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December 8, 2015

Jolie to direct film in Australia

Hollywood A-lister Angelina Jolie will direct her new film "Unbroken" in Australia, using Sydney and rural parts of New South Wales state as locations, it was announced Tuesday.

December 8, 2015

Khawaja's Cricket Australia contract upgraded

Batsman Usman Khawaja, who faces a battle to keep his place in the Australia team for this week's final Ashes Test, has had his central playing contract upgraded, Cricket Australia said Monday.

December 8, 2015

Australian PM vows referendum to recognise Aboriginals

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Wednesday used the 50th anniversary of the indigenous land rights movement to pledge a referendum on recognising the country's Aborigines in the constitution if Labor is re-elected.

December 8, 2015

Intruder poses security scare for new Australian PM

An intruder who climbed on stage with Australia's next prime minister Tony Abbott and his family on victory night is an anti-coal activist who calls himself Twiggy Palmcock, reports said Sunday.

December 8, 2015

Ousted Australian PM opens up on sexism

Australia's first female premier Julia Gillard has opened up for the first time on the sexism that plagued her leadership and her famous misogyny speech, in her final interview before being ousted.

December 8, 2015

Qantas planes in near miss collision over South Australia

Australian authorities were Saturday investigating how two Qantas passenger planes got so close that it triggered a collision warning alert, forcing them to take evasive action.

December 8, 2015

Stomach bug triggers mass vomiting on Qantas flight

Dozens of people were rushed off a Qantas flight for medical treatment in Sydney on Thursday after a stomach bug struck mid-journey, triggering a mass vomiting episode.

December 8, 2015

Sydney siege victims honored at memorial services

Two victims of a deadly siege in Sydney were remembered Tuesday at private memorial services, one week after a gunman took them hostage inside a downtown cafe.

December 8, 2015

Australia takes heart despite Ashes misery

Australia might have lost the Ashes to England but the nation's media saw enough at Old Trafford to believe the tables can be turned when the rivalry heads Down Under later this year.

December 8, 2015

London mayor Johnson meets royal croc George

London mayor Boris Johnson came face-to-face Tuesday with George the crocodile, an Australian gift to Prince William and his wife Kate, and joked that they should meet him before he becomes a handbag.