Australia/2008

January

date	news
2008-01-01	South Australian Premier Rann wants apology from Hicks Fire kills three and closes main transport route into Western Australia
2008-01-02
2008-01-03
2008-01-04
2008-01-05
2008-01-06
2008-01-07
2008-01-08
2008-01-09
2008-01-10
2008-01-11
2008-01-12
2008-01-13	Australian government to tackle banks on mortgages Costello sparks new Liberal leadership speculation Interest rate increases prompt criticism of new Australian treasurer
2008-01-14
2008-01-15	Former East Timor Prime Minister calls for Xanana Gusmão to resign Party involving 500 youths in Australia causes A$20,000 in damages
2008-01-16	'Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography' released, $100 million lawsuit in planning stages
2008-01-17	Cricket: Australia vs India 3rd test - Day 2 Cricket: Australia vs India 3rd test - Day 1
2008-01-18
2008-01-19
2008-01-20	Cricket: India defeats Australia by 72 runs in third test
2008-01-21
2008-01-22	Australian actor Heath Ledger found dead in New York City Two thirds of Queensland flooded; "disaster zone" declared
2008-01-23
2008-01-24
2008-01-25
2008-01-26	Australia to withdraw troops from Iraq this year
2008-01-27	Chamber of Commerce defeats Buderim XI in Australia Day Match
2008-01-28
2008-01-29	"Anonymous" plans to protest Church of Scientology on February 10
2008-01-30
2008-01-31

February

date	news
2008-02-01
2008-02-02
2008-02-03
2008-02-04	100 turn out in Orlando, Florida for "Anonymous" protest against Church of Scientology
2008-02-05
2008-02-06
2008-02-07	Concern as Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 pilot arrested and charged
2008-02-08
2008-02-09	Memorial service takes place for Heath Ledger
2008-02-10	Wikinews international report: "Anonymous" holds anti-Scientology protests worldwide
2008-02-11	Rebels shoot East Timor president
2008-02-12	Australian parliament to apologise to Stolen Generations
2008-02-13	Australian Parliament apologises to the Stolen Generations
2008-02-14
2008-02-15	Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 pilot released on bail
2008-02-16
2008-02-17
2008-02-18
2008-02-19
2008-02-20
2008-02-21	East Timorese President regains consciousness
2008-02-22	Australian drug regulator requires warning on Zolpidem Robert Gates hopes to continue US troop cuts in Iraq
2008-02-23	Australian opposition vows to disrupt parliament on Fridays
2008-02-24
2008-02-25
2008-02-26	Thousands protest privatisation of Australian electricity industry
2008-02-27
2008-02-28	Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 pilot forced to resign
2008-02-29

March

date	news
2008-03-01
2008-03-02
2008-03-03
2008-03-04	Obituaries:March 4, 2008
2008-03-05
2008-03-06
2008-03-07	Protester says Japanese whalers shot him
2008-03-08
2008-03-09
2008-03-10
2008-03-11
2008-03-12	One year on: IFALPA's representative to ICAO, pilot and lawyer on ongoing prosecution of Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 pilot Jayant 'Dr Death' Patel arrested in Oregon, US Former Australian PM attacks parliament on apology to the Stolen Generations Australian PM subject to scrutiny over Carer and Senior's payments
2008-03-13	Australian Senator arrives at Parliament dressed as a beer bottle Australian health workers to close intensive care units in Victoria next week
2008-03-14
2008-03-15	Scientology protest group celebrates founder's birthday worldwide Exclusive look at Bebo
2008-03-16	HSK Kormoran found, the search for HMAS Sydney continues Lewis Hamilton wins 2008 Australian Grand Prix
2008-03-17	South Australian educational blog shut down HMAS Sydney found
2008-03-18	St. Patrick's Day around the world
2008-03-19
2008-03-20
2008-03-21
2008-03-22
2008-03-23
2008-03-24
2008-03-25
2008-03-26
2008-03-27
2008-03-28
2008-03-29	Businesses and individuals worldwide turn lights off as part of Earth Hour 2008
2008-03-30
2008-03-31	Media reports exaggerate cell phone cancer risk

April

date	news
2008-04-01
2008-04-02
2008-04-03	Australian Defence Department funds controversial development training
2008-04-04
2008-04-05
2008-04-06
2008-04-07	South Australian father and daughter in sexual relationship Wikinews interviews Australian Statistician Brian Pink
2008-04-08	Boy killed by shark in Australia
2008-04-09
2008-04-10
2008-04-11
2008-04-12	EBay Australia to only permit payment via PayPal Large earthquake strikes south of New Zealand
2008-04-13
2008-04-14
2008-04-15
2008-04-16	Stolen Generations used as medical guinea pigs, Australian inquiry told
2008-04-17
2008-04-18
2008-04-19
2008-04-20
2008-04-21	Australian Bureau of Statistics faces budget cut
2008-04-22
2008-04-23
2008-04-24
2008-04-25
2008-04-26
2008-04-27
2008-04-28
2008-04-29
2008-04-30

May

date	news
2008-05-01	An Australian child's vocabulary: it's "I" before "we", both before "you"
2008-05-02
2008-05-03
2008-05-04
2008-05-05
2008-05-06
2008-05-07
2008-05-08	Angry driver takes out cyclist pack
2008-05-09
2008-05-10	Ex-head of Qantas freight operations in US jailed for price fixing
2008-05-11
2008-05-12
2008-05-13
2008-05-14	Police exchange shots in South Melbourne, Australia
2008-05-15
2008-05-16
2008-05-17
2008-05-18
2008-05-19
2008-05-20
2008-05-21
2008-05-22
2008-05-23
2008-05-24	New law to help asbestos sufferers in Victoria, Australia
2008-05-25
2008-05-26	Australian art gallery raided by police; photographer faces possible indecency charge
2008-05-27
2008-05-28
2008-05-29	'Big Brother Australia' evictee recounts youth in controversial religious group
2008-05-30	First fertilised fish fossil found
2008-05-31

June

date	news
2008-06-01	Remains of WWI soldiers found in French mass grave
2008-06-02	Grammar school floods on Queensland's Sunshine Coast
2008-06-03
2008-06-04	England; Australia set to battle for right to host 2018 Football (Soccer) World Cup while U.S. are considering their options Apache pipeline fire - Varanus Island, Western Australia Ovarian baby "miracle" birth
2008-06-05
2008-06-06	Sunshine Coast Grammar 1st XV win last round, qualify for semi finals
2008-06-07	Western Australian economy at crisis point say builders
2008-06-08
2008-06-09
2008-06-10
2008-06-11	Million-dollar trial aborted on account of sudoku
2008-06-12	Scientists suggest scaring toads to limit population
2008-06-13	EBay Australia's PayPal only policy blocked Australian airline to increase airfares
2008-06-14
2008-06-15	Western Australia gas crisis set to worsen Australian Government to pressure Asia to reduce fuel subsidies Australian Medical Association withdraws from NT Intervention
2008-06-16	Australian government considers controlling fuel supplies
2008-06-17	Australian growth forecast reduced to 2.7% West Australian Premier addresses gas crisis in televised broadcast
2008-06-18
2008-06-19	Police charge Australian man over laser incident
2008-06-20	2008 Google Developer Day focuses on Internet APIs in Australia Scientists say genetic building blocks are from out of this world
2008-06-21
2008-06-22
2008-06-23	Air safety group says airport was operating illegally without license when Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 crashed Outgoing Australian Democrats leader predicts new party amidst double dissolution
2008-06-24
2008-06-25	Australians getting drunker, fatter, but among the world's longest-lived
2008-06-26
2008-06-27
2008-06-28
2008-06-29
2008-06-30	Man auctions his life on eBay, is disappointed at sale price Three murdered, one injured in axe attack in Australia

July

date	news
2008-07-01	Google's GPhone to be postponed awaiting Android modifications Man to face court after axe attack in Australia
2008-07-02
2008-07-03	Australian murder victims killed in different ways
2008-07-04
2008-07-05
2008-07-06
2008-07-07	Alleged axe murderer faces an Australian court
2008-07-08
2008-07-09
2008-07-10
2008-07-11
2008-07-12	Chaotic first day for iPhone 3G
2008-07-13
2008-07-14
2008-07-15
2008-07-16
2008-07-17
2008-07-18
2008-07-19
2008-07-20
2008-07-21
2008-07-22	Garuda Indonesia Flight 200's pilot's trial to begin this week Paramedics protest outside New South Wales parliament
2008-07-23
2008-07-24	Bus crash in Victoria, Australia injures twenty, some critical
2008-07-25	Hole in fuselage causes Qantas flight to make emergency landing
2008-07-26
2008-07-27	Qantas ordered to check oxygen cylinders
2008-07-28	Door opens mid-Qantas flight; plane makes an emergency landing
2008-07-29
2008-07-30
2008-07-31

August

date	news
2008-08-01
2008-08-02
2008-08-03
2008-08-04	Unprecedented review to be held on Qantas after third emergency in two weeks
2008-08-05
2008-08-06	Football: Melbourne Victory win A-League Pre-Season Cup on penalties
2008-08-07
2008-08-08
2008-08-09
2008-08-10
2008-08-11
2008-08-12
2008-08-13
2008-08-14
2008-08-15
2008-08-16
2008-08-17	Wikinews previews the 2008 Australian rules football International Cup
2008-08-18
2008-08-19	Teen sex conviction in Australia for Mi-Sex manager
2008-08-20
2008-08-21	Garlic bread that turns blue is recalled in Australia
2008-08-22
2008-08-23
2008-08-24
2008-08-25	Pastor Michael Guglielmucci admits his cancer was a hoax; videos being removed from YouTube
2008-08-26
2008-08-27	Australian Police alerted to child-sex claims at St Stanislaus in 1997 Oldest Catholic boarding school in Australia at centre of child-sex claims
2008-08-28	Australian school at center of child-sex allegations pulls newsletter mentioning 'Penthouse' as recommended reading
2008-08-29
2008-08-30
2008-08-31

September

date	news
2008-09-01
2008-09-02
2008-09-03
2008-09-04
2008-09-05
2008-09-06	NSW Premier Iemma quits, replaced by Rees
2008-09-07	Papua New Guinea wins Australian rules football International Cup
2008-09-08
2008-09-09
2008-09-10
2008-09-11
2008-09-12
2008-09-13
2008-09-14
2008-09-15	Helicopter crash in Australia kills four
2008-09-16
2008-09-17
2008-09-18
2008-09-19
2008-09-20
2008-09-21
2008-09-22
2008-09-23	Australian frog is rediscovered after 17 years Adam Cooney wins Brownlow Medal
2008-09-24
2008-09-25
2008-09-26
2008-09-27	Hawthorn wins 2008 AFL Grand Final
2008-09-28
2008-09-29
2008-09-30

October

date	news
2008-10-01
2008-10-02
2008-10-03
2008-10-04
2008-10-05
2008-10-06
2008-10-07
2008-10-08	Dozens injured by sudden change in altitude on Qantas jet
2008-10-09
2008-10-10	Global markets plunge
2008-10-11	Police in Bathurst, NSW assaulted with "sex toy"
2008-10-12
2008-10-13
2008-10-14
2008-10-15
2008-10-16
2008-10-17
2008-10-18
2008-10-19
2008-10-20
2008-10-21
2008-10-22
2008-10-23	Australian police commander caught speeding at 175 kph
2008-10-24
2008-10-25
2008-10-26
2008-10-27
2008-10-28
2008-10-29
2008-10-30
2008-10-31

November

date	news
2008-11-01
2008-11-02
2008-11-03
2008-11-04	Viewed wins the 2008 Melbourne Cup
2008-11-05
2008-11-06
2008-11-07	World leaders react to Obama's victory
2008-11-08
2008-11-09
2008-11-10	India wins Gavaskar Border trophy defeating Australia 2-0
2008-11-11	Australia's Simpson Desert to be closed for summer
2008-11-12
2008-11-13
2008-11-14
2008-11-15
2008-11-16
2008-11-17
2008-11-18
2008-11-19
2008-11-20
2008-11-21
2008-11-22
2008-11-23	Dam in Queensland, Australia bursts, four missing
2008-11-24
2008-11-25	Australian government introduces "Fair Work" to parliament
2008-11-26	Australian government concedes the federal budget may be forced into deficit
2008-11-27
2008-11-28
2008-11-29
2008-11-30	Jørn Utzon, Sydney Opera House architect, dies at the age of 90

December

date	news
2008-12-01	Wikinews Shorts: December 1, 2008 Vodafone begins 3G activation, services in NSW fail
2008-12-02	Minyama residents promise to keep fighting to stop McDonald's development
2008-12-03	Wikinews Shorts: December 3, 2008 Local council in Australia rejects McDonald's development plan
2008-12-04
2008-12-05
2008-12-06
2008-12-07	Sunshine Coast Council ratifies McDonald's development rejection
2008-12-08	Australian PM announces public affairs channel
2008-12-09
2008-12-10
2008-12-11
2008-12-12	23 Australians arrested in global child porn network
2008-12-13
2008-12-14	Wikinews Shorts: December 14, 2008 Climber dies on Mount Cook
2008-12-15
2008-12-16
2008-12-17	Rudd heckled over 5% climate target
2008-12-18
2008-12-19
2008-12-20
2008-12-21
2008-12-22
2008-12-23
2008-12-24
2008-12-25
2008-12-26	Australia makes changes to Boxing Day cricket test team
2008-12-27
2008-12-28
2008-12-29
2008-12-30
2008-12-31