Government And Politics

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New Zealand prime minister says she's pregnant, due in June

Jan 19, 2018

New Zealand's prime minister says she is expecting her first child in June; Jacinda Ardern says she'll take six weeks of leave after the birth and her partner will be a stay-at-home dad

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Serbian police arrest 3 Australians over $400M cocaine haul

Jan 18, 2018

Police say three Australians have been arrested in Serbia over the second-largest cocaine haul in Australian law enforcement history

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Cyberbullying blamed for Australian child model's suicide

Jan 12, 2018

A 14-year-old girl who was the angelic face of Australia's iconic Akubra Hats was being remembered after her suicide focused attention on the dangers of cyberbullying

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Guam's governor fooled by Russian comedians via phone call

Jan 12, 2018

Guam's governor was duped by a pair of Russian comedians who pretended to be officials from Ukraine

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China protests Australia criticism of Chinese aid in Pacific

Jan 11, 2018

China has protested an Australian minister's criticisms that Chinese aid programs in poor Pacific island countries were creating "white elephants" that threatened economic stability without delivering benefits

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Gays marry in midnight wedding ceremonies across Australia

Jan 9, 2018

Same-sex couples married in midnight ceremonies across Australia after the country's last legal impediment to gay marriage expired

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2 Frenchmen critically ill after 9 overdose in Australia

Jan 4, 2018

Two Frenchmen are in critical condition after a mass drug overdose in an Australian household that sent nine European backpackers to a hospital

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Dec 22, 2017

Police still checking terror link to Melbourne car ramming

Australian police are investigating whether there was any terrorism-related motivation behind the car ramming attack on pedestrians that left 12 people injured, four of them in critical condition

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Dec 21, 2017

Slain Australian's family demands integrity in US probe

The family of an Australian woman who was fatally shot by a police officer in Minnesota in July has demanded a more rigorous probe into the incident after a prosecutor cast doubts on the investigation

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Dec 21, 2017

The Latest: Melbourne police say no sign of terrorist link

Australian police say there is no evidence of a terrorist link to a car ramming attack in central Melbourne that left 19 people injured