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Australia Australia Day a national public holiday in Australia, commemorating the founding on 26 January 1788 of the colony of New South Wales.
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AUSTRALIA: ACTIVISTS URGE RUDD TO ADOPT BINDING TARGETS AT BALI.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 12/11/2007; 700+ words
; By Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Australia, Dec. 11, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Australia's newly-elected Labor Party government...target opposed by the United States and Japan. Australia also appears likely to oppose the inclusion...
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AUSTRALIA: NATION SHOULD WELCOME MIGRANTS, ANALYST SAYS.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 11/2/2007; 700+ words
; ...GIN) -- A leading economist is urging Australia to reconsider its opposition to a migrant...outweigh the disadvantages, and that Australia's rigid stance on the issue is damaging...Integration and Labor Mobility: Are Australia and New Zealand Short-Changing Pacific...
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Australia's defence and security challenges: a tale of three "posts": Robert Ayson comments on the impact of recent crises on Australia's security outlook and thinking. (Security).
Newspaper article from: New Zealand International Review; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...five years with major implications for Australia's security perceptions. The three...priorities that is currently occurring in Australia. The first of these shocks--the financial...accompanied by growing concerns on the part of Australia and Indonesia's other neighbours about...
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Australia: Virgin Blue lands $14 million 777 Aircraft Simulator in NSW.
News Wire article from: TendersInfo; 5/24/2008; 700+ words
; ...Virgin Blue s new international Airline, V Australia, will today officially commission Australia s first Boeing 777 aircraft simulator, highlighting...training infrastructure and setting up V Australia s operational base in Sydney. The simulator...
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Australia Markets Itself As A Springboard to Asian Investment and Trade. (Originated from Philadelphia Inquirer)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 6/26/1994; ; 700+ words
; SYDNEY, Australia--Jun. 27--It's tea time. Care...Welcome to the Arnott's cookie tin, Australia's answer to Tastykake, a home-grown...off the direct path to Asia, using Australia - and an established Aussie brand name...
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AUSTRALIA/INDIA: MONEY IS DRIVING FORCE BEHIND URANIUM DEAL.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 8/24/2007; 700+ words
; By Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Australia, Aug. 24, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- The...leverage throughout the region, to use Australia's abundant uranium to increase its...Asian Studies at La Trobe University. Australia, which is estimated to hold 40 percent...
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AUSTRALIA: RUDD SEEKS INFLUENCE OVER NATO, ASIA AND PACIFIC.
News Wire article from: Interpress Service; 4/30/2008; 700+ words
; ...by Stephen de Tarczynski MELBOURNE, Australia, Apr. 29, 2008 (IPS/GIN) -- Recent...have projected a more robust image of Australia, apparently revealing his desire for...The purpose of the visit is to advance Australia's security, foreign policy and business...
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Australia Day honours
Magazine article from: Intheblack; 4/1/2006; ; 628 words
; CPA AUSTRALIA CONGRATULATES THE 12 MEMBERS WHOSE NAMES APPEARED ON THE 2006 AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURS LIST Hedley Bachmann of Klemzig, South Australia, was elected Member of the Order of Australia for service to public sector management, particularly...
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Australia: The Complete Guide to Aboriginal Australia To experience `real life' down under, try exploring an Indigenous community. CHARLOTTE HINDLE looks at one of the most remarkable cultures in the world
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 9/21/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...between 50,000 and 70,000 years ago, Australia was still connected to New Guinea by...made their way from South-east Asia to Australia via land and sea - even as few as three...410,000 Indigenous people living in Australia: approximately one in 40 of the population...
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AUSTRALIA: CANBERRA STICKS TO OWN GREENHOUSE GAS FORMULA
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire; 5/2/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...05-02-1997 SYDNEY, May 1 (IPS) -- Australia's hopes of escaping tough international...countries. "I emphasized the deep concern Australia has about the impact both on Australia and Japan of the likely agreement between...
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Australia
Book article from: World of Earth Science
Australia Of the seven continents, Australia is the flattest, smallest, and except for Antarctica , the...geographic isolation from other land-masses accounts for Australia's unique animal species, notably marsupial mammals like...
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Telecom Australia
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
Telecom Australia 199 William Street Melbourne, Victoria 3000 Australia (613) 606-5511 Fax: (03) 670-3388 State...Overseas Telecommunications Corporation (Telecom Australia) is a government-owned, regulated, public utility...
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Australia and New Zealand, Relations with
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, RELATIONS WITH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND, RELATIONS WITH. Countless Americans have traveled to Australia and New Zealand. Many important commercial contacts were made in the earliest years of Australian colonization...
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Australia, Intelligence and Security
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
Australia, Intelligence and Security █ ADRIENNE WILMOTH LERNER Australia gained its status as a British Commonwealth nation...A 1999 national referendum sought to establish Australia as an independent republic, but Australians voted...
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Australia, Commonwealth of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Australia, Commonwealth of A federation of six states, New South Wales (founded 1788), Western Australia (1829), Tasmania (formerly Van Diemen's Land, 1825), South Australia (1834), Victoria (1851), and Queensland...
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