Portal:Australia/2006/May
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- States challenge to Australian Work Choices Act begins
- Former Victorian Premier considers political comeback
- Rescue attempts continue for Tasmanian miners
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- Australian government announces $52.5 million financial assistance package for Ford
- Kennett rules out political comeback
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- Australian "3 CDMA" customers have 90 days to move to 3G
- Third Australian miner laid to rest
- Australian Budget for 2006-2007 released
- Tasmanian miners rescued
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- Southern Australian munitions factory explodes
- Australia will help in East Timor if requested: Downer
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- Calls for corporate tax reform in Australia goes unheeded
- Australian emergency telephone service lost in Southern NSW, ACT
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- Australian govt announces proposals for copyright update, allows private recording and transfer between media
- Bulls clinch position in Super 14 rugby semi-finals
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- Australian Mitchell Dean wins Honolulu Triathlon
- Satellite phone subsidy to be extended in Australia
- Australian senator to oppose petrol deregulation
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- Australia won't take back spent uranium
- Australian man caught driving with no licence twice in one day
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- Mundine beats Green in super-middleweight WBA eliminator
- Half of Australian defence force's munitions of no use
- Rescued Australian miners sign multi-million dollar media deal
- Culture of violence reported in central Australian Aboriginal communities
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- Australian rugby league club to have extra police at all NSW games
- Australian opposition expected to release workplace plan
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- RAGGS debuts on Australia's Seven Network
- Two Australian car ferry operators caught drunk on the job
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- US Navy sailors jailed in Australia on drug smuggling charges
- Australian Democrats in "continuous downward spiral": Founder
- Sydney off-ramp to charge $1.20 for 200m drive
- Australian PM pushes for "full-blooded" nuclear energy debate
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- PM John Howard's nuclear push causes alarm
- NSW govt to rebuild high school with private funding
- Downer welcomes Australian nuclear energy debate
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- Australia saves three billion plastic bags from circulation
- Howard government confirms "secret nuclear power committee"
- Australian PM to be snubbed by up to six Irish MPs
- Drug crackdown in Northern NSW nets two suppliers
- Australian treasurer enters nuclear debate
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- Multinational force sent to East Timor
- The Australia Institute identifies ideal sites for nuclear power stations
- East Timor descends into further violence: Downer
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- Australian Government under pressure to reveal nuclear sites
- Fighting in Dili continues ahead of multinational deployment
- Howard's revival of nuclear debate "surprising": Political expert
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- Science minister visits Australia's newest nuclear reactor, receives nuclear power report
- Australian troops land in East Timor
- Melbourne - Adelaide train services disrupted into next week following fatal crash
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- Violence in East Timor causes United Nations evacuation
- Australian woman dies in backburning operation near Bathurst
- NSW school maintenance a "disgrace": Opposition
- Opposition should push for Australian federal electoral reform: Whitlam
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- East Timor: President Gusmão takes emergency powers to quell unrest
- Australian PM doesn't support Queensland party amalgamation