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Viral Post Shows Why A Road Trip Through Western Australia Is 'Life-Changing'
A viral post by Priyesh Sharma has travellers rethinking how to explore Australiam suggesting a slow, immersive road trip through Western Australia.
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Space Junk? Plane Debris? 'Strange Object' Washes Up On Australian Beach
The police do not believe that the object originated from a commercial aircraft and urged people to refrain from drawing conclusions.
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Missing Radioactive Capsule Found In Australia's Vast Outback
The eight millimetres by six millimetres contains enough Caesium-137 to cause acute radiation sickness.
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Missing Deadly Radioactive Capsule Sparks Urgent Alert In Western Australia
The loss of a radioactive capsule in Western Australia is being referred to as "very rare," and authorities are advising the public to be aware of the situation.
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Western Australia Reels From Huge Floods
Flood-hit swathes of Western Australia faced a long path to recovery Thursday as muddy waters receded to expose the full scale of recent damage to homes, roads and livestock.
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"Once In A Century" Flood Hits Australia, Hundreds Airlifted
Military helicopters airlifted hundreds of people from communities cut off by "once in a century" floods in Australia's northwest, an official leading relief efforts said on Sunday, noting water covered some places "as far as the eye could see".
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Construction Of World's Most Powerful Radio Telescope Begins In Western Australia
Hailed as one of the biggest scientific projects of this century, the telescopes will enable scientists to look back to early in the history of the universe when the first stars and galaxies were formed.
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Australian Mining Rife With "Horrific" Sexual Harassment Cases
Sexual harassment and assault are commonplace in Australia's multi-billion-dollar mining sector, a year-long inquiry reported Thursday, citing harrowing testimony from women workers of stalking, grooming and abuse.
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1,464 Australian Officials Used 'Password123' As Their Password
Somewhere in Western Australia, a government IT employee is probably laughing or crying or pulling their hair out, or maybe all of the above. A security audit of the Western Australian government released this week by the state's auditor general found that 26 percent of its officials had weak, common passwords -- including more than 5,000 including...
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Indian Student, Clicking Selfie, Dies After Falling Off Hill In Australia
In a tragic incident, a 20-year-old Indian student has died after falling off rocks into the ocean from a popular tourist attraction in Western Australia while trying to take a selfie, media reports said.
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Aborigines Built Stone 'Houses' 9,000 Years Ago: Researchers
Circular stone foundations discovered on an island in Western Australia suggest that Aborigines were building "houses" up to 9,000 years ago, a researcher said today.
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Surfer Dies After Losing Leg In Australian Shark Attack
A surfer who lost a leg in an Australian shark attack has died in hospital, police said Saturday, saying his injuries were too severe for him to survive.
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New Method May Help Detect Gravitational Waves
Scientists have discovered new technology that may identify gravitational waves throughout 'the observable universe', instead of detecting them a billion light years away.
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Crocodile Bites Off Woman's Hand In Australia
A crocodile bit a woman's hand off in an attack at a creek in a small northwestern Australian town, sparking a hunt to trap and kill the animal today.
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Firefighters Contain Deadly Australian Bushfire
Cooler temperatures and easing winds today helped firefighters contain a bushfire that killed two people and razed 143 properties, with clean-up efforts getting underway.
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Viral Post Shows Why A Road Trip Through Western Australia Is 'Life-Changing'
A viral post by Priyesh Sharma has travellers rethinking how to explore Australiam suggesting a slow, immersive road trip through Western Australia.
-
Space Junk? Plane Debris? 'Strange Object' Washes Up On Australian Beach
The police do not believe that the object originated from a commercial aircraft and urged people to refrain from drawing conclusions.
-
Missing Radioactive Capsule Found In Australia's Vast Outback
The eight millimetres by six millimetres contains enough Caesium-137 to cause acute radiation sickness.
-
Missing Deadly Radioactive Capsule Sparks Urgent Alert In Western Australia
The loss of a radioactive capsule in Western Australia is being referred to as "very rare," and authorities are advising the public to be aware of the situation.
-
Western Australia Reels From Huge Floods
Flood-hit swathes of Western Australia faced a long path to recovery Thursday as muddy waters receded to expose the full scale of recent damage to homes, roads and livestock.
-
"Once In A Century" Flood Hits Australia, Hundreds Airlifted
Military helicopters airlifted hundreds of people from communities cut off by "once in a century" floods in Australia's northwest, an official leading relief efforts said on Sunday, noting water covered some places "as far as the eye could see".
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Construction Of World's Most Powerful Radio Telescope Begins In Western Australia
Hailed as one of the biggest scientific projects of this century, the telescopes will enable scientists to look back to early in the history of the universe when the first stars and galaxies were formed.
-
Australian Mining Rife With "Horrific" Sexual Harassment Cases
Sexual harassment and assault are commonplace in Australia's multi-billion-dollar mining sector, a year-long inquiry reported Thursday, citing harrowing testimony from women workers of stalking, grooming and abuse.
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1,464 Australian Officials Used 'Password123' As Their Password
Somewhere in Western Australia, a government IT employee is probably laughing or crying or pulling their hair out, or maybe all of the above. A security audit of the Western Australian government released this week by the state's auditor general found that 26 percent of its officials had weak, common passwords -- including more than 5,000 including...
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Indian Student, Clicking Selfie, Dies After Falling Off Hill In Australia
In a tragic incident, a 20-year-old Indian student has died after falling off rocks into the ocean from a popular tourist attraction in Western Australia while trying to take a selfie, media reports said.
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Aborigines Built Stone 'Houses' 9,000 Years Ago: Researchers
Circular stone foundations discovered on an island in Western Australia suggest that Aborigines were building "houses" up to 9,000 years ago, a researcher said today.
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Surfer Dies After Losing Leg In Australian Shark Attack
A surfer who lost a leg in an Australian shark attack has died in hospital, police said Saturday, saying his injuries were too severe for him to survive.
-
New Method May Help Detect Gravitational Waves
Scientists have discovered new technology that may identify gravitational waves throughout 'the observable universe', instead of detecting them a billion light years away.
-
Crocodile Bites Off Woman's Hand In Australia
A crocodile bit a woman's hand off in an attack at a creek in a small northwestern Australian town, sparking a hunt to trap and kill the animal today.
-
Firefighters Contain Deadly Australian Bushfire
Cooler temperatures and easing winds today helped firefighters contain a bushfire that killed two people and razed 143 properties, with clean-up efforts getting underway.
