Australia

Australian Prime Minister Apologizes To Victims Of Institutional Child Sex Abuse

6:41am October 22, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

It is the first national apology on behalf of the federal government since a major report published last year showed the problem was rampant in Australia's Catholic Church and other institutions.

A 12-year-old Iranian refugee girl, who had tried to set herself on fire with petrol, rests in a bed in Nauru, where nearly 1,000 refugees and asylum seekers have been sent by the government of Australia.

Why MSF Had To Stop Offering Mental Health Care To Refugees In Nauru

5:18pm October 12, 2018

by Rachel D. Cohen

Doctors Without Borders spent 11 months treating asylum seekers and refugees as well as locals. In early October, the government of the tiny island nation told them to shut down their operation.

China has had a profound economic and political impact in Australia and New Zealand.

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Australia And New Zealand Are Ground Zero For Chinese Influence

5:01pm October 02, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

China has had a profound economic and political impact Down Under. Now Australia and New Zealand are taking steps to fight back.

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Former ABC chairman Justin Milne leaves the ABC studios in Sydney after resigning his chairmanship on Thursday.

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Head Of Australian Broadcasting Corp. Quits Amid Editorial Independence 'Firestorm'

10:36am September 27, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Justin Milne stepped down as chairman of taxpayer-funded ABC following reports he ordered the firing of journalists whose coverage had been the subject of complaints by the government.

Empty shelves, normally stocked with strawberries, are seen at a Coles Supermarket in Brisbane, Australia.

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Australians Alarmed After Needles Repeatedly Found In Strawberries

3:07pm September 17, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

Strawberries with needles inserted have been reported in Western Australia, South Australia, Queensland, Tasmania and New South Wales. Some growers are dumping fruit and installing metal detectors.

Two of the largest specimens containing gold recovered from the Beta Hunt Mine.

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Eureka! Mother Lode Of Gold Found In Australian Mine

5:28pm September 11, 2018

by Merrit Kennedy

"I nearly fell over looking at it ... we were picking it up for hours," said the miner who found the gold. The huge amount of the precious metal is worth millions of dollars.

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Mystery Kangaroo Is At Large In Austria, Confusing Everybody

4:20pm September 04, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

No, that's not a typo. Austria is hunting for a kangaroo of unknown origin that has been seen hopping about in the area of Hellmonsodt.

Australian Catholic Bishops Conference President Archbishop Mark Coleridge speaks to the media alongside Catholic Religious Australia President Sister Monica Cavanagh, right, during a news conference in Sydney on Friday in response to the child abuse roya

Australia's Bishops Reject Reporting Evidence Of Abuse Heard In Confession

6:50am August 31, 2018

by Scott Neuman

The Australian Catholic Bishops Conference and the top body for religious orders in the country formally rejected the recommendation contained in a landmark government report issued late last year.

Australian Lawmaker Refers To 'Final Solution' In Push For Muslim Immigration Ban

7:34am August 15, 2018

by Scott Neuman

In his maiden speech, newly minted Sen. Fraser Anning of the far-right Katter's Australian Party called for a revival of long-rescinded racially based immigration policies.

In this July 17 photo provided by Aziz Abdul, a man standing on a balcony at the East Lorengau Refugee Transit Center on Manus Island, Papua New Guinea. The question of what will become of the hundreds of asylum-seekers banished by Australia to sweltering

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An Asylum-Seeker Wrote A Book By Phone Texts From Manus Island Detention

8:27am August 06, 2018

Behrouz Boochani has lived in detention on Manus for five years. He tells NPR about the book he wrote using WhatsApp that tells the story of his failed attempt to flee Iran for asylum in Australia.

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