Australia - Articles

Fatberg Weighing 30,000kg is Pulled from a Sewer in Western Australia
The Guardian - Sat Mar 15, 2025
The biggest ever fatberg found in Western Australia has been pulled from a sewer, weighing in at 30,000kg. More»

Stars Begin Phone-Hacking Claims Against Murdoch Empire
The Guardian - Mon Sep 27, 2021
A group of 1990s pop stars are among the latest individuals to launch phone-hacking cases against Rupert Murdoch’s media empire, as the scandal that has dogged the company for more than 15 years continues to rumble on at the high court. More»

Scientists Just Revealed The Electronic Structure Of A Molecule That Exists In 126 Dimensions
Nexus - Sat Mar 7, 2020
Well, those crazy chemistry cats have done it. More»

Climate change has Australian wildfires 'running out of control,' experts say
USA Today - Tue Jan 7, 2020
Human-caused climate change is worsening the wildfires scorching Australia, experts say. More»

Apocalyptic Scenes in Australia as Fires Turn Skies Blood Red
New York Times - Thu Jan 2, 2020
SYDNEY, Australia - As the fire stalked the east coast of Australia on Tuesday, the daytime sky turned inky black, then blood red. More»

Australian children's author Mem Fox detained by US border control: 'I sobbed like a baby'
The Guardian - Fri Feb 24, 2017
Author of Possum Magic was aggressively questioned for two hours over her visa status and later received an apology for her treatment by border guards. More»

Jehovah's Witnesses Church Hid Evidence Of More Than A Thousand Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Think Progress - Mon Jul 27, 2015
The Jehovah's Witnesses Church in Australia failed to report more than 1,000 reports of child sexual abuse since 1950, according to testimony presented at a government inquiry into the claims. More»

Lawyer for Assange detained at Heathrow and told she was on a 'secret watch list'
The Daily Mail - Sun Sep 2, 2012
A lawyer acting for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says she was stopped at Heathrow and told that she was on a secret watch-list and required special clearance before she could board her plane. More»

Woman 'imprisoned' on Scientology cruise ship
ABC News - Tue Nov 29, 2011
An Australian resident has told Lateline the Church of Scientology imprisoned her on its cruise ship The Freewinds. More»

Strange Spiral in Australian Sky
Space.com - Tue Jun 8, 2010
An eerie spiral light show in the pre-dawn sky over Australia early Saturday prompted a flood of UFO reports to local news stations, but was likely just the remnants of a new private rocket launched by an American millionaire, according to Australian media reports. More»

Massive Quake Moves New Zealand Closer To Australia
AFP - Tue Jul 21, 2009
WELLINGTON - A massive 7.8 magnitude earthquake last week has moved the south of New Zealand closer to Australia, scientists said Wednesday. More»

Australia says "Oopsie!" for 60 year Eugenics Program
BBC - Mon Feb 11, 2008
A Welsh woman taken from her mixed-race parents as a baby by the Australian government has welcomed a planned apology for the "stolen generations". More»

Triangle UFO on Google Earth?
Axcess News - Sat Jan 26, 2008
This Australia UFO photo shows the strange but clearly seen triangle shape with what appears to be bright lights perched on each corner. More»

Twenty-seven trapped in Australian mine
AFP - Sat Nov 17, 2007
SYDNEY, Australia - A gold mine collapsed in Australia early Monday, trapping 27 workers underground, police said. More»

Lights, beings, beams: Just a typical night in Australia's UFO capital
AFP - Sat Nov 3, 2007
WYCLIFFE WELL, Australia - On a desert highway in Australia's flat, dry centre is a petrol station by a watering hole where extraterrestrials have been stopping off for millennia, or so "witnesses" say. More»

Australian navy defends paying for breast implants
AFP - Wed Sep 19, 2007
SYDNEY - The Australian military Sunday defended its decision to pay for some female sailors to have breast implants, saying the operations were not carried out for cosmetic reasons. More»

Billions of dollars withheld from Australian Aborigines
AFP - Wed Sep 19, 2007
BRISBANE - Australian government bodies withheld billions of dollars from Aboriginal workers, stockpiling the money while children were dying of malnutrition, a study released Wednesday said. More»

Bush has Bad Day at Theater
Associated Press - Thu Sep 6, 2007
SYDNEY, Australia - President Bush had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day at the Sydney Opera House. More»

Author Stephen King 'mistaken for vandal'
BBC - Thu Aug 16, 2007
Author Stephen King was mistaken for a vandal when he started signing books during an unannounced visit to a shop in Australia, according to local media. More»

Flight Ban for Anti-Bush T-Shirt
BBC - Sun Jan 21, 2007
A passenger barred from a Qantas airlines flight for wearing a T-shirt depicting US President George Bush as a terrorist has threatened legal action. More»

Freezing Light
ScienCentral News - Mon Dec 12, 2005
Scientists have slowed down and even stopped the fastest substance in the universe: light. More»

Australia: Top-End UFO X-Fles Revealed
news.com.au - Wed Jul 20, 2005
SECRET documents released by the Northern Territory Government reveal a mass of UFO sightings across the Top End, many of them unexplained. More»

Australian Ghost-Hunters Busted
news.com.au - Mon Jul 11, 2005
AMATEUR ghost-busters have been warned by police not to illegally go in search of spirits. More»

Australia: UFO Captured on Film Hovering High in City Sky
Dubbo Daily Liberal - Dubbo,New South Wales,Australia - Wed Mar 9, 2005
"A black triangular object that made a number of movements and then speared off out of sight behind the trees. More»

Mystery of UFO deepens
The Mercury AU - Sat Feb 19, 2005
THE status of an unidentified flying object seen above the Midland Highway Monday night remains a mystery. More»

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