Australia/2005

January

date	news
2005-01-01	Australian National Archives release Loans Affair documents
2005-01-02
2005-01-03
2005-01-04
2005-01-05
2005-01-06	Australia to deport asylum seekers to Tsunami Zone
2005-01-07
2005-01-08
2005-01-09
2005-01-10
2005-01-11	Mamdouh Habib to be released from Guantanamo Bay without charge
2005-01-12	Nine die in bush-fires in South Australia
2005-01-13
2005-01-14
2005-01-15
2005-01-16
2005-01-17
2005-01-18	Latham quits as Australian Labor leader
2005-01-19
2005-01-20
2005-01-21	Beazley may face challengers for leadership
2005-01-22
2005-01-23
2005-01-24
2005-01-25
2005-01-26
2005-01-27
2005-01-28
2005-01-29
2005-01-30	Habib back in Australia, thankful to supporters
2005-01-31	RAF Hercules crashes north of Baghdad killing ten Report into 2003/2004 New South Wales (Australia) hospital safety released

February

date	news
2005-02-01	Australian Prime Minister to visit Aceh Mother of first Australian soldier killed in Iraq expresses anger
2005-02-02	Girl killed by falling tree Paedophile forced to flee Australian town Man run over by train near Adelaide, loses both legs Australian PM arrives in Aceh New drugs listed on Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Australian churches begin campaign against late-term abortion
2005-02-03	Eastern Australia hit by severe storms
2005-02-04
2005-02-05	Java creator criticizes .Net
2005-02-06
2005-02-07
2005-02-08
2005-02-09
2005-02-10
2005-02-11
2005-02-12
2005-02-13
2005-02-14
2005-02-15
2005-02-16	Thorpe to miss 2005 World Swimming Championships
2005-02-17	Five hundred cattle die of neglect on West Australia property
2005-02-18	Cricket: Australia defeats NZ in Twenty20 international
2005-02-19	Australian reserve bank warns of slowing economy
2005-02-20	Cricket: Australia defeats New Zealand in series opener
2005-02-21	Thirty hospitalised after Melbourne airport gas leak
2005-02-22
2005-02-23	Australian government commits more troops to Iraq
2005-02-24
2005-02-25
2005-02-26
2005-02-27
2005-02-28

March

date	news
2005-03-01
2005-03-02
2005-03-03
2005-03-04
2005-03-05
2005-03-06
2005-03-07	Fisichella wins Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix
2005-03-08
2005-03-09	Cyclone Ingrid crosses Far North Queensland Coast
2005-03-10	United Nations passes Declaration on human cloning
2005-03-11
2005-03-12
2005-03-13
2005-03-14
2005-03-15
2005-03-16
2005-03-17
2005-03-18
2005-03-19
2005-03-20
2005-03-21	Anti-war march in London
2005-03-22
2005-03-23	Kazaa Trial concluding AU$1.25M reward offer for proof of living Tasmanian Tiger (Thylacine)
2005-03-24
2005-03-25	Protesters arrive at Baxter detention centre in Australian desert
2005-03-26
2005-03-27
2005-03-28	Crowded House drummer found dead Australia silent on UN racism committee condemnation
2005-03-29	Australians more concerned by global warming than terrorism, says Lowy report Surgeons reattach boy's three severed limbs
2005-03-30
2005-03-31

April

date	news
2005-04-01
2005-04-02	Australia, NATO enhance ties Australian Treasurer told to 'try harder on welfare'
2005-04-03	Names of Australians killed in helicopter crash released
2005-04-04	13 pilot whales returning to sea, off Western Australia
2005-04-05
2005-04-06
2005-04-07	Australia appeals for no execution in Indonesian drug case Western Australia apologises to abused wards-of-state
2005-04-08	Sex, mental and physical exercise, fight dementia
2005-04-09	Who's the richest entertainer in Australia? The Wiggles of course!
2005-04-10	Scientists proudly display oldest crystal on Earth Australia unemployment at 30-year low, but under-employed also at 5.1%
2005-04-11	Arsenic and Thalidomide may be used to fight cancer
2005-04-12	Australian Immigration denies issuing banned drug
2005-04-13
2005-04-14
2005-04-15	Australian police seize one tonne shipment of ecstacy
2005-04-16
2005-04-17
2005-04-18
2005-04-19	Teen tram thief may yet work as tram driver
2005-04-20	Australian blitz on fish poaching
2005-04-21	Melbourne's tram-driving teen faces more charges
2005-04-22
2005-04-23	Immigration and asylum turn voters off UK Tories Controversial Queensland Premier of 19 years dies at 94
2005-04-24
2005-04-25	ANZACs remembered ninety years after assault on Gallipoli
2005-04-26
2005-04-27
2005-04-28	CIA gives up search and interrogation on Iraq WMDs
2005-04-29
2005-04-30

May

date	news
2005-05-01
2005-05-02
2005-05-03
2005-05-04
2005-05-05
2005-05-06	Sydney bus driver accused of kidnapping schoolchildren
2005-05-07
2005-05-08
2005-05-09
2005-05-10	Racing - Elvstroem a surprise entry at Newbury
2005-05-11
2005-05-12
2005-05-13
2005-05-14
2005-05-15
2005-05-16
2005-05-17	Pop starlet Kylie Minogue has early-stage breast cancer
2005-05-18
2005-05-19
2005-05-20	Australia prepares to return Afghan detainees Computer giants attack Aussie CSIRO's WLAN patent
2005-05-21
2005-05-22
2005-05-23
2005-05-24	Child released after spending entire life in Australian detention centre
2005-05-25
2005-05-26
2005-05-27	Schapelle Corby found guilty, sentenced to 20 years
2005-05-28
2005-05-29
2005-05-30
2005-05-31

June

date	news
2005-06-01
2005-06-02
2005-06-03
2005-06-04
2005-06-05
2005-06-06
2005-06-07
2005-06-08
2005-06-09	Atari Melbourne Project revealed
2005-06-10	Interpol on the hunt for 'Dr. Death'
2005-06-11
2005-06-12
2005-06-13	Final withdrawal of Australian troops from East Timor
2005-06-14
2005-06-15
2005-06-16
2005-06-17
2005-06-18
2005-06-19
2005-06-20
2005-06-21	International Whaling Commission adjourns for private talks
2005-06-22
2005-06-23	Australian Deputy Prime Minister resigns
2005-06-24
2005-06-25
2005-06-26
2005-06-27	U.S. Marines accused of assaulting Australian freed by U.S. military court
2005-06-28
2005-06-29
2005-06-30	Flash floods hit Australia's eastern coast

July

date	news
2005-07-01
2005-07-02
2005-07-03
2005-07-04
2005-07-05	Australian Prime Minister's popularity at all time low
2005-07-06
2005-07-07
2005-07-08
2005-07-09
2005-07-10
2005-07-11	Wild storms lash New South Wales South Coast Australian PM promises to assist Corby
2005-07-12
2005-07-13	Australian telecomms firm Telstra offers rebates to those affected by bombings
2005-07-14	Australia commits more troops to Afghanistan
2005-07-15	New species of dolphin found off Australia
2005-07-16	Australian wins 2005 World Series of Poker
2005-07-17
2005-07-18	Report: invasion of Iraq provided boost for Al-Qaeda
2005-07-19
2005-07-20	New U.S. immigration bill proposes time-limit and employer scrutiny
2005-07-21
2005-07-22
2005-07-23
2005-07-24	Australia wins first test of The Ashes series
2005-07-25
2005-07-26
2005-07-27
2005-07-28	US, five Asian nations announce climate change partnership Australian refugee activists plan protest during minister's speech
2005-07-29	Australian Medical Association backs ethanol blended fuels
2005-07-30
2005-07-31

August

date	news
2005-08-01	Australian warship sunk as artificial reef
2005-08-02
2005-08-03
2005-08-04
2005-08-05	Laboratory fire forces evacuation of Australian National University
2005-08-06
2005-08-07	England win second test of the Ashes series
2005-08-08
2005-08-09
2005-08-10	Volcanic activity expands McDonald Island off Australia
2005-08-11
2005-08-12	Julian McGauran makes rude gesture to Australian Senate
2005-08-13
2005-08-14
2005-08-15	Third Ashes test ends in a draw
2005-08-16
2005-08-17
2005-08-18	No 'mates' in Australia's Parliament House
2005-08-19	Australian Air Force crews "at war" with Veterans' Affairs over compensation
2005-08-20	Attempt to reopen Western Australia's biggest beef processor
2005-08-21	Australian parliamentary security officers allowed to address members as 'mates' again
2005-08-22
2005-08-23	Thousands expected to protest at Forbes Global CEO conference in Sydney Hiker missing from US state of Utah wilderness found in Australia Australian current affairs TV program accused of inciting religious hatred
2005-08-24	Australian governments to partially fund Forbes conference
2005-08-25	George H. W. Bush to attend Sydney CEO conference Winners of international postcard-sized art exhibit announced Protestors want 'carnival not confrontation' at Forbes conference
2005-08-26
2005-08-27
2005-08-28	Australian MPs demand Islamic headscarf ban in schools
2005-08-29	Sydney, protesters reach agreement with police Bush attendance at Australia CEO conference a hoax
2005-08-30	Sydney prepares for Forbes Conference and 30A protest
2005-08-31	Carnival style protest held in Sydney

September

date	news
2005-09-01
2005-09-02	Coroner finds that Australian Prime Minister Holt drowned in 1967
2005-09-03
2005-09-04	Australia hits new Telstra privatization hurdles
2005-09-05	Islamic political party seeks registration in Australia Court rules in favour of record labels, Kazaa found illegal Australian Health minister makes inappropriate comments about Brogden suicide attempt
2005-09-06	Australian Aborigines sprayed by crop-duster Wheelchair-bound Australian rescued in New Orleans
2005-09-07	Australia's ABC head Levy leaves for "Channel Nine" Australian PM Howard under fire over AU$1.40/L pump prices
2005-09-08
2005-09-09	Sydney train doors stuck, passengers delayed News Corp acquires IGN for US$650 million
2005-09-10	Australia proposes new anti-terror laws
2005-09-11
2005-09-12	England win the Ashes US peace activist to be deported from Australia
2005-09-13	Telstra sale legislation debated in Australian House of Representatives, considered "urgent"
2005-09-14	Light stopped for over a second
2005-09-15	Telstra sale legislation passed by Australian Senate
2005-09-16	Kay Hull crosses floor in Australian House of Representatives on Telstra legislation
2005-09-17	Australian man allegedly ignites carpet, plastic with static electricity
2005-09-18
2005-09-19
2005-09-20
2005-09-21
2005-09-22
2005-09-23
2005-09-24	Sydney Swans win AFL premiership after 72 years in classic match
2005-09-25
2005-09-26	Guantanamo prisoner seeks UK citizenship, asylum
2005-09-27
2005-09-28
2005-09-29
2005-09-30

October

date	news
2005-10-01
2005-10-02	Tigers win NRL Grand Final
2005-10-03	Ulcer researchers awarded '05 Nobel Prize
2005-10-04
2005-10-05
2005-10-06	Australia's High Court rules mod-chips are legal
2005-10-07	Australian Immigration department removal of citizen was unlawful
2005-10-08
2005-10-09
2005-10-10
2005-10-11
2005-10-12	Bali nine lawyer challenges police on legality of drug case Australian senator Barnaby Joyce crosses floor
2005-10-13
2005-10-14	Australian Senate inquiry to new anti-terrorism laws to take place in one day
2005-10-15	Australian Minister 'leaks' draft of anti-terror bill
2005-10-16
2005-10-17
2005-10-18
2005-10-19	Australian "terror laws" face backlash
2005-10-20	Premiers take on Australian PM on Shoot To Kill Laws American soldiers accused of desecrating enemy bodies Australian opposition minister gives speech on poverty
2005-10-21
2005-10-22
2005-10-23
2005-10-24	Australian Government to introduce IR reforms next week
2005-10-25	Australian PM says proposed Anti-Terror Laws are Constitutional
2005-10-26
2005-10-27	Australian video journalist denies bodies burned in disrespect Australian anti-terror laws will be delayed
2005-10-28
2005-10-29
2005-10-30	Opposing a nuclear waste dump in the Northern Territory
2005-10-31

November

date	news
2005-11-01	Makybe Diva wins the Melbourne Cup Australian Foreign Affairs Minister denies knowledge of Guantanamo abuse allegations
2005-11-02	ASIO settle out of court, wrongful detention case Sydney residents protest anti-terror laws 11 MPs ejected from Australian parliament Anti-terror amendments to be rushed through Australian parliament because of new 'potential threats' Australian Treasury related agencies spend 17000 AUD on massages in 2004
2005-11-03	Australian Members of Parliament removed from chamber again in rowdy session of Question Time Multiple bomb threats in Sydney 'nothing more than a hoax' Australian House of Representatives grows heated over industrial relations legislation
2005-11-04
2005-11-05	Nationwide rallies against anti-terror laws held in Australia Engine troubles delay Airbus superjumbo tour
2005-11-06
2005-11-07
2005-11-08	Suspicions of nepotism arise from pulping of new Australian industrial relations information booklets Arrests made in Australia after 'anti-terror' raids
2005-11-09	Flooding in South Australia
2005-11-10
2005-11-11	New Australian industrial relations legislation passes House of Representatives Australian government accused of hypocrisy over World Court statement Thirtieth anniversary of Australia's constitutional crisis
2005-11-12	Fires at Baxter Immigration Detention Centre in South Australia
2005-11-13	New South Wales water supply problems continue Chinese hunger strike continues at Australian detention centre
2005-11-14	Climate change a factor in Australia's warmest year on record Bomb scare halts Brisbane transport
2005-11-15	Hundreds of thousands rally in Australia against IR legislation Thousands of Australian workers set to rally against IR reform
2005-11-16
2005-11-17	Rumsfeld's Australia visit sparks protests Australia qualifies for FIFA World Cup 2006
2005-11-18
2005-11-19	US bombers to train in Australia Australian science organisation discontinues genetically modified pea research Australian man to be executed in Singapore
2005-11-20
2005-11-21	Japan to hunt 950 whales for "scientific research" Darwin and Sumatra rocked by offshore earthquakes
2005-11-22	Christmas Island detention centre reopened
2005-11-23	Workplace reform campaign most expensive in Australian history Australian man threatens to shoot down chopper with tomato-bazooka
2005-11-24
2005-11-25
2005-11-26	10th Anniversary Critical Mass Ride in Melbourne Queensland National Party causing headaches for Howard on IR
2005-11-27	Four US soldiers face disciplinary action for burning Taliban soldiers' bodies
2005-11-28	'Guantanamo'-style detention facility under construction on Australian Island
2005-11-29
2005-11-30	Australian Senate passes resolution opposing death penalty in shadow of Van Nguyen execution

December

date	news
2005-12-01	Australian drug trafficker to be executed in Singapore tomorrow No final embrace for condemned man
2005-12-02	Australian Senate sits for extra day, passes industrial relations legislation Man charged with Huxley attack Federal Opposition hounds Treasurer over appointment to RBA board, Gerard resigns Australian Van Nguyen executed in Singapore
2005-12-03	Thousands demand climate change action Compensation funding agreement reached for Australian asbestos victims East Timor - Australia problematic billion-dollar gas and oil accord
2005-12-04
2005-12-05
2005-12-06	Australian Government passes new terror laws
2005-12-07	Asylum seeker hunger strike enters seventh week RepuTex announces Australia and New Zealand's most socially responsible corporations Australian researchers confirm stress makes you sick
2005-12-08	Australian government paves way for nuclear waste dump in Northern Territory Voluntary student unionism bill passes Australian House of Representatives, enters Senate Opposition motions in Australian House of Representatives attempts to bring Government to account on last sitting day of year
2005-12-09	Australian Senate agrees ban on tertiary-sector mandatory student unions
2005-12-10	Australian activists break into Pine Gap spy facility
2005-12-11
2005-12-12	Violence at Cronulla Beach as 5000 people gather
2005-12-13	Guantanamo detainee David Hicks seeks UK passport Shots fired at Sydney church Sydney racial violence continues
2005-12-14	Racially motivated text messages surface in other states Jury convicts Murdoch of outback murder Uniting Church at Auburn destroyed by fire ALP appoints SLW Group for 2007 election campaign Australian Guantanamo detainee David Hicks gets British citizenship
2005-12-15	Constitutional challenge to secret trials in Australian courts
2005-12-16	Police warn Sydneysiders to stay away from Eastern beaches Sydney's newest motorway to open today
2005-12-17	Cold cases in West Australia examined for Murdoch link Imitation gun pointed at Australia swimmers during training
2005-12-18	Australia's Howard calls for nativity scenes
2005-12-19	Anti-racism rally in Sydney Public services shutting down in New South Wales, Australia due to lack of money
2005-12-20	Security increased at Delta plants due to extortion threat Opposition claims Australian Treasurer misled parliament
2005-12-21	NRMA stands by "unsafe" smash repair system Australian on death row in Vietnam for smuggling heroin Work Choices Fair Pay Chief heavily criticised Travel warnings issued for Sydney Australia to continue burning Indonesian boats
2005-12-22	Former Australian defence chief's son to be discharged from the Army First charges laid over riot text messages Australian woman wins right to have dead husband's baby Australian States to launch high court battle against IR reforms Australian academic study supports nuclear power Destroyed Kelso High School to be rebuilt Japanese whaling ship to dock in Hobart Greenpeace activists clash with Japanese whaling fleet in Southern Ocean
2005-12-23	Two Australians charged after burning flag during riot New South Wales road safety campaign begins
2005-12-24	New South Wales ALP loses support first time under premier Iemma Tolls may be needed for NSW Pacific Highway upgrade
2005-12-25	Australian wheat to lose out in Iraqi market grab Australian troops receive Christmas show in Iraq
2005-12-26	Queensland Premier aims for a move to Australian federal politics
2005-12-27	Australia's richest man dies aged 68
2005-12-28	Jose Maria Aznar wants NATO to take in Australia and Israel Australian copyright laws to be overhauled in 2006
2005-12-29	Melbourne Victory held to draw by Perth Glory 69-year-old Australian mother and son on drugs charges
2005-12-30	Australian refugee contractor accused of breaching its duty of care
2005-12-31