racing empire to Mideast group Australian coal tycoon Nathan Tinkler on Wednesday said his thoroughbred breeding and racing empire had been bought by a consortium of local and Middle Eastern parties for an undisclosed sum.
21 May 2014
Photo courtesy of decanter.com Australia's Treasury Wines rejects $2.85 bn takeover offer Australia's Treasury Wine Estates on Tuesday revealed it received a Aus$3.05 billion (US$2.85 billion) takeover bid from US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and rejected it as too low.
21 May 2014
Tom Loeffler, Gennady Golovkin and Abel Sanchez. Photo courtesy of vk.com/ggolovkin Golovkin requests WBA to pospone Fletcher fight to take on Geale Gennady Golovkin’ s promoter Tom Loeffler requested WBA to postpone the defense of the title against Australian boxer Jarrod Fletcher to fight another Australian boxer Daniel Geale.
19 May 2014
Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill. ©Reuters/Tim Wimborne Massive PNG gas project loads first shipment Australian energy firm Santos said Friday the first exports from its huge US$19 billion gas project in Papua New Guinea will soon depart for Japan, four years after the joint venture was given the go-ahead.
16 May 2014
Abel Sanchez. Photo courtesy of Аllboxing.ru Golovkin is ready to fight Fletcher: Abel Sanchez Gennady Golovkin’s coach Abel Sanchez thinks GGG is ready to defend his WBA belt for 11th time against the Australian boxer Jarrod Fletcher.
15 May 2014
Gennady GGG Golovkin. Photo ©REUTERS Golovkin obliged to defend his WBA champion title against Jarrod Fletcher World Boxing Association (WBA) ordered Kazakhstan's Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin to defend his middleweight title against Australian Jarrod 'Left Jab' Fletcher.
15 May 2014
World's oldest sperm found in Australia The world's oldest and best-preserved sperm, dating back 17 million years, has been unearthed in Australia, scientists said.
15 May 2014
Unusual new penguin flu found in Antarctica A new kind of bird flu has been detected for the first time in Adelie penguins in Antarctica, though the virus does not seem to make them sick, researchers said.
07 May 2014
©Reuters/Carlos Barria Claims 220 Australian child sailors raped, brutalised Allegations that 220 child sailors at an Australian navy training base were raped or brutalised in the 1980s are so serious they will be raised in a paper to parliament, a report said.
05 May 2014
Photo courtesy of mingor.net Plane lands safely in Australia after engine fire A passenger plane carrying 93 people landed safely at Perth Airport on Tuesday despite an engine fire that erupted shortly after take-off, officials said.
29 April 2014
Bali hijack alert passenger 'mistook cockpit for toilet' An Australian passenger who sparked a hijack alert on a flight to Bali has denied being drunk and claimed he banged on the door of the cockpit after mistaking it for the toilet, Indonesian police said.
26 April 2014
Drunk passenger on Virgin plane sparks Bali hijacking alert A drunk passenger sparked a hijacking alert on a Virgin Australia flight heading for the Indonesian resort island of Bali Friday when he attempted to break into the cockpit, officials said.
25 April 2014
Angry scenes as Chinese MH370 relatives meet airline staff A meeting between relatives of Chinese passengers aboard missing flight MH370 and Malaysia Airlines staff descended into chaos Thursday, with police stepping in to separate both sides amid angry scenes in a Beijing hotel.
25 April 2014
F-35B. ©Reuters/U.S. Air Force Australia boosts air power with $11.6bn purchase of 58 F-35s Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Wednesday the purchase of 58 more F-35 Joint Strike Fighters costing Aus$12.4 billion ($11.6 billion) in a major defence upgrade to maintain Australia's regional edge.
23 April 2014
Two-thirds of underwater search done, no sign of MH370 Two-thirds of the planned underwater search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been completed, with no signs so far of the jet, Australian officials said.
21 April 2014
William and Kate tour town ravaged by bushfires Survivors of last year's devastating Australian bushfires met with Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate on Thursday as the royal couple visited the Blue Mountains.
18 April 2014
Barry O'Farrell. Photo courtesy of streetcorner.com.au Australian state premier quits over wine 'memory fail' A leading Australian politician resigned Wednesday after admitting to a "massive memory fail" when he told a corruption inquiry he never received a bottle of wine worth Aus$3,000 (US$2,780).
17 April 2014

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