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The creatures disappeared from the Yorke Peninsula over 100 years ago. Now they’re making a “historic comeback,” wildlife officials said.
Source: Brush-tailed bettongs make ‘historic comeback’ in Australia | Miami Herald
Arquivo da Categoria: Australia aborigenes N Zelandia Irian Jaya Papuasia Pacifico Sul
Ken Elliott: Australian hostage, 88, freed by al-Qaeda militants – BBC News
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Dr Ken Elliott, 88, and his wife were captured in Burkina Faso in 2016.
Source: Ken Elliott: Australian hostage, 88, freed by al-Qaeda militants – BBC News
Homicide officers probe tasering of 95-year-old woman in Australia | Evening Standard
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Clare Nowland, who has dementia and measures 5ft 2in, was holding a knife when she was tasered by police in New South Wales
Source: Homicide officers probe tasering of 95-year-old woman in Australia | Evening Standard
Australia’s student visa system exploited by criminals
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A secret review of the immigration system shows how some criminal syndicates own every step of the chain to game the education visa process and gain access to the country.
Source: Australia’s student visa system exploited by criminals
Russian diplomats in Australia refuse to pay $90,000 in traffic fines dating back 15 years | Australian foreign policy | The Guardian
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Exclusive: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is chasing hundreds of overdue fines amid repeated requests to respect the law
Description of frog poison death at wellness retreat ‘galling’ for family | SBS News
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The brother of a man who died at a wellness retreat after ingesting frog poison says a description of his brother’s death as “beautiful” was terrible to hear.
Source: Description of frog poison death at wellness retreat ‘galling’ for family | SBS News
Woman stranded for 5 days survives on bottle of wine, candy in Australian bush – National | Globalnews.ca
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Lillian Ip, 48, relied on the bottle of wine as her only source of liquid, though she took no pleasure from it as she doesn’t drink alcohol.
Lord Howe Island – Garden of Eden between Australia and New Zealand
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A place of biological superlatives with a flora and fauna that have only just begun to be researched: Lord Howe Island, between Australia and New Zealand. This is the first documentary on what may be the most isolated nature reserve on the planet.
Source: Lord Howe Island – Garden of Eden between Australia and New Zealand
Melbourne overtakes Sydney as Australia’s largest city | Sky News Australia
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Melbourne has surpassed Sydney as Australia’s largest city, but only on a technicality –thanks to a boundary change.An adjustment to city boundaries using the Significant Urban Area classification, to include the district of Melton, lifted Melbourne’s population to 4.875 million – 1,800 more than the Harbour City.Greater Sydney, which has different boundaries, is still larger than Greater Melbourne – but this won’t last for long. The federal government in January predicted Melbourne’s population would overtake Sydney’s by 2031.
Source: Melbourne overtakes Sydney as Australia’s largest city | Sky News Australia
Cyclone Ilsa makes landfall, sets a new wind record as it smashes into Australia’s western coast | CNN
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Cyclone Ilsa smashed into a remote stretch of coast in Western Australia around midnight Thursday local time with wind speeds that broke previous records set more than 10 years ago in the same place.