Showing posts with label #Australia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #Australia. Show all posts
Sunday, August 22, 2021

Police say Melbourne anti-lockdown protest ‘most violent in nearly 20 years’

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Saturday’s rally was the first time police used non-lethal weapons during a lockdown protest, with at least nine officers ending up in hos...
Sunday, August 1, 2021

Homeless in Australia: ‘You have to be on your guard constantly’

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When 50-year-old Phil lived on the streets of Melbourne he would sleep on traffic islands as they felt safer. Source: https://www.aljaze...
Friday, July 23, 2021

Jacinda Ardern announces Australian travel bubble suspension as Covid outbreak worsens – video

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New Zealand will suspend its quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for two months, as the country grapples with a number of serious...
Monday, June 21, 2021

Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster denied legal recognition in Australia

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In the mid-oughts, Boing Boing evangelized the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM), a fine example of a religion pretending to be...
Sunday, June 13, 2021

Australian Paleontologists Discover Giant New Dinosaur and Name It Cooper

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Vlad Konstantinov and Scott Hocknull/Eromanga Natural History Museum Finding dinosaur bones in the flat plaints of Australia is a difficult...
Saturday, March 20, 2021

Warragamba Dam overflowing as ‘mini tornado’ rips through western Sydney suburb – as it happened

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Floods to delay Covid vaccine deliveries as more than 400mm of rain falls on parts of mid north coast. This blog is paused NSW floods: S...
Monday, March 15, 2021

Thousands march across Australia demanding justice for women

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Protests follow allegations of sexual misconduct in the country’s parliament that shocked the country. Source: https://www.aljazeera.com...
Friday, February 26, 2021

Striking Australian Bee Spotted for First Time in a Century—but It Could Face New Threats

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Not since 1923 have scientists gazed upon the Australian cloaked bee. That is, until recently when scientists located a few populations in ...
Thursday, December 3, 2020

Family in South Australia find live koala in their Christmas tree

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When the McCormicks came home on Wednesday, the Christmas tree in their Adelaide house had acquired a new ornament The McCormicks went fo...
Wednesday, November 11, 2020

Police in Australia rescue 46 children after exposing global child sex abuse ring

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Fourteen men, including former childcare worker, arrested over network with links to the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe and New Zealan...
Monday, October 5, 2020

Tasmanian devils reintroduced to Australian mainland after 3,000 years

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<p>Twenty-six marsupials released into 400-hectare wild sanctuary which is ‘perfect breeding material for devils’</p> Source: h...
Saturday, October 3, 2020

Australia’s Koalas Are ‘Sliding Towards Extinction’

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The species is among 28 animals being assessed for potential upgrade of their threat status as their numbers plummet following sweeping bu...
Monday, September 21, 2020

Humpback whale escapes crocodile-infested river in Australia

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<p>Mammal is believed to have got lost after taking ‘wrong turn’ with two others</p> Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news...
Saturday, September 12, 2020

Australia Burned Under a Haze of Misinformation Earlier This Year. The U.S. Is Next.

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In January, I watched Australia burn from a distance, gripped with anxiety and sadness. Only a few months after I moved to Norway, the mos...
Sunday, August 23, 2020

Australia coated in rare snow as 'Antarctic blob' settles over nation

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Some regions which suffered extreme bushfires last year now blanketed with first snow for 15 years Source: https://www.independent.co.uk...
Friday, August 21, 2020

Albino kangaroo baby missing from zoo; may be stolen

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A tiny albino baby kangaroo has gone missing from a German zoo and authorities say they can’t rule out that she may have been stolen Sou...
Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Rise in endangered dolphins, turtles, sharks and rays drowning in Australia's killer shark nets

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‘The death of just one grey nurse shark on the east coast is significant because the species is so endangered,’ says conservationist Sou...
Thursday, June 18, 2020

Warning! Near-naked man! Aussie school on lockdown after crazed local in underwear attacks bus (VIDEO)

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A primary school was put on lockdown after a half-naked man attacked a bus in Adelaide, South Australia on Thursday. He smashed a window, t...
Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Prime minister calls for investigation into alleged police attack on Australian news crew outside White House

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday called for an investigation into an alleged police attack on an Australian news crew o...
Monday, June 1, 2020

Mining company destroys sacred Aboriginal cave in Western Australia. They’re “sorry.”

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Multinational mining operation Rio Tinto destroyed an Aboriginal cave north of Perth, Australia last week. Indigenous people lived in the ...