List of Australia articles
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Athletes compete during the Ibero American Athletics Championships men's 5000 meters final race, a test event for Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on May 16, 2016. / AFP / YASUYOSHI CHIBA (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images) Anti-Zika Condoms Unlikely To Stop the Olympian Spread of Zika
A condom company announced that it will provide anti-Zika condoms to Australian Olympic athletes.
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SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES - MAY 04: Protestors hold a vigil at Sydney Town Hall on May 4, 2016 in Sydney, Australia. Hodan Yasin, a 21-year-old Somali refugee is being treated in a Brisbane hospital after setting herself alight in detention on Nauru on Monday. It is the second attempt on Nauru in a week, after Iranian refugee Omid Masoumali set himself on fire last Wednesday. He later died from his injuries. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images) Australia to Aid Group: Sorry-Not-Sorry For Blaming You For Dead Refugees
Two days after blaming refugee advocates for encouraging self-harm among detainees at Nauru Island, the Australian government compensated a charity for similar accusations made in 2014.
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An Indonesian police man carries an exhausted young boy following more rescue by search and rescue team in Cidaun, West Java on July 24, 2013. Rescuers searched the seas off Indonesia's Java island on July 24 for possibly dozens of asylum-seekers missing after their Australia-bound boat sank, leaving at least three dead, with 157 saved, an official said. Local rescue officials estimated there could have been "up to 200" passengers on the boat which was bound for Australia, while a survivor said some 250 had boarded the vessel. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) The Intolerable Cruelty of Australia’s Refugee Deterrence Strategy
Canberra’s decision to offshore asylum seekers in inhumane facilities in Papua New Guinea and Nauru isn’t an accident. It’s exactly the intention.
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PEITZ, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 16: A fisherman stands waist-deep in water over live carp enclosed in a net during the annual carp harvest at fish ponds on November 16, 2015 near Peitz, Germany. Fish farming at the over 100 man-made ponds located near Cottbus in eastern Germany dates back to the 15th century and carp is the main fish harvested. Carp is the traditional Christmas dinner in many parts of the region, though one fisherman laments that tastes are changing among younger generations and that the demand for carp will decline. (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images) Australia’s Science Minister Is Psyched for Carp-aggedon
Australia has a plan to rid the Murray River of an invasive carp species by introducing a strain of herpes into the river.
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 22: A group of people hold placards during a protest in Melbourne, Australia on January 22, 2015 to support the Manus Island asylum seekers and call for an end to offshore processing. (Photo by Recep Sakar/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Australia’s Former Defense Minister: Manus Island Better Than Death at Sea
On Wednesday, Papua New Guinea ordered the controversial Manus Island detention facility closed.
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north goonyella_ltcc King Coal Is Losing His Throne
Peabody Energy joins a growing list of coal miners who are going broke thanks to a perfect storm of cheap natural gas, the slowdown in China, and tougher environmental rules.
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GEELONG, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 22: City of Greater Geelong Mayor, Cr Darryn Lyons (L) and his fiancee Elissa Friday pose with Craig Williams (C) after he won on Caravan Rolls On in race 7 the Sportingbet Powered By William Hill Geelong Cup, the fifth time he has won the race, during Geelong Cup Day at on October 22, 2014 in Geelong, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images) Here’s What It Takes for an Entire Australian City Council to Get Fired
A celebrity photographer turned reality TV star turned mayor is facing calls to resign amid accusations he bullied his staff.
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1280px-The_President's_House_by_George_Munger,_1814-1815_-_Crop Leaks, Possums, and Asbestos: 6 State Residences That Aren’t as Fancy as You’d Think
A partial list of presidential palaces that are more disaster area than Xanadu.
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Screen Shot 2016-02-18 at 1.31.02 PM An Australian Town Is Buried in a Tumbleweed Called ‘Hairy Panic’
A rural city in Australia is fighting to keep its streets clean from a persistent tumbleweed.
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Want to Breastfeed in Australia’s Parliament? Go Right Ahead.
Australian lawmakers will no longer have to worry about missing votes to breastfeed.
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GettyImages-498131690_960 One of the Biggest Objections to the TPP Just Went Up In Smoke
Philip Morris just lost the case against the Australian government that had opponents of the deal wringing their hands.
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<> at London Zoo on May 2, 2013 in London, England. Longform’s Picks of the Week
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WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND - OCTOBER 12: Silver Fern (Black, White and Blue), by Kyle Lockwood, flies on top of the Wellington Town Hall on October 12, 2015 in Wellington, New Zealand. The Flag Consideration Panel has narrowed down to the five flags which will then go to referendum later this year. (Photo by Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images) New Zealand’s Flag Referendum Will Pit Silver Fern Against British Empire
New Zealand has chosen a finalist to go up against the traditional flag in a nationwide vote in March.
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11175027_1029449750441187_7108925820326483876_n Worst Vacation Ever for Australian Anti-ISIS Vigilante
It turns out taking a Euro-trip isn't the best idea for foreign fighters in Syria.
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Najibah tried to comfort her daughter Zahra (8) as they both wept over the grave of their husband and father, just south of Kunduz City. Sub Caption: During the two week takeover of Kunduz City by the Taliban from September 28 - October 12, 43-year-old Baynazar Mohammad Nazar (***First name only to be used because of potential threats to his family***) was shot in crossfire between government forces and Taliban fighters on his way home from where he works as a Chowkidor (unarmed guard) in Kunduz City. He spent the next two and a half days being operated on and recovering in the nearby MSF Kunduz Trauma Center. At around 2AM on Saturday, October 3, however, Baynazar was one of at least thirty patients, patient carers and staff who were killed when a U.S. AC-130 gunship destroyed much of the hospital after receiving a request for air support from Afghan Commandos in the area. Baynazar's family spent ten days searching for him - from Kunduz to Baghlan Province to Mazar-e Sharif and back to Kunduz, eventually being told by a shopkeeper near the hospital that he and 12 others had been taken from the hospital and buried on the edge of the city. He is survived by his wife, Najibah, sons, Samiullah (19) and Mohammad Khalid (6) and daughters Raiana (10) and Zahra (8). Longform’s Picks of the Week
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