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New US ambassador arrives in Canberra

The Age (Free subscription) | yesterday

The new US ambassador to Australia will present his credentials to Governor-General Quentin Bryce in Canberra on Tuesday.

New US ambassador arrives in Canberra

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | yesterday

The new US ambassador to Australia will present his credentials to Governor-General Quentin Bryce in Canberra on Tuesday.

Opposition debate Australian carbon reduction laws

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday

CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's government took a key step toward passing legislation to curb greenhouse gas emissions by negotiating a compromise deal with the opposition Liberal Party, and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged lawmakers Tuesday to support the bill.

Australian blames Scientology for brother's death

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | yesterday

CANBERRA, Australia -- A man who blames the Church of Scientology for his brother's suicide added his voice Monday to calls for an Australia Senate inquiry into the religion.

The koala wars

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

It's cute and it's cuddly. And in 30 years, campaigners say, the koala will be extinct. But this emblematic animal has a curious history – and its fate is mired in politics When south-eastern Australia was consumed by bushfires in February, one image shut out all others. Nearly 200 humans might have perished, but a koala had been saved: videoed in a blackened landscape imbibing thirstily from...

Cakau helps lift game

Fiji Times (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

JERRY Cakau is bent on helping the development of volleyball in the country and will field a team at the Good Neighbours Tournament in Canberra, Australia, from Friday.

Groth to play tennis for Australia after citizenship

France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

Jarmila Groth will become eligible to play for Australia after she is officially granted citizenship this week, Tennis Australia said on Sunday. The Slovak-born Groth, 22, who is married to Australian tennis professional Sam Groth, will be sworn in during a special ceremony in Canberra on Monday, TA said. "It's a dream come true and I am incredibly excited and proud to become a citizen of this...

• Groth set to become an Aussie - News.com.au

Australia's capital set for another day of high fire danger

People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Canberra is set for another day of high fire danger after emerging unscathed from Thursday's scorching conditions. Temperatures reached 38.2 degrees at Canberra airport on Thursday, just one degree shy of the hottest November day on record. A total fire ban for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has been extended to Saturday, and according to the Bureau of Meteorology, low cloud cover could lead...

'Australia taking lot of steps for safety of Indian students'

Daily News Analysis (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Australian high commissioner Peter Varghese today said Canberra was taking a lot of steps for safety of Indians studying there.

Australia's child-migration horror : Better late than never

The Economist (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Kevin Rudd says sorry for a past evil CEREMONIES in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra are typically attended by visiting royals, heads of state and other dignitaries. On November 16th several hundred ordinary, middle-aged Australians, with pain in their faces and tears in their eyes, packed the hall to witness a ceremony devoted to them. It seemed a miracle that many were there at all....

An apology, an architect and an 'audience with Parky'

BBC NEWS | Nick Bryant's Australia (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Foreign correspondents often like to boast that they watch the world unfold from a front row seat on history, but at the national apology in Canberra on Monday it was standing room only. It was a rare privilege to be in the Great Hall of Parliament House, as Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull sought to right some appalling wrongs. It was an extraordinarily rich experience, and I hope we did not intrude...

Holy Science, Batman!

The Blog of Walker (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

So it looks like the Church of Scientology is going to be investigated by Australian authorities over claims from several former Scientologists regarding torture, embezzlement, and forcing members to have abortions. The Times Online has the story : Nick Xenophon, an independent senator, presented letters to the Australian Parliament from seven former Scientologists which he said showed that the secretive...

• Church of $cientology Under Investigation For Torture and Forced Abortions - Truth In Our Time

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Opens Capital Wind Farm

Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Suzlon has celebrated the official opening of Infigen Energy’s Capital Wind Farm in Bungendore in New South Wales by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The 67 turbine wind farm, located just outside Australia’s capital Canberra, was delivered by Suzlon through a client-friendly turnkey contract that covered Engineering, Procurement and Construction. Dan Hansen, CEO of Suzlon Energy [...]...

• Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd opens Capital Wind Farm - India Press Release

Amnesty boss urges equality for poor Aborigines

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia must abolish policies that discriminate against Aborigines in its quest to lift its indigenous population out of Third World poverty, the head of an international human rights group said Wednesday.

Australia PM issues apology to migrant children

JURIST - Paper Chase (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

[JURIST] Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Monday issued an apology to poor and underprivileged British children who were sent to Australia and other former British colonies over the last century with the supposed intention of giving them a better life, but were instead subjected to childhood of abuse and hard labor. It is believed that there are currently around 7,000 people living in Australia...