Portal:Australia/2006/August
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< Portal:Australia | 2006
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- Australia's 15th census to be held tonight
- Former Australian cricketer Dean Jones sacked after "terrorist" comment
- Police seize $1 million worth of cannabis in southwestern Sydney
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- Australian government announces measures to reduce fuel costs
- Erroneous newspaper report garners publicity for Moon landing tapes
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- Australian company to make solar power with space technology
- Victoria, Australia - fuel theft on the increase
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- War on Terrorism could continue longer than the Cold War: Australia's Treasurer
- All Blacks win 2006 Tri Nations rugby series
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- Australia's "most powerful" windfarm approved
- 400 Australian soldiers sent to Afghanistan
- "Jihad" Jack Thomas acquitted of terrorism conviction
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- NASA chooses Woomera, South Australia for rocket launch site
- Demand for biofuel irrigation worsens global water crisis
- Australia to detain Burmese boatpeople on Nauru
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- Pakistani-born Australian sentenced to 20 years over terrorism offences
- Australia to subsidise Herceptin for early-stage breast cancer

