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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 июля 2012, 12:06

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 июля 2012, 10:00

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 июля 2012, 14:21

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 июля 2012, 11:12

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 июля 2012, 13:03

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 июля 2012, 11:08

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 июля 2012, 18:41

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 июля 2012, 10:03

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 июля 2012, 19:07

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 июля 2012, 11:56

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 июля 2012, 10:30

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 июля 2012, 12:53

Luxembourg citizens are the biggest meat-eaters in the world.

• 15 мая 2012, 12:08

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

• 27 апреля 2012, 10:08

Australia's decision to bring troops home from Afghanistan earlier than expected was part of the war strategy and would not prompt other nations to rush out.

• 18 апреля 2012, 18:54

Kazakhstan tennis professional Andrey Golubev started the qualification round of the Australian Open with a victory.

• 12 января 2012, 17:53

Kazakhstan tennis professionals Yaroslava Shvedova and Sesil Karatantcheva dropped out of the Australian Open after the first round.

• 12 января 2012, 17:47

Kazakhstan tennis professionals Kseniya Pervak and Galina Voskoboeva will compete in the WTA tournament in Australian Hobart.

• 09 января 2012, 14:22

Kseniya Pervak and Galina Voskobayeva are going to play in the main draw of Australian Open.

• 30 декабря 2011, 13:53

An insect called ichneumon fly (Mastrus Wasp) could help Australia save millions of dollars.

• 30 октября 2011, 17:58