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# Australia

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# Australia
Australia to declare deadly east coast floods a national emergency
Prime Minister Scott Morrison made the announcement during a visit to flood-devastated Lismore.
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Mar 9th 2022, 8:05 AM
# Australia
Death toll from week-long Australia floods rises to 20 as thousands evacuate Sydney
The national weather bureau warned of “a tough 48 hours ahead” for Sydney.
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Mar 8th 2022, 7:13 AM
# Thailand
Thai police post-mortem shows Shane Warne died of natural causes
Preliminary evaluations from Thai authorities suggested the cricketer died from a heart attack.
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Mar 7th 2022, 1:32 PM
# Neighbours
Neighbours axed after 37 years as Australian soap fails to find new broadcaster
The show’s future had been in doubt after UK channel Channel 5 last month confirmed it would stop airing it.
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Mar 3rd 2022, 8:36 AM
# Australia
Sydney prepares for more torrential rain after flooding kills 14 people
As much as eight inches of rain is forecast for Australia’s largest city.
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Mar 2nd 2022, 7:30 AM
# Sydney
Australian prime minister isolating after testing positive for Covid-19
Scott Morrison said he will work from home as Australia’s east coast battles huge floods.
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Mar 1st 2022, 10:34 PM
# Coronavirus
Legal requirement to self-isolate to end in England from Thursday, Johnson announces
The legal duty to self-isolate following a positive coronavirus test will fall away in the UK by the end of the week.
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Feb 21st 2022, 5:10 PM
# Travel
'Fortress Australia' re-opens after two-year Covid closure
“The wait is over,” Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said during a press conference today.
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Feb 20th 2022, 1:30 PM
# Australia
Hunt on for great white shark that killed Sydney swimmer
The attack has rocked beach communities in Sydney’s east, where being in the water is a part of everyday life.
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Feb 17th 2022, 10:10 AM
# Little Bay
Swimmer dies in Sydney's first fatal shark attack in 60 years
It is the Australian city’s first fatal shark attack since 1963.
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Feb 16th 2022, 10:16 AM
Koalas declared endangered in eastern Australia amid disease and habitat loss
Koala populations in New South Wales have fallen by 33%-61% since 2001.
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Feb 11th 2022, 12:34 PM
# Australia
Australia PM apologises for decades of abuse, bullying in parliament
The apology comes after staffer Brittany Higgins said she was raped by a colleague in 2019.
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Feb 8th 2022, 10:00 AM
# ramsay street
RTÉ 'in talks' with programme makers as Neighbours faces the axe after 37 years
The show needs British broadcast backing after it was dropped by Channel 5.
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Feb 7th 2022, 2:24 PM
# Lockdown
Australia will reopen borders to tourists on February 21
Australia’s ports and airports shut to tourists in March 2020.
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Feb 7th 2022, 8:57 AM
# Western Australia
Raging bushfires threaten Perth suburbs with temperatures set to climb higher
Emergency services have told residents they are “in danger and need to act immediately to survive. There is a threat to lives and homes”.
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Feb 2nd 2022, 8:28 AM
# Emigration
44% increase in the number of Irish doctors emigrating to Australia since 2018
Despite travel restrictions in place last year, the number of doctors emigrating to Australia alone increased last year.
Young doctors are leaving Ireland for Australia for a better work-life balance, better training opportunities, and a better working environment.
There were 391 visa applications granted to Irish doctors last year - an increase of 59 visas, despite pandemic travel restrictions in place.
Australia's retention policies for healthcare workers has been praised as something Ireland can learn from.
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Jan 31st 2022, 12:05 AM
# Australia
Man pleads guilty to abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith
Terence Darrell Kelly was remanded in custody until his next court appearance in March.
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Jan 24th 2022, 7:32 AM
# Belgrade
Novak Djokovic lands in Serbia after deportation from Australia
His arrival came as France’s sports ministry said a new law requiring vaccination to enter sports venues would have no exceptions.
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Jan 17th 2022, 2:44 PM
# game set and match
'Disappointed' Djokovic deported from Australia after losing last-ditch court appeal
He now faces a three-year ban from entering the country.
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Jan 16th 2022, 12:28 PM
# Tonga
Tsunami threat recedes from huge Pacific volcanic eruption
It sent tsunami waves crashing across the shore in Tonga and people rushing to higher ground.
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Jan 16th 2022, 8:49 AM
# Tonga
Tongans flee tsunami following powerful volcanic eruption
There were no immediate reports of injuries or the extent of the damage.
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Jan 15th 2022, 12:00 PM
# australian open
Djokovic returned to detention in Australia after having visa cancelled for second time
An court appeal is scheduled for tomorrow, just a day before the tennis player is scheduled to play his first match of the Australian Open.
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Jan 15th 2022, 10:10 AM
# Controversy
Djokovic doctor slams Australia for trying to deport 'super healthy' star
Igor Cetojevic, a Bosnian-born Serb who lives in Cyprus, criticised the decision.
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Jan 14th 2022, 5:12 PM
# court battle
Novak Djokovic trains for Australian Open as threat of visa cancellation still looms
Television cameras filmed him from helicopters as he trained.
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Jan 11th 2022, 8:10 AM
# Advantage
Djokovic says he wants to play Australian Open after visa cancellation overturned
A government lawyer warned Australia may yet use ministerial powers to order the tennis player’s removal from the country.
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Jan 10th 2022, 3:14 PM
# Nervy Finish
England survive tense fourth Test to end Australia's hopes of Ashes whitewash
The tourists stopped the rot as James Anderson fended off the last six balls of the match to secure a draw.
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Jan 9th 2022, 10:13 AM
# Novak Djokovic
Djokovic lawyers say positive Covid-19 test cleared way for vaccine exemption
Djokovic has won a legal reprieve from deportation, but it’s unclear whether he will be able to play in the January 17-30 Australian Open.
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Jan 8th 2022, 5:54 PM
# The Ashes
England face survival bid after Usman Khawaja’s second century sets chase of 388
Australia are in pursuit of an Ashes whitewash in Sydney.
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Jan 8th 2022, 10:05 AM
# Ashes
Jonny Bairstow celebrates toughest century of his career on day three in Sydney
Bairstow posted the tourists’ first hundred of the series on day three in Sydney.
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Jan 7th 2022, 11:42 AM
# Queensland
Irishman dies while trying to save his son who slipped into rapids in Australia
The 49-year-old father-of-three Cassan Cowman jumped in after his son on 2nd January.
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Jan 7th 2022, 10:07 AM
# latest
Novak Djokovic’s wife thanks fans for ‘sending love to my husband’ in Australia
Meanwhile, the tennis star’s former coach says he is making a ‘big mistake’ if he does not get vaccinated.
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Jan 7th 2022, 8:55 AM
# Tennis
Novak Djokovic has been ‘crucified’ and is ‘prisoner’ in Australia, says father
The Serbian is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against the decision by the Australian Border Force (ABF) to cancel his entry visa and deport him.
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Jan 6th 2022, 9:41 PM
# unforced error
Australia agrees to delay Djokovic's deportation until after Monday court hearing
The men’s tennis world No 1 is currently being held at an immigration detention facility in Melbourne.
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Jan 6th 2022, 7:40 AM
All time
# Blow
England coach to miss Ashes Test after Covid positive
The visitors will have to recover from an embarrassing series defeat without Chris Silverwood.
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Dec 29th 2021, 11:14 PM
# The Ashes
Former Australia captain labels England the worst-performing team he’s seen tour Oz
Ricky Ponting believes many of the England batters are ‘simply not good enough’.
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Dec 29th 2021, 4:18 PM
# omicron
France announces new Covid-19 measures amid spike in infections
In England, politicians said there would be no further restrictions before 2022 but people are urged to be “cautious”.
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Dec 27th 2021, 9:32 PM
# Pole Position
Australia scent Ashes victory as England collapse again
Marcus Harris top-scored with a battling 76 against a dangerous English attack.
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Dec 27th 2021, 9:13 AM
# Cricket
Hapless England's Ashes dreams in tatters as Australia pounce
After heavy defeats in Brisbane and Adelaide, the visitors must win in Melbourne,
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Dec 26th 2021, 9:38 AM
# tasmania
Sixth child dies after Australia bouncy castle tragedy
Two other children remain in critical condition in hospital, while one child is recovering at home.
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Dec 19th 2021, 8:11 AM
# Devonport
Australia mourns child victims of bouncy castle accident
The children included three boys and two girls aged 11 or 12.
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Dec 17th 2021, 8:48 AM
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