Australia/2006

January

date	news
2006-01-01	Australian volunteer firefighters kept busy on New Year's Day
2006-01-02	Row over Australian flag at Bondi Pavilion New South Wales firefighters continue to battle fires, threat eases
2006-01-03	Southern Ocean whale slaughter to resume Miners survive underground fire in Tasmania Sydney Opera House 'No War' activists face court for paint cans Australian government to consider dropping US FTA amendment
2006-01-04	Australia records hottest year on record Australia First begins revival campaign
2006-01-05	Australian Labor Party announces new Climate Change Policy
2006-01-06	Ponting breaks cricket records Australia exports less to US despite FTA Bill Sweetenham cleared of bullying allegations
2006-01-07	Indonesian fishermen jailed for fishing offences in Australian waters Australian government says technology could reduce emissions three times more than Kyoto
2006-01-08	Truckies could foot the bill for NSW Pacific Highway upgrade Woman killed in shark attack at Amity Point, Australia
2006-01-09	First Tropical Cyclone of 2006 forms off West Australia
2006-01-10	Cyclone Clare batters Western Australia
2006-01-11
2006-01-12	World's biggest polluters won't cut back on fossil fuel
2006-01-13	Australia accused of bullying East Timor over oil field treaty
2006-01-14
2006-01-15
2006-01-16	West Australian Premier Geoff Gallop resigns
2006-01-17	Terrorism expert says Osama Bin Laden could be dead Australia to explore a national identity card
2006-01-18	Missing asylum seekers found off Cape York Australians unite against whaling in Southern Ocean 40 Asylum seekers missing off Torres Strait Australian senate inquiry receives 4,000 submisions on abortion pill
2006-01-19	West Papua refugees sent to Australia's Christmas Island Detention Centre Corby's 20 year sentence reinstated
2006-01-20	Message in bottle travels from UK to Australia Australian Wheat Board inquiry begins Mark Latham in fight 12 months after resigning as Australian opposition leader
2006-01-21	Alan Carpenter "effectively" new Western Australian Premier Australian Defence Minister resigns
2006-01-22	'Australian Values' to be taught in NSW schools
2006-01-23	Greenpeace, Sea Shepherds end Southern Ocean whaling protest Four Australian states ablaze, two dead, homes lost Bali Nine refused access to federal police files
2006-01-24	Australian Prime Minister announces results of reshuffle Julian McGauran defects from Australian National Party
2006-01-25
2006-01-26	Rural Victorian fires worsen
2006-01-27	Aboriginal Sovereignty Day Declared West Papuans refugees forced to fly 4000ks despite tuberculosis fears Queensland's biggest oil spill in 35 years Storms a mixed blessing for Victorian firefighters
2006-01-28	Australia's million-dollar-a-month Nauru detention centre for two refugees Anti-whaling Sea Shepherd crew detained in South Africa
2006-01-29	Firefighters find burning body parts in oil drums Corby's star witness convicted of rape Australian government hopes to establish triage by phone Amélie Mauresmo wins Australian Open
2006-01-30	Teacher confesses to having sex with student Two people charged over burning bodies in drums
2006-01-31	West Papuan refugees may face death if deported

February

date	news
2006-02-01	Australia to send 200 more troops to Afghanistan Scientists shocked at Great Barrier Reef bleaching
2006-02-02	Ruddock hints at Australia Card Bathurst, Australia's new hospital to be almost doubled in size
2006-02-03	RU486 Abortion pill hearings begin in Australia Leisel Jones sets two new swimming world records at trials Indonesia warns Australia over West Papuan asylum seekers Tensions continue to rise in Middle East over "Mohammad Cartoons" Report details British billionare donations to Australian political party
2006-02-04
2006-02-05	BHP halts operations after mine death in Western Australia Rio Tinto makes more than $4 billion
2006-02-06	Latham to face court on assault, stealing and malicious damage charges New South Wales to introduce 'parenting contracts'
2006-02-07	New South Wales set to adopt harsher anti-cannabis laws BHP Mine remains closed during death probe
2006-02-08	RU486 debate enters Australian Senate Opposition attacks government over involvement in wheat kickbacks as Australian Parliament resumes sitting Military presence increased in Melbourne for 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006-02-09	Repeal of ministerial control of RU486 bill passes Australian Senate
2006-02-10	Australian governments to meet for first COAG meeting of 2006 today
2006-02-11	Australian governments to spend $1.1 billion on mental health
2006-02-12
2006-02-13	First of the Bali nine sentenced Melbourne police raid hydroponic cannabis growers Australian PM links cannabis use to mental illness
2006-02-14	Bali Nine ringleaders sentenced to death
2006-02-15	RU486 debate complicates with amendments posed in Australian House of Representatives New photos of Abu Ghraib prison abuse Last three Bali Nine smugglers jailed for life
2006-02-16	Repeal of ministerial control of RU486 bill passes Australian House of Representatives
2006-02-17	Graffiti game banned in Australia Australian bird flu vaccine trial results "promising" Bird flu could kill between 1.4 and 140 million people - Australian researchers
2006-02-18
2006-02-19
2006-02-20
2006-02-21	Australia sends more troops to Afghanistan
2006-02-22	Preparations for inaugural Bathurst International Motor Festival begin Australian resort manager faces possible 10-year prison sentence in Indonesia
2006-02-23	UK and Aussie troops will not fight opium in Afghanistan Australian children suffering from iodine deficiency
2006-02-24	Australian treasurer makes "extremely divisive" comments
2006-02-25
2006-02-26	Anglican Church offers landmark compensation deal First Australian convicted under new anti-terrorism laws
2006-02-27	Six teenagers die in car accident in Victoria, several others injured Australian Prime Minister blames asylum seekers for "Children Overboard" scandal Five month old girl injured in "deliberate" house fire Australian government announces study of tax system Australian government accused of neglecting regions
2006-02-28	Cyclone Emma crosses West Australian coast Former AWB chairman paid almost $1,000,000 by AusAID Thinktank recommends changes to Australian student fees

March

date	news
2006-03-01	Sydney woman charged in Perth heroin seizure Brisbane woman charged with Sizzler poisoning Random driver drug testing to become permanent in Victoria Sizzler salad bars shut after rat poison found in food
2006-03-02	Natural gas discovered in Chile according to President Ricardo Lagos Australian Greens senator Bob Brown marks 10 years in Parliament Australia's Prime Minister Howard marks 10 years in power Corruption blamed for Papuan rainforest destruction
2006-03-03	Ian Thorpe starts to recover from chest pains Australia will not export uranium to India 2006 "Stolenwealth" Games to confront Commonwealth Games in Melbourne
2006-03-04	Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras celebrated by 450,000 people Iranian refugee child granted $400,000 in compensation for "psychological harm"
2006-03-05	Howard's 10 year party gatecrashed Deported Australian granted visa after two years in Serbian limbo
2006-03-06	Australian Prime Minister visits India New Zealand online auction web site bought for NZ$700 million
2006-03-07	Australians need bigger toilets Australian Senator Bob Brown calls for ban on junk food ads
2006-03-08	Largest mass extinction in 65 million years underway, scientists say Police release photographs of those of interest in connection with Cronulla riots Australian emergency services personnel exposed to asbestos
2006-03-09
2006-03-10	Three charged following release of Cronulla riot wanted photographs
2006-03-11	12000 Commonwealth Games tickets remain unsold
2006-03-12	Bush nominates a new ambassador to Australia
2006-03-13	Queen Elizabeth II arrives in Australia for 15th visit
2006-03-14	More arrests from Cronulla riots
2006-03-15	2006 Commonwealth Games open in Melbourne Australian troops to provide front-line combat support in Iraq New Zealand Commonwealth Games flag-bearer announced
2006-03-16	Demonstrators protest Condoleezza Rice's trip to Australia Australians may choose to change head of state beyond Queen Elizabeth II: Howard
2006-03-17
2006-03-18	Australian DFAT director knew of trucking company involved in alleged Iraqi kickbacks Second Gold for NZ: Commonwealth Games
2006-03-19	Personal relationship between Bush and McCallum questioned Queensland braces for Category 5 cyclone Labor claims victory in two Australian state elections
2006-03-20	Scotland wins Gold, Silver in 400m IM Crowe, Holmes succeed in takeover of Rabbitohs
2006-03-21	Protesters mark 3rd anniversary of Iraq invasion Queensland mops up after Cyclone Larry's billion dollar devastation
2006-03-22	Canada bans "Where the Bloody Hell are you?" ad
2006-03-23
2006-03-24	42 West Papuan asylum seekers get temporary Australian visas
2006-03-25	Hyshot tests hypersonic "scramjet" in Australia
2006-03-26	XVIII Commonwealth Games competition ends Australia's new controversial workplace regulations come into effect this week
2006-03-27	UK PM addresses joint sitting of Australian Parliament Prince closes XVIII Commonwealth Games Western Australia braces for another cyclone
2006-03-28	Australia grants temporary asylum to 12 Commonwealth Games athletes Australian artist Pro Hart dies
2006-03-29	Jian Seng ghost ship affair brings criticism of Australian government Australian House of Representatives acknowledges Cyclone Larry efforts Cyclone Glenda intensifies to Category 5 storm
2006-03-30	Australian MPs exchange fighting words over healthcare rebate Optus B1 outage leaves all New Zealand Sky TV digital subscribers without service Australian Federal Police raid home over unauthorised access to pay TV services Cyclone Glenda closes in on Western Australia
2006-03-31

April

date	news
2006-04-01
2006-04-02
2006-04-03	Australia and China enter into Uranium deal Murder, rape of Albert Namatjira's great-granddaughter makes belated news
2006-04-04
2006-04-05	Australian PM announces $1.8 billion mental health plan Six Papuans reported camping on Australian island
2006-04-06
2006-04-07
2006-04-08	Men pose as police on Australian freeway, commit assault and robbery Australian provisional driver caught doing more than twice the speed limit
2006-04-09
2006-04-10
2006-04-11	Protest outside Cole inquiry Australia's deputy PM faces Iraqi kickback inquiry
2006-04-12	Australian PM to face Cole inquiry Australian foreign minister tells inquiry it was the UN's job to investigate Iraq kickback claims
2006-04-13
2006-04-14	Australian PM faces inquiry into Iraqi kickbacks
2006-04-15
2006-04-16	Australia could help discourage nuclear weapon proliferation: Opposition Australian cheerleaders told to cover up
2006-04-17
2006-04-18
2006-04-19	New Zealand, Australia fly in extra personnel to help quell Solomon Island riots
2006-04-20
2006-04-21
2006-04-22
2006-04-23
2006-04-24
2006-04-25	Cyclone Monica degraded ANZAC Day marked throughout NZ, AU Cyclone Monica misses Darwin
2006-04-26
2006-04-27	Family devastated by body mix-up Australia to introduce universal health and welfare smartcard
2006-04-28
2006-04-29
2006-04-30	Trapped Australian miners found alive Ten people injured as elderly driver hits crowd at Australian show Australian civil rights activists protest terror suspects' internment

May

date	news
2006-05-01	Some Australian government welfare recipients will be forced to pay their bills
2006-05-02
2006-05-03
2006-05-04	States challenge to Australian Work Choices Act begins Former Victorian Premier considers political comeback Rescue attempts continue for Tasmanian miners
2006-05-05	Australian government announces $52.5 million financial assistance package for Ford Kennett rules out political comeback
2006-05-06	Car hits five-year-old Australian girl
2006-05-07	Australian veteran Nine Network reporter dies
2006-05-08	Rescue of Tasmanian miners delayed
2006-05-09	Australian "3 CDMA" customers have 90 days to move to 3G Third Australian miner laid to rest Australian Budget for 2006-2007 released Tasmanian miners rescued
2006-05-10	Southern Australian munitions factory explodes Australia will help in East Timor if requested: Downer
2006-05-11	Australian Parliament hears reply to Budget
2006-05-12	Calls for corporate tax reform in Australia goes unheeded Australian emergency telephone service lost in Southern NSW, ACT
2006-05-13
2006-05-14	Australian govt announces proposals for copyright update, allows private recording and transfer between media Bulls clinch position in Super 14 rugby semi-finals
2006-05-15	Australian Mitchell Dean wins Honolulu Triathlon Satellite phone subsidy to be extended in Australia Australian senator to oppose petrol deregulation
2006-05-16	Australia won't take back spent uranium Australian man caught driving with no licence twice in one day
2006-05-17	Mundine beats Green in super-middleweight WBA eliminator Half of Australian defence force's munitions of no use Rescued Australian miners sign multi-million dollar media deal Culture of violence reported in central Australian Aboriginal communities
2006-05-18	Australian rugby league club to have extra police at all NSW games Australian opposition expected to release workplace plan
2006-05-19	RAGGS debuts on Australia's Seven Network Two Australian car ferry operators caught drunk on the job
2006-05-20	US Navy sailors jailed in Australia on drug smuggling charges Australian Democrats in "continuous downward spiral": Founder Sydney off-ramp to charge $1.20 for 200m drive Australian PM pushes for "full-blooded" nuclear energy debate
2006-05-21	Snowy Hydro Scheme to go public Pair extradited and charged over Granville, Sydney shootings
2006-05-22	PM John Howard's nuclear push causes alarm NSW govt to rebuild high school with private funding Downer welcomes Australian nuclear energy debate
2006-05-23	Australia saves three billion plastic bags from circulation Howard government confirms "secret nuclear power committee" Australian PM to be snubbed by up to six Irish MPs Drug crackdown in Northern NSW nets two suppliers Australian treasurer enters nuclear debate
2006-05-24	Multinational force sent to East Timor The Australia Institute identifies ideal sites for nuclear power stations East Timor descends into further violence: Downer
2006-05-25	Australian Government under pressure to reveal nuclear sites Fighting in Dili continues ahead of multinational deployment Howard's revival of nuclear debate "surprising": Political expert
2006-05-26	Science minister visits Australia's newest nuclear reactor, receives nuclear power report Australian troops land in East Timor Melbourne - Adelaide train services disrupted into next week following fatal crash
2006-05-27	Peacekeepers take control in East Timor Gang violence continues in East Timor
2006-05-28	Queensland Liberal and National parties move towards becoming a single party
2006-05-29	Violence in East Timor causes United Nations evacuation Australian woman dies in backburning operation near Bathurst NSW school maintenance a "disgrace": Opposition Opposition should push for Australian federal electoral reform: Whitlam
2006-05-30	East Timor: President Gusmão takes emergency powers to quell unrest Australian PM doesn't support Queensland party amalgamation
2006-05-31	Racist scuffle on Anti-OBE Teachers' forum States Challenge IR laws in High Court

June

date	news
2006-06-01	Australian House of Representatives has "no rules": Gillard
2006-06-02	World conference of expatriate Greeks to take place in Athens Federal and NSW governments withdraw Snowy Hydro shares
2006-06-03	Australia in the midst of a "baby boom" National Rugby Competition to kick off in Australia Senior Liberal wants centralised control over water resources
2006-06-04	Portuguese military land in East Timor
2006-06-05	Australian charities slam new welfare rules Australian nuclear power plants rejected by states NSW Government walks away from Cross City Motorway negotiations
2006-06-06	Signs about colleague missed in missing persons case: Detective
2006-06-07	20 percent of Victorians drive on worn tyres Portuguese Republican National Guard in Dili confined to headquarters Australian PM announces nuclear taskforce EPA block massive West Australian energy project
2006-06-08	International forces in Dili reach agreement
2006-06-09	26 Australian citizens detained in immigration centres Australian unemployment at lowest level in 30 years
2006-06-10	Australian government to review censorship of "hate material"
2006-06-11	Australian cabinet discounted potential security risks with nuclear energy Australia defeats England in rugby Australian opposition promises to scrap workplace agreements
2006-06-12	Australian late scores down Japan 3-1 in Group F 10-year-old child takes grandmother's car for 85 Km drive Australian healthcare workers don't wash hands often enough
2006-06-13	ACT Civil Unions Act invalidated by Governor General
2006-06-14	Alleged spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah freed from prison Beazley gaining office would threaten Australia's economy: Treasurer
2006-06-15	Australian government to censor 3G mobile content Australian PM should convert to Islam: Bashir
2006-06-16	Timorese rebels begin disarming Four incidents occur at Australian reactor in a week Australian Senator to introduce bill for same-sex marriage
2006-06-17	Three people die in New South Wales, Australia car accidents Australia defeat England in rugby to win Cook Cup
2006-06-18	Brazil beat Australia with two second half goals in Group F Legality of NSW traffic and parking fines to be tested in court
2006-06-19	Geoff Ogilvy wins U.S. Open
2006-06-20	Australian House of Representatives moves to affirm support for heterosexual marriage
2006-06-21	Australia's Old Parliament House becomes heritage listed
2006-06-22	Australia draws with Croatia 2-2, advances to next round in Group F Australian government to provide Internet filters for families
2006-06-23	Australian Internet filters "belated": Opposition
2006-06-24
2006-06-25	Australia defeats Ireland 37-15 in rugby
2006-06-26	Italy win with last kick against Australia; into quarter-finals Princess Anne to visit New Zealand East Timor Prime Minister resigns Australian man arrested after dragging dead possum behind car
2006-06-27	Drunk woman hits police car in Sydney Australian government provides $15.8 million for North Adelaide Technical College
2006-06-28	More than 100,000 protest against workplace reforms across Australia Western Sydney rallies against government's workplace reforms
2006-06-29
2006-06-30	Australian shot in Thailand Police crackdown on illegal tow operations in Sydney

July

date	news
2006-07-01
2006-07-02	Rally in Australian forests to oppose woodchip industry 5 charged, 12 taken to hospital after Sydney rave Australian Big Brother contestants removed for alleged sexual assault
2006-07-03	Bathurst, NSW house damaged after being hit by truck
2006-07-04	NSW fraud squad recognised in Singapore Report into whether Australian Big Brother breached online content laws to be handed down today
2006-07-05	Australian Big Brother cleared of breaching content laws
2006-07-06
2006-07-07
2006-07-08	All Blacks defeat Australia in Tri Nations rugby opener
2006-07-09
2006-07-10	Queensland cabinet commits to dams
2006-07-11
2006-07-12
2006-07-13
2006-07-14
2006-07-15	Australia thrash South Africa in Tri Nations rugby match
2006-07-16
2006-07-17
2006-07-18	Poll finds support for Australian PM
2006-07-19
2006-07-20
2006-07-21
2006-07-22
2006-07-23
2006-07-24	Victoria Cross fetches record price at auction
2006-07-25	Doha round of trade talks suspended after negotiations fail
2006-07-26
2006-07-27	Miner dies after being struck with hose in Central Western NSW
2006-07-28
2006-07-29	All Blacks retain Bledisloe Cup
2006-07-30	Australian PM mobbed by anti-Israel protesters
2006-07-31

August

date	news
2006-08-01
2006-08-02
2006-08-03
2006-08-04	Newcastle, Australia man arrested for selling stolen jewelery online
2006-08-05	Australia cause South Africa heartbreak in Tri Nations rugby
2006-08-06
2006-08-07	Newsletter from Australian council causes confusion over by-election
2006-08-08	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
2006-08-09
2006-08-10
2006-08-11	Australian immigration amendments may have difficulty passing in the Senate
2006-08-12
2006-08-13	Australian government to introduce electronic Medicare rebates
2006-08-14	Australian government announces measures to reduce fuel costs Erroneous newspaper report garners publicity for Moon landing tapes
2006-08-15	Australian company to make solar power with space technology Victoria, Australia - fuel theft on the increase
2006-08-16
2006-08-17
2006-08-18
2006-08-19	War on Terrorism could continue longer than the Cold War: Australia's Treasurer All Blacks win 2006 Tri Nations rugby series
2006-08-20	Australia's "most powerful" windfarm approved 400 Australian soldiers sent to Afghanistan "Jihad" Jack Thomas acquitted of terrorism conviction
2006-08-21	NASA chooses Woomera, South Australia for rocket launch site Demand for biofuel irrigation worsens global water crisis Australia to detain Burmese boatpeople on Nauru
2006-08-22	Bomb scare on China-Australia flight
2006-08-23	Pakistani-born Australian sentenced to 20 years over terrorism offences Australia to subsidise Herceptin for early-stage breast cancer
2006-08-24
2006-08-25	NASA announces official search for the missing Apollo tapes
2006-08-26
2006-08-27
2006-08-28
2006-08-29
2006-08-30	Rebel leader, 56 inmates escape from East Timorese jail
2006-08-31

September

date	news
2006-09-01
2006-09-02	South Africa end All Blacks' 15-game winning streak
2006-09-03
2006-09-04	Crocodile Hunter's Steve Irwin dies at 44
2006-09-05
2006-09-06
2006-09-07	Disney Adventures magazine to take on India Four more members of the Bali Nine to face death penalty
2006-09-08	Motor sport legend Peter Brock dies in rally
2006-09-09	South Africa defeat Australia in final match of the 2006 Tri Nations rugby series Bathurst to host Brock tribute
2006-09-10
2006-09-11
2006-09-12
2006-09-13	Australia stingray deaths possible revenge for Steve Irwin
2006-09-14
2006-09-15
2006-09-16
2006-09-17
2006-09-18	Germany wins Hockey World Cup
2006-09-19
2006-09-20	Barbara Walters to interview Terri Irwin
2006-09-21
2006-09-22
2006-09-23
2006-09-24
2006-09-25
2006-09-26
2006-09-27
2006-09-28
2006-09-29
2006-09-30

October

date	news
2006-10-01
2006-10-02
2006-10-03
2006-10-04	Historic 'Tree of Knowledge' dies in Queensland, Australia
2006-10-05
2006-10-06
2006-10-07
2006-10-08
2006-10-09	Craig Lowndes and Jamie Wincup become "Kings of the Mountain"
2006-10-10
2006-10-11
2006-10-12
2006-10-13
2006-10-14
2006-10-15
2006-10-16
2006-10-17
2006-10-18
2006-10-19
2006-10-20
2006-10-21	Headmaster to meet parents after student sex parties
2006-10-22
2006-10-23
2006-10-24
2006-10-25	Victorian Premier unveils plan for world's largest solar plant Army of East Timor calls UN police action a coup
2006-10-26
2006-10-27
2006-10-28
2006-10-29
2006-10-30
2006-10-31	Reactions to review of economic implications of climate change

November

date	news
2006-11-01	Australia beat New Zealand to enter into the final of 2006 ICC Champions Trophy Australian government commits AU$60 million to cut greenhouse emissions
2006-11-02
2006-11-03
2006-11-04	Stern: greatly underestimated costs in climate change report?
2006-11-05	Australia capture 2006 ICC Champions Trophy People rally worldwide for action against climate change
2006-11-06
2006-11-07	Delta Blues wins 2006 Melbourne Cup
2006-11-08
2006-11-09
2006-11-10	Study tests the use of Google as an aid for medical diagnoses
2006-11-11	Belinda Emmett, wife of Rove McManus, dies
2006-11-12
2006-11-13
2006-11-14
2006-11-15	Murdoch asks Australians to stick with the US Ed Joyce to replace Trescothick for Ashes
2006-11-16
2006-11-17
2006-11-18
2006-11-19	Fire crews race to contain Blue Mountains, NSW fires before Tuesday Kirby Chambliss wins 2006 Red Bull Air Race World Series
2006-11-20
2006-11-21	Blue Mountains fires burn out of control
2006-11-22
2006-11-23
2006-11-24
2006-11-25	Australian wheat kickback report handed to Governor-General
2006-11-26
2006-11-27	Labor government retains power in Victorian election
2006-11-28	Australian report shows emissions increase "more than doubled since the 1990s"
2006-11-29
2006-11-30

December

date	news
2006-12-01	Australia win first 2006-07 Ashes Test
2006-12-02	England in a good position after day two of Adelaide test match
2006-12-03
2006-12-04	Rudd replaces Beazley as Australian opposition leader
2006-12-05	Australia wins dramatic second Ashes Test
2006-12-06	Australian MPs suggest Australia and New Zealand unification
2006-12-07
2006-12-08
2006-12-09
2006-12-10
2006-12-11
2006-12-12	Australian Labor Party leader urges supporters to "take a cold shower" over poll results
2006-12-13
2006-12-14
2006-12-15
2006-12-16	Gilchrist scores second fastest Test century
2006-12-17	Melbourne Victory clinch A-League premiership
2006-12-18	Australia reclaim Ashes in Perth
2006-12-19
2006-12-20
2006-12-21
2006-12-22
2006-12-23
2006-12-24
2006-12-25
2006-12-26
2006-12-27
2006-12-28
2006-12-29	Sydney FC to lose competition points
2006-12-30
2006-12-31