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December 5, 2015

Australia PM knits toy kangaroo for royal baby

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has revealed she is knitting a red kangaroo for the first baby of Prince William and his wife Kate.

December 5, 2015

Aussie press joy with England on back foot in Ashes

Australia's cricket writers on Saturday finally had something to cheer as Michael Clarke's tourists turned the screws in the third Ashes Test at Old Trafford.

December 5, 2015

Australia lifts ban on face veils in Parliament's public galleries

Australia's Parliament House on Monday lifted a short-lived ban on facial coverings including burqas and niqabs after the prime minister intervened.

December 5, 2015

Australia dismisses company's claim that it found possible Malaysia Airlines wreckage

The Australian agency heading up the search for the missing Malaysian jet has dismissed a claim by a resource survey company that it found possible plane wreckage in the northern Bay of Bengal.

December 5, 2015

Stosur and long-time coach split

Australia's Samantha Stosur has split with her long-time coach David Taylor, the former US Open champion said on Saturday.

December 5, 2015

Australia to send boatpeople to developing nations

Australia plans to resettle asylum-seekers in developing countries as part of a radical overhaul of its border protection policy to help stem the flood of boatpeople arriving on its shores, reports said Friday.

December 5, 2015

Murdoch says Rudd 'all over the place'

Media baron Rupert Murdoch Tuesday threw his support firmly behind the conservative opposition leader Tony Abbott ahead of Australia's upcoming election, saying Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was "all over the place".

December 5, 2015

Huawei spies for China, says ex-CIA chief

The former head of the United States' Central Intelligence Agency Michael Hayden said on Friday it "goes without saying" that Chinese telecoms giant Huawei spies for Beijing.

December 5, 2015

Australia pest check uncovers ephedrine haul

Australian authorities Wednesday said they had uncovered a major 274 kilogramme (600 pounds) haul of the stimulant ephedrine, used to make crystal methamphetamine, during a pest check on a rice shipment from India.

December 5, 2015

'No place' for sexism in Australia: PM Rudd

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Wednesday said there was "no place" for sexism, racism or homophobia in Australia as election rival Tony Abbott laughed off his touting of a candidate's sex appeal.