Australia/2007

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January

date	news
2007-01-01	1 million people welcome 2007 in Sydney Australian 1976 Cabinet papers released
2007-01-02
2007-01-03
2007-01-04	Record number of bicycles sold in Australia in 2006 Australian Police net $540 million in "liquid ecstacy"
2007-01-05
2007-01-06
2007-01-07
2007-01-08
2007-01-09
2007-01-10
2007-01-11
2007-01-12
2007-01-13
2007-01-14	Toxic wetlands may be cause of thousands of bird deaths in Western Australia
2007-01-15	New Zealand Commerce Commission investigating Australian company
2007-01-16	Victoria power grid collapses due to spot fires
2007-01-17
2007-01-18	Airline checks Dell and Apple computers for hazard China shoots down weather satellite with ballistic missile
2007-01-19
2007-01-20
2007-01-21	Fire breaks out in Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia Sydney councils pay investigators to have sex with prostitutes
2007-01-22
2007-01-23
2007-01-24	Man attacked by shark now safe in hospital
2007-01-25
2007-01-26	Aussies ignore flag ban at Big Day Out festival
2007-01-27
2007-01-28
2007-01-29
2007-01-30
2007-01-31	Petrol pricing in Bathurst, NSW reduced for only seven days

February

date	news
2007-02-01
2007-02-02	Two Prime Ministers banned from Fiji
2007-02-03
2007-02-04	Seven bushfires near Perth, Western Australia
2007-02-05	$200,000 reward for information on Perth arsonist
2007-02-06
2007-02-07
2007-02-08	New stars found in Southern Cross
2007-02-09
2007-02-10
2007-02-11
2007-02-12	Australian Prime Minister targets Obama on Iraq
2007-02-13
2007-02-14
2007-02-15	Australian PM visits New Zealand
2007-02-16
2007-02-17	Black Caps make cricket history
2007-02-18	Australia dethroned, South Africa ranks first in world cricket
2007-02-19
2007-02-20
2007-02-21
2007-02-22
2007-02-23
2007-02-24
2007-02-25
2007-02-26
2007-02-27
2007-02-28

March

date	news
2007-03-01
2007-03-02	Wikinews Shorts: March 2, 2007
2007-03-03
2007-03-04	Operation to capture rebel leader surges violence in East Timor
2007-03-05
2007-03-06
2007-03-07	Dozens dead in Indonesian plane crash
2007-03-08
2007-03-09	First Norfolk Island murderer in a century found guilty
2007-03-10
2007-03-11	Wikinews Shorts: March 11, 2007
2007-03-12
2007-03-13
2007-03-14	2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs Scotland
2007-03-15	Wikinews Shorts: March 15, 2007
2007-03-16
2007-03-17	Kimi Räikkönen will start from pole of 2007 Australian GP
2007-03-18	2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs Netherlands Kimi Räikkönen wins 2007 Australian Grand Prix
2007-03-19	Doctor robbed, car-jacked and locked in boot while car set alight
2007-03-20
2007-03-21	NSW Opposition leader uses Yahoo Answers to query voters
2007-03-22	Sydney ferry hits ship, bridge
2007-03-23
2007-03-24	2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs South Africa Labor retains power in NSW, earning fourth consecutive term
2007-03-25	Lane Cove Tunnel opens in Sydney
2007-03-26	US charges Australian David Hicks
2007-03-27	Guantanamo detainee David Hicks pleads guilty to providing "material support"
2007-03-28	2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs West Indies
2007-03-29
2007-03-30
2007-03-31	Wikinews Shorts: March 31, 2007 Sydney holds voluntary one hour blackout 2007 Cricket World Cup: Bangladesh vs Australia

April

date	news
2007-04-01	Strong earthquake near Solomon Islands, tsunami reported First Guantánamo Bay prisoner sentenced
2007-04-02
2007-04-03
2007-04-04
2007-04-05
2007-04-06
2007-04-07	Good Friday Appeal achieves fund-raising record
2007-04-08	2007 Cricket World Cup: England vs Australia
2007-04-09
2007-04-10	New South Wales anti-drug campaign to target teens
2007-04-11
2007-04-12	NSW to Queensland water pipeline would be "cost-effective": Report
2007-04-13	2007 Cricket World Cup: Ireland vs Australia
2007-04-14
2007-04-15
2007-04-16	2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs Sri Lanka
2007-04-17
2007-04-18
2007-04-19	Wikinews Shorts: April 19, 2007
2007-04-20	2007 Cricket World Cup: Australia vs New Zealand
2007-04-21
2007-04-22	Motorsport: Rick Kelly wins V8 Supercars Round 3 at Pukekohe NZ
2007-04-23	Wikinews Shorts: April 23, 2007 Snowy Mountains Hydro could be closed as drought tightens on Australia Australians and News Zealanders increasingly support shared currency
2007-04-24
2007-04-25	ANZAC Day marked around the world Bathurst War Memorial vandalised before ANZAC service 2007 Cricket World Cup - 2nd Semi-Final: Australia vs South Africa
2007-04-26	Vanstone quits Australian politics, to receive posting in Rome
2007-04-27
2007-04-28	Australia defeats Sri Lanka in 2007 Cricket World Cup Final
2007-04-29
2007-04-30	Queensland prisoners put to work manufacturing water tanks

May

date	news
2007-05-01
2007-05-02
2007-05-03
2007-05-04
2007-05-05	World Health Organization launches clinical trial website
2007-05-06
2007-05-07
2007-05-08	Wikinews Shorts: May 8, 2007
2007-05-09	Wikinews Shorts: May 9, 2007
2007-05-10
2007-05-11
2007-05-12
2007-05-13
2007-05-14	Australian cricket tour of Zimbabwe cancelled
2007-05-15
2007-05-16
2007-05-17
2007-05-18
2007-05-19
2007-05-20	Wikinews Shorts: May 20, 2007 David Hicks transferred from Guantanamo Bay to Australian prison
2007-05-21
2007-05-22
2007-05-23
2007-05-24
2007-05-25	Protesters turn their backs on Australian PM New environmental housing regulations for Western Australia
2007-05-26	New South Wales government turns out the light on Blue Mountains Freeway
2007-05-27
2007-05-28
2007-05-29	Aston Villa defeat Central Coast Mariners to win Hong Kong Soccer 7's tournament Driver hits median strip, rolls vehicle in NSW, Australia Lesbians, heterosexuals banned from gay bar in Australia Bathurst, NSW: Police find bones, "may belong to missing woman"
2007-05-30
2007-05-31	Treatment of Indonesian governor in Sydney causes diplomatic stir

June

date	news
2007-06-01	Premier Iemma apologises to Indonesian governor over hotel entry incident
2007-06-02
2007-06-03	Australian universities target second language "crisis"
2007-06-04
2007-06-05	Eleven killed in train crash in northern Victoria, Australia
2007-06-06
2007-06-07
2007-06-08	Worst storm in thirty years hits Newcastle, Australia
2007-06-09	Salvage crew boards grounded ship in Newcastle, Australia
2007-06-10
2007-06-11	Queensland government not doing enough on water: Poll Flooding hits NSW Hunter Region
2007-06-12
2007-06-13	Indonesia arrests Jemaah Islamiyah leader
2007-06-14
2007-06-15
2007-06-16
2007-06-17
2007-06-18	Gunman on the loose in Melbourne
2007-06-19
2007-06-20
2007-06-21	Melbourne gunman missed court
2007-06-22
2007-06-23
2007-06-24
2007-06-25	Election of new 7 wonders of the world: deadline approaching
2007-06-26
2007-06-27
2007-06-28	Sydney Opera House listed on World Heritage List
2007-06-29
2007-06-30

July

date	news
2007-07-01
2007-07-02
2007-07-03	Eighth suspect connected to failed UK bombings arrested
2007-07-04
2007-07-05	Commuter chaos in Sydney after wind damages lines on Harbour Bridge Five kidnapped from Nigerian oil rig
2007-07-06	Raids take place as enquiry into failed UK bombings continues
2007-07-07
2007-07-08	Surveillance cameras in New South Wales schools cause alarm
2007-07-09	AFC Asian Cup: Australia draw with Oman, hosts Vietnam upset UAE Rower Tuijn halfway across Pacific in record attempt
2007-07-10
2007-07-11
2007-07-12	Australian radio personality Stan Zemanek dies aged 60
2007-07-13
2007-07-14	AFC Asian Cup: Iraq shock Australia, Japan overcome UAE Man takes armoured vehicle on rampage through Western Sydney Australian police charge Indian doctor over failed UK bombings
2007-07-15
2007-07-16	Australia: Indian doctor released on bail, detained under immigration laws
2007-07-17	Australian government under fire over Haneef visa decision
2007-07-18
2007-07-19
2007-07-20
2007-07-21
2007-07-22	Australia to honour Steve Irwin with nature park
2007-07-23
2007-07-24
2007-07-25
2007-07-26
2007-07-27
2007-07-28	Australia drops charges against Indian doctor
2007-07-29
2007-07-30
2007-07-31

August

date	news
2007-08-01
2007-08-02
2007-08-03	Australian state of Victoria swears in new cabinet
2007-08-04	Body found in Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, Australia
2007-08-05	Mersey hospital takeover by the Australian government
2007-08-06
2007-08-07
2007-08-08
2007-08-09
2007-08-10
2007-08-11
2007-08-12
2007-08-13
2007-08-14
2007-08-15
2007-08-16
2007-08-17
2007-08-18
2007-08-19
2007-08-20	Woman dies when pet camel tries to mate with her
2007-08-21
2007-08-22
2007-08-23
2007-08-24	Research focuses on orchids mimicking female wasps
2007-08-25	Efforts to salvage Indonesian naval vessel grounded off Queensland, Australia hampered by stormy weather 72 hour Australia wide ban on horse movements
2007-08-26
2007-08-27	Horse flu spreads in Australia
2007-08-28	Australians enjoy second lunar eclipse for 2007 Horse flu damage spreads Horse racing in NSW, Queensland cancelled indefinitely
2007-08-29	Arung Samudera refloated and under tow to Brisbane First signs of recovery from horse flu outbreak
2007-08-30	Australian short-term inmates have their right to vote reinstated Horse flu infects Australian thoroughbreds
2007-08-31

September

date	news
2007-09-01
2007-09-02
2007-09-03
2007-09-04
2007-09-05
2007-09-06	Australian TV show The Chaser breaches APEC security; 11 charged
2007-09-07	Australian comedians "could have been shot" during APEC prank
2007-09-08	2007 Rugby World Cup: New Zealand, Australia and England open with wins Japanese man retains title at Air Guitar World Championship in Finland Up to 18 arrested, police injured in APEC rally APEC leaders wear Driza-Bones for group photo APEC countries set "aspirational goals" on climate change
2007-09-09	APEC closes in Sydney Sydney thanked for its patience during APEC
2007-09-10
2007-09-11
2007-09-12	2007 Twenty20 World Championship: Australia vs Zimbabwe Tunisian swimmer Oussama Mellouli stripped of championship for doping
2007-09-13	Australian PM will not serve full term if re-elected
2007-09-14	2007 Twenty20 World Championship: England vs Australia
2007-09-15	2007 Rugby World Cup: New Zealand, Australia and Ireland win
2007-09-16	2007 ICC World Twenty20: Australia vs Bangladesh
2007-09-17
2007-09-18	2007 ICC World Twenty20: Australia vs Pakistan
2007-09-19	Australian treasurer attacks opposition leader's tax question error
2007-09-20	2007 ICC World Twenty20: Australia vs Sri Lanka
2007-09-21
2007-09-22
2007-09-23
2007-09-24	2007 Rugby World Cup: South Africa, Australia and New Zealand qualify
2007-09-25	Aid for Australian farmers increased to $1 billion John Howard announces $560 million for medical research John Howard sets green energy targets
2007-09-26	Myanmar protesters beaten by police Protest in Melbourne against WorkChoices Australian government declares support for Burmese protests Australian Greens attack government green energy target
2007-09-27	Australian PM rules out economic sanctions against Myanmar Law Council of Australia criticises both parties on legal aid "Halo 3" creates new opening day record Dr Karl to run for Australian senate
2007-09-28	Anglican Church of Australia approves female bishops
2007-09-29	2007 Rugby World Cup: Scotland and Fiji qualify for quarter finals
2007-09-30

October

date	news
2007-10-01	A-League 2007-08: Round 6 Results Champion AFL footballer Chris Mainwaring dies
2007-10-02	Abbott calls for independent boards to govern Australian hospitals
2007-10-03	Australian cricket team in India in 2007-08: 2nd ODI Third day of 2007 NSW fire season sees 46 fires burning
2007-10-04	AFL: Gary Ablett wins Geelong's best and fairest Australian treasurer declares that he is "a lot of fun" Australian government approves Tasmanian pulp mill
2007-10-05	2007 Ig Nobel Prize winners announced Survey: Finland is the world's greenest country Construction on massive radio telescope array to begin in 2012 Woman attempting suicide rescued by Western Bulldogs players
2007-10-06	2007 Rugby World Cup: Australia 10 - 12 England
2007-10-07
2007-10-08
2007-10-09	A-League 2007–08: Round 7 Results
2007-10-10	Chinese student found dead in Perth suburb
2007-10-11
2007-10-12
2007-10-13
2007-10-14	2007 Australian MotoGP won by Casey Stoner Australian Prime Minister calls federal election
2007-10-15	Australia Votes 2007: Opposition transport minister speaks to Wikinews on Central NSW freeway
2007-10-16	Australia Votes 2007: Liberals promise personal income tax cuts
2007-10-17
2007-10-18
2007-10-19	Ben Cousins sacked by West Coast in AFL drug scandal Australia Votes 2007: Labor releases tax plan
2007-10-20
2007-10-21
2007-10-22	Sydney FC sack manager Branko Culina Australia Votes 2007: Treasurer says Labor tax plan contains error Australia Votes 2007: Analysts say Rudd wins TV debate
2007-10-23
2007-10-24	Calls made for prosecution in light of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 report
2007-10-25
2007-10-26	Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan
2007-10-27
2007-10-28
2007-10-29
2007-10-30
2007-10-31

November

date	news
2007-11-01
2007-11-02	Vitamin D deficiency more common, serious, than thought
2007-11-03
2007-11-04	Australia Votes 2007: Labor plan for home buyers Peter Andren, Australian MP dies aged 61
2007-11-05	Reserve Bank of Australia considers interest rate rise Teachers union says Melbourne Cup may be educational opportunity Australia Votes 2007: Howard and Rudd take 'me-tooism' to new heights
2007-11-06	Australian soldier dies in East Timor barracks Efficient wins Melbourne Cup
2007-11-07	Illegal drug found to be used in the manufacture of toys
2007-11-08
2007-11-09	Australia completes inquest for victims of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200
2007-11-10
2007-11-11	FFA to investigate crowd violence at Melbourne-Sydney match
2007-11-12
2007-11-13
2007-11-14
2007-11-15
2007-11-16
2007-11-17
2007-11-18	Australia defeat Nigeria in international football (soccer) friendly
2007-11-19
2007-11-20
2007-11-21
2007-11-22	Australian Liberal Party criticised over fake pamphlets
2007-11-23
2007-11-24	Australia Votes 2007: Early results suggest Labor win
2007-11-25	Australia Votes 2007: Outgoing treasurer will not stand for Liberal leadership Australia Votes 2007: Rudd to become 26th Prime Minister
2007-11-26	Australia Votes 2007: Outgoing Deputy PM steps down from party leadership
2007-11-27
2007-11-28
2007-11-29
2007-11-30

December

date	news
2007-12-01
2007-12-02
2007-12-03	New Australian Prime Minister signs Kyoto Kevin Rudd sworn in as Prime Minister of Australia
2007-12-04
2007-12-05
2007-12-06	Scientists take strong stance for cutting emissions at Climate Conference in Bali
2007-12-07
2007-12-08
2007-12-09
2007-12-10
2007-12-11	Nine who admitted raping 10-year-old released by Australian judge
2007-12-12
2007-12-13
2007-12-14
2007-12-15
2007-12-16
2007-12-17
2007-12-18	Dad sells $90 video game for $9000 after catching son smoking pot
2007-12-19
2007-12-20
2007-12-21	Japan backs down from hunting Humpback whales
2007-12-22
2007-12-23
2007-12-24
2007-12-25	Leaders throughout the world deliver Christmas messages
2007-12-26	Record temperatures stoke bushfires in Western Australia, arson suspected
2007-12-27
2007-12-28
2007-12-29	Australian David Hicks is released from Yatala Labour Prison
2007-12-30
2007-12-31