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  Hugs, tears as Australia-NZ travel bubble opens

  Agence France-Presse . Queenstown | Updated at 10:18pm on April 19, 2021

  Families reunited in emotional scenes Monday as Australia and New Zealand launched a quarantine-free travel bubble that opened the border almost 400 days after its...

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  Tribal clashes kill 19 in Papua New Guinea

  Agence France-Presse . Port Moresby | Updated at 01:20pm on April 12, 2021

  Tribal clashes in Papua New Guinea’s highlands have left at least 19 people dead, including seven who were killed by a grenade, authorities said on...

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  Australia not to exempt politicians from harassment rules anymore

  Agence France-Presse . Sydney | Updated at 02:24pm on April 08, 2021

  Australian politicians will no longer be exempt from rules against sexual harassment at work, the conservative government announced on Thursday as it tries to quell...

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  Two Australian citizens released from Myanmar house arrest

  Agence France-Presse . Sydney | Updated at 10:39am on April 05, 2021

  Two Australians who were detained in Myanmar late last month have been released and have left Yangon, Canberra’s foreign affairs department said on Monday...

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  Food ferried to isolated Australians

  Agence France-Presse . Sydney | Updated at 11:51pm on March 24, 2021

  Rescue teams delivered food and emergency supplies to Australians isolated by floodwaters on Wednesday as authorities warned that swollen rivers posed an on-going threat despite...

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  Australians warned of deadly spider ‘plague’ after floods

  Agence France-Presse . Sydney | Updated at 10:10am on March 24, 2021

  A ‘plague’ of the world’s most venomous spiders could swarm Sydney after torrential rain and flooding, the Australian Reptile Park said on Wednesday, warning that...

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  ‘Catastrophic’ Australia floods prompt helicopter rescues

  Agence France-Presse . Windsor | Updated at 10:16pm on March 23, 2021

  Military helicopters, jet skis and rubber boats were deployed to rescue people stranded by ‘catastrophic’ floods along Australia’s populous east coast Tuesday, with thousands of...

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  ‘Disgraceful’ parliament sex acts rock Australia’s government

  Agence France-Presse . Sydney | Updated at 09:58am on March 23, 2021

  Leaked videos of staff from Australia’s conservative government performing sex acts in parliament, including one man masturbating over a female MP’s desk, left Scott Morrison’s...

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  Thousands evacuate as Sydney sees worst floods in decades

  Agence France-Presse . Sydney | Updated at 10:09pm on March 22, 2021

  Torrential downpours lashed Australia’s east Monday, forcing thousands to flee the worst flooding in decades and pushing communities already battling drought, bushfires, and the coronavirus...

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  Record rainfall causes Sydney dam overflow, evacuation ordered

  Agence France-Presse . Sydney | Updated at 05:27pm on March 21, 2021

  Sydney braced for its worst flooding in decades Sunday after record rainfall caused its largest dam to overflow and as deluges prompted mandatory mass evacuation...