Government And Politics

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Whittaker pulls out with injury, Adesanya wins at UFC 234

Feb 10, 2019

Robert Whittaker provided most of the early drama at UFC 234 in Australia and Israel Adesanya quite a lot at the end

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6 people arrested after largest US-Australian meth seizure

Feb 8, 2019

Australian police have arrested six people after what authorities say was the largest single seizure of methamphetamine, or ice, in the United States

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Australian parliamentary network hacked; no sign data stolen

Feb 8, 2019

Australia's leading cybersecurity agency is investigating a breach of the country's federal parliamentary computing network amid speculation of hacking by a foreign nation

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Australia ends residency of high-profile Chinese businessman

Feb 6, 2019

Australia cancels residency, refuses citizenship for Chinese property tycoon

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Australian leader tours floods where 2 men reported missing

Feb 5, 2019

Two bodies were reportedly found near a drain in the flood-stricken city of Townsville as Australia's prime minister toured the devastation wrought by unprecedented rainfall

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Australia's largest banks may face prosecution after probe

Feb 4, 2019

Australia's largest banks may face prosecution after probe finds impunity toward widespread misconduct

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Australia to create compensation fund for bad finance advice

Feb 4, 2019

The Australian government has agreed to create compensation fund for people who lost money from bad financial advice and to set rules to help drought-stricken farmers avoid bank foreclosures

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Australia says last child refugees to leave Nauru camp

Feb 3, 2019

Australia has announced that the last child refugees held on the Pacific atoll of Nauru will soon be sent to the United States, ending the banishment of children under the government's harsh asylum-seeker policy

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January was officially Australia's hottest month on record

Feb 1, 2019

Australia has sweltered through its hottest month on record in January and the summer of extremes continues with wildfires razing the drought-parched south while expanses of the tropical north are flooded

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Australia's TPG abandons mobile network plan over Huawei ban

Jan 29, 2019

Australian company TPG Telecom is abandoning the rollout of its mobile network because of the government's ban on Chinese giant Huawei, which was to be main equipment vendor