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Jail for Hong Kongers after huge Australia cocaine bust Two men from Hong Kong were on Friday handed lengthy jail terms in Australia after importing Aus$173 million (US$181 million) of cocaine hidden in lawnmowers.

04 August 2012

BHP chief forgoes bonus after $2.84 bln US gas writedown BHP Billiton on Friday said chief executive Marius Kloppers will forgo his annual bonus after the world's biggest miner was forced to write down the value of its US shale gas assets by US$2.84 billion.

03 August 2012

Mother knows best: finches choose chicks' gender Female parrot finches can match their offspring's gender to prevailing living conditions, producing more sons in lean times, scientists in Australia said Wednesday.

02 August 2012

Australia smashes $500 mln Hong Kong drug ring Australian police have seized half a billion dollars' worth of crystal methamphetamine and heroin after smashing a Hong Kong-linked international drugs syndicate.

31 July 2012

Sea rise threatens 'paradise' Down Under When Elaine Pearce left Sydney for the seaside peace of Old Bar 12 years ago she was assured her new house was a solid investment, with a century's worth of frontage to guard against erosion.

27 July 2012

Australian gas rush set to overhaul Qatar's lead Australia is set to become the world's biggest liquefied natural gas producer, with analysts predicting it will overtake Qatar by 2020 as it unlocks reserves that could last more than a century.

25 July 2012

Australia warned mining boom could end in two years Australia's mining boom will slow more sharply than expected and could be over within two years due to easing demand from China and falling prices.

23 July 2012

Sleeping Australian teen in dingo incident An Australian teenager told Wednesday of her sleeping bag being torn off by a dingo as she slept at a campsite, weeks after a landmark ruling that a baby was snatched in 1980 by one of the wild dogs.

19 July 2012

Australian woman wins key thalidomide settlement An Australian woman born without arms and legs after her mother took thalidomide during pregnancy on Wednesday won a landmark multi-million dollar settlement in her class action against drug firms.

18 July 2012

Titanic II to have 'safety deck' says Australian tycoon Australian billionaire Clive Palmer Tuesday said his modern-day version of the Titanic will retain the first, second and third-class divisions of the original and include a new "safety" deck.

17 July 2012

People-smugglers 'using' Australian navy People-smugglers have begun using the Australian navy as a collection service with asylum-seeker boats issuing distress calls even when they are not in trouble.

13 July 2012

Australian study links breast milk to nut allergies Children who are solely breast-fed in the first six months of life are at increased risk of developing a nut allergy, new research showed Thursday.

13 July 2012

Quitting smoking adds even more pounds than thought: study Quitting smoking leads to an average weight gain of four to five kilogrammes (nine to 11 pounds) in the first year -- "significantly" more than previously thought.

11 July 2012

Probe finds 'shocking' abuse in Australian military A damning report on the Australian military Tuesday detailed 24 allegations of rape that never went to trial and other claims that Defence Minister Stephen Smith admitted would "shock" people.

11 July 2012

Australians being fleeced by fake investment schemes Australians have been fleeced out of more than Aus$113 million (US$115 million) in the last five years by complex fake investment schemes run by overseas criminal gangs.

09 July 2012

South Korea to start 'scientific' whaling South Korea said Wednesday that it planned to start whaling through a loophole that allows the killing of whales for scientific research, following the lead of Japan's controversial expeditions.

06 July 2012

Alleged Australia killer on the run wins film role A man wanted over a beheading murder who was eventually captured in the Australian Outback auditioned to be a film extra while on the run -- winning the role of a policeman in a homicide thriller.

05 July 2012

Cool reception for Australia's climate tax: poll Australia's new carbon tax received a cool reception in a poll Monday, showing Prime Minister Julia Gillard's mechanism to tackle climate change is unpopular and her government on track to lose office.

03 July 2012

Kazakhstan failed to land among world’s top meat-eaters Luxembourg citizens are the biggest meat-eaters in the world.

15 May 2012

Aussie firefighters rescue woman trapped by ATM Australian firefighters Thursday performed one of their most unusual rescues -- freeing an elderly woman whose fingers got stuck in a bank ATM.

27 April 2012

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