Portal:Australia/In-depth coverage
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In-depth coverage brings all Wikinews Australia reporting of a single issue onto a single page.
[edit] 2008
- WA Election 2008 - Wikinews brings you the full, unbiased story on the 2008 WA state election.
[edit] 2007
- Election 2007 - Wikinews brings you the full, unbiased story on the 2007 federal election.
[edit] 2006
- Southern Ocean whaling season (2005-2006) - Japanese whaling boats working in the Southern Ocean were confronted numerous times by protest ships.
- 43 West Papuans seek asylum - 43 Asylum Seekers left West Papua by boat, arriving on Cape York around January 18, without being detected. They were transferred to an Immigration Detention Centre on Christmas Island.
- Sydney race riots - the race related disturbances that received national and international attention during December 2005.
- 2005 industrial relations legislation - the Federal governments industrial relations changes, known as WorkChoices, which saw protests attended by hundreds of thousands, passed into law in December.
- Schapelle Corby - Young Australian woman convicted of smuggling 4kg of marijuana to Bali, Indonesia. She was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.
- Cole Inquiry - Inquiry into certain Australian companies in relation to the UN Oil-For-Food Programme.
- Australian nuclear debate - The debate surrounding nuclear energy in Australia.
- 2006 East Timor crisis - Australian deployment to East Timor after unrest in May, 2006.
- APEC Australia 2007 - The APEC summit of 2007, held in Sydney.
