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Telegraph, 03.01.09 18:02 UTC

More Aboriginal children put into care now than during 'Stolen Generations'

Aboriginal children in Australia's most populous state are being removed from their families in far greater numbers than during the Stolen Generations, it has emerged.

Alcohol abuse New South Wales Jacqui Reed Glenda Stubbs Create Foundation Department of Community Services

Telegraph, 03.01.09 18:01 UTC

Victims of 'Stolen Generations' recall their loss

When Helen Ann Moran was a young girl she dreamed fitfully about an older sister that seemed just out of reach.

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Telegraph, 31.12.08 09:01 UTC

American alligator found in Australia mystifies experts

An American alligator has been found on the Australian south coast, leaving experts at a loss to explain how it arrived there.

Pambula New South Wales Australia United States Hans Rasker

Wired, 31.12.08 02:30 UTC

With Flickr Layoffs, Whither 'The Commons'?

In mid-December, when Yahoo laid off George Oates, one of the original employees of the photo-sharing website Flickr, Oates immediately feared for The Commons, Flickr's project to have its millions ...

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Times Online Sport, 30.12.08 23:33 UTC

Graeme Smith and Dale Steyn inspire triumph that threatens Australia’s reign

Graphic: 2008 in figures The ICC polishers are no doubt buffing the sterling silver and gold mace that is given to the leading Test nation in anticipation that it will soon change hands. By winning ...

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BBC World News, 30.12.08 16:33 UTC

False alligation - when a croc in Australia is not a croc

Wildlife officials in Australia are investigating how an alligator native to North America was found wandering around a campsite in New South Wales.

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Telegraph, 30.12.08 11:31 UTC

Ban on topless sunbathing urged for Australian beaches

Australia's reputation as a laid-back, easy-going nation of sunworshippers is under threat from a plan by conservatives to force women to cover up on some of the country's most popular beaches. A ...

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BBC World News, 27.12.08 13:31 UTC

Australia father 'taken by shark'

An Australian father is missing, feared dead, after reportedly being attacked by a shark while swimming with his son.

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Daily Mail, 24.12.08 14:03 UTC

Australians face water shortage from over-extraction of great underground lake

Australians face a dire water shortage because of excessive extraction form an underground lake the size of Libya, scientists warned today. Falling pressure in the Great Artesian Basin – which ...

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Times Online World News, 23.12.08 07:31 UTC

Haneef inquiry sparks Australian terror law revamp

An Australian judicial inquiry into the arrest of Mohammed Haneef, wrongly linked to the Glasbow airport bomb plot, has recommended sweeping changes to Australia's anti-terrorism laws and its police ...