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Photo courtesy of tripadvisor.ru Thieves make off with giant Australian mango Thieves armed with heavy machinery and cranes made a daring midnight heist in northern Australia, stealing a 10-metre, seven-tonne mango monument.
24 February 2014
US Fed chief Yellen asked for ID at G20 She might be one of the most powerful women in the world but that didn't wash with security at the G20 in Sydney who reportedly asked Janet Yellen to show her ID.
22 February 2014
©Reuters/Tyrone Siu Pink diamond 'thief' held in Australia Australian police said Friday they had arrested and X-rayed a man over the theft of a pink diamond worth more than US$180,000, with fears he had swallowed the rare jewel.
21 February 2014
Global tax evasion under G20 scrutiny US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew described taxation reform as among the G20's most crucial initiatives Friday as the world's major economies look to close loopholes used by huge multinational firms.
21 February 2014
World's only captive leopard seal put down The world's only captive leopard seal, which washed up in Sydney with a shark bite to his abdomen seven years ago, has been put down at an Australian zoo.
21 February 2014
Australia PM 'won't be blackmailed' after bloody PNG riot Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday said he will not succumb to "moral blackmail" over an Australian detention centre on Papua New Guinea, as graphic witness accounts of recent violence told of "blood everywhere".
20 February 2014
Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey. Photo courtesy of theaustralian.com.au Australia urges G20 to commit to faster growth targets Australian Treasurer Joe Hockey said Wednesday it was "hugely important" that G20 leaders agree to faster global growth targets when they meet in Sydney this weekend.
19 February 2014
Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott. ©Reuters/Dinuka Liyanawatte Australia falls short on Aboriginal welfare targets PM Tony Abbott admitted Australia has failed to meet important targets on Aboriginal life expectancy, education and employment, but insisted progress has been made in other areas.
12 February 2014
Photo courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org Imam charged in Australia over child marriage A Muslim cleric was Tuesday charged in Australia with conducting an illegal marriage between a 26-year-old man and a 12-year-old girl.
11 February 2014
Australia losing last auto producer Toyota Toyota on Monday said it will stop making cars in Australia in less than four years, banging the final nail in the coffin of country's auto industry, despite appeals to stay by Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
11 February 2014
©Reuters/Daniel Munoz Trade winds spur hiatus in global warming: study An unprecedented spike in Pacific trade winds has seen global warming slow significantly in the past 12 years but the effect is only temporary and temperatures will surge.
11 February 2014
©Reuters/Ali Jarekji 'Oldest star' found from iron fingerprint: astronomers Australian astronomers on Sunday said they had found a star 13.6 billion years old, making it the most ancient star ever seen.
10 February 2014
Big money awaits Australian drug mule Corby High-profile Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby could earn millions of dollars for a tell-all story if she is released from an Indonesian jail Friday, with a bidding war reportedly in full swing.
07 February 2014
Mystery giant jellyfish washes up in Australia Scientists were Thursday working to classify a new species of giant jellyfish that washed up on an Australian beach, describing it as a "whopper" that took their breath away.
06 February 2014
©Reuters/Yiannis Panagopoulos Woman lay dead in Sydney house for nearly eight years An elderly lady lay dead in her inner city home for nearly eight years before her skeletal remains were found, an inquest heard Thursday, in a case dubbed "the woman Sydney forgot" by local media.
06 February 2014
©Reuters/Andrea Comas Thousands rally against shark cull in Australia Thousands of people rallied across Australia Saturday against a controversial shark culling policy designed to prevent attacks, saying killing the marine animals was the not the answer.
01 February 2014
©Reuters/HO/Great Barrier Reef National Park Authority Australia approves plan to dump dredge spoil in Barrier Reef Australia's Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority on Friday approved the dumping of up to three million cubic metres of dredge waste in park waters in a move blasted by environmentalists.
31 January 2014
World's oldest flamingo dies in Australian zoo, aged 83 Staff at Adelaide Zoo were in mourning Friday after the world's oldest flamingo, and their oldest resident, died aged 83.
31 January 2014
©Reuters/Mike Hutchings Human remains found after Australian croc attack: reports Police reportedly found human remains Tuesday in the search for a 12-year-old boy snatched by a crocodile in northern Australia, and scaled back operations to a body recovery mission.
29 January 2014
Australia fears domestic extremism from Syria conflict The conflict in Syria poses new risks of homegrown extremism in Australia, with citizens returning radicalised after fighting there.
28 January 2014
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