Government And Politics

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Plane carrying Harry and Meghan aborts landing, flies around

Oct 26, 2018

A plane carrying the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has had to abort its landing at Sydney airport and flew around because there was another aircraft on the runway

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Meghan rushed through Fiji market filled with royal-watchers

Oct 24, 2018

The Duchess of Sussex was rushed through her visit to an indoor market in Fiji's capital due to concerns about the large crowd that came to greet her

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PM formally apologizes to Australian child sex abuse victims

Oct 22, 2018

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has delivered a formal apology to the country's victims of child sex abuse, saying the nation must acknowledge their long journey

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Australia PM says business as usual despite minority gov't

Oct 21, 2018

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has rejected calls for an early election despite the likelihood of his coalition government losing its majority after a weekend by-election

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Australia's ruling coalition forced into minority government

Oct 20, 2018

Australia's ruling coalition has been forced into minority government after a massive swing against its senior partner, the Liberal Party, in a by-election for the seat of the prime minister the party itself dismissed

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Prince Harry raises Invictus Games flag over Sydney Harbor

Oct 19, 2018

Prince Harry has scaled the Sydney Harbor Bridge to raise a flag marking the arrival of the Invictus Games, his brainchild and the focus of his current royal tour of Australia and the South Pacific

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Pakistan great Qadir's son chosen for Australian PM's XI

Oct 19, 2018

The son of one of Pakistan's all-time great bowlers has been selected in an Australian Prime Minister's XI to play a tour match against South Africa in Canberra

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Australia lawyers' group: Draft cyber laws would curb rights

Oct 19, 2018

Australian lawyers' group say proposed cybersecurity laws to force companies such as Facebook and Google to help police by unscrambling encrypted messages would significantly limit privacy and freedom

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New Zealand political leader taped speaking inappropriately

Oct 17, 2018

New Zealand's opposition leader has been secretly recorded using an obscenity to attack a colleague and making other questionable remarks as turmoil in the conservative party escalated

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Australia shifts on refusal to send refugees to New Zealand

Oct 17, 2018

Australia's prime minister signals he could accept New Zealand's longstanding offer to resettle 150 refugees exiled to Pacific islands as long as they would be banned from ever entering Australia