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Australian Case Reopened: Did a Dingo Kill Azaria Chamberlain? (Time.com)

October 19th, 2010

Time.com - More than 30 years after Lindy Chamberlain’s baby daughter died, questions still hang over what happened to 10-week-old Azaria that summer night in the Australian bush

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Pope canonizes first Australian saint, 5 others (AP)

October 17th, 2010

** CORRECTS TO FIVE OTHER SAINTS ** A pilgrim holds a poster of Australia's first saint Mary MacKillop during a Canonization Mass led by Pope Benedict XVI in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 17, 2010. Tens of thousands of people have packed St. Peter's Square for the canonization of Australia's first saint Mary MacKillop,  and  five other saints.   (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed Australia’s first saint on Sunday, canonizing a 19th-century nun and also declaring five other saints in an open-air Mass attended by tens of thousands.


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Australian gov’t plans to continue with mining tax (AP)

September 7th, 2010

Australian independent lawmakers Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott, left, speak during a press conference in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor Party gained the ability to form a government for a second term after the two independent lawmakers joined her coalition more than two weeks after elections failed to deliver a clear winner for the first time since 1940. (AP Photo/Mark Graham)AP - Tensions emerged on the first full day of Australia’s new minority government’s rule Wednesday between the deputy prime minister and a kingmaker independent legislator over plans to make…

Australian Labor Party wins enough support to rule (AP)

September 7th, 2010

AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s center-left Labor Party will form a minority government to rule Australia for a second three-year term, after two independent lawmakers joined her coalition Tuesday…

Australian key lawmaker backs Labor to govern (AP)

September 2nd, 2010

AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia on Thursday when an independent lawmaker said he would support her center-left Labor Party to form Australia’s…

Australian lawmakers reveal $9.7 B hole in pledges (AP)

September 1st, 2010

AP - Australia’s opposition Liberal Party had overstated national savings from their election promises by up to 10.6 billion Australian dollars ($9.7 billion), according to official figures released Wednesday by…

Australian Voters Face Hung Parliament in Close Election (Time.com)

August 23rd, 2010

Time.com - Australia has its first hung Parliament in 70 years, with neither the conservative Liberal-National Coalition nor the Labor Party getting the requisite 76 seats to win the national…

Australian parties seek backing of independents (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, right,  leader of the Australian Labor Party, walks with her partner Tim Mathieson at her hometown of Altona in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010. It could take more than a week to learn who will govern Australia after a cliffhanger election, the closest in nearly 50 years, and the winner may have to woo the support of a handful of independent lawmakers in order to assume power. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)AP - The leaders of Australia’s two major political parties began negotiating power deals with independent lawmakers Sunday after the nation’s closest election in decades failed to deliver a clear…

Australian PM asks independents to save government (AP)

August 22nd, 2010

AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard says no major party has won a majority of parliamentary seats in this weekend’s general elections and that she has started negotiating with independent…

Australian PM says elections too close to call (AP)

August 21st, 2010

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, leader of the Australian Labor Party, waves to the crowd after her post election speech in Melbourne, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)AP - Australians chose Saturday between giving their first female prime minister her own election mandate and returning to a conservative government after just three years. With more than 75…