Australia

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian private security vacated an asylum seeker detention centre in Papua New Guinea (PNG) ahead of its planned closure on Tuesday, detainees said, leaving 600-odd refugees and asylum seekers barricaded inside and…
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(Reuters) - Australian grocery chain Woolworths Ltd <WOW.AX> said on Tuesday first quarter sales rose 3.7 percent, helped by a sharp rise in food sales. Total sales from continuing operations came in at A$14.52 billion (8.45…
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By Colin Packham-CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's High Court ruled on Friday that Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce is ineligible to remain in parliament, a stunning decision that cost the government its one-seat parliamentary majority…
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CLARK FREEPORT ZONE, Philippines (Reuters) - Australia on Tuesday announced the expansion of its security support to the Philippines, which will involve training in urban counter-terrorism, to fight the rise and spread of Islamist militancy…
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VIENNA, Oct 23 (Reuters) - The head of Austria's Jewish community issued a warning to the conservatives (OVP) and Social Democrats (SPO) against working with the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) as OVP leader Sebastian Kurz, heading into…
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(Reuters) - Australia's Westpac Banking Corp <WBC.AX> said on Thursday it will provide refunds to about 200,000 customers holding "packaged" accounts, or accounts with additional benefits, and book an after-tax charge of A$45…
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Australian No. 4 lender Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd <ANZ.AX> sold its pension unit to financial services company IOOF Holdings <IFL.AX> for A$975 million (577.54 million pounds), continuing the rush of banks…
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Sydney police rescued a woman from a car before it sank into the Georges River on Sunday (October 15). Aerial footage showed police officers swimming towards the car and pulling the woman out just before the car sinks. Police had…
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By Alison Bevege-SYDNEY (Reuters) - The impoverished family of Australia's most famous Aboriginal artist, Albert Namatjira, has been given copyright to his works after years of fruitless campaigning triggered the intervention of a…
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By Kirsti Knolle and Shadia Nasralla LINZ/EISENSTADT, Austria, Oct 13 (Reuters) - For Verena Dunst, veteran Social Democrat in the government of Austria's Burgenland province, working with the far right for the past two years has not just…
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CANBERRA, Australia, September 18, 2017-mareeg- Today I announce the Australian Government will provide further assistance in response to widespread and devastating hunger and cholera in Yemen, South Sudan and Somalia. The Government will…
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