Portal:Australia/2006/August

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August 4

• Newcastle, Australia man arrested for selling stolen jewelery online

August 5

• Australia cause South Africa heartbreak in Tri Nations rugby

August 7

• Newsletter from Australian council causes confusion over by-election

August 8

• 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

August 11

• Australian immigration amendments may have difficulty passing in the Senate

August 13

• Australian government to introduce electronic Medicare rebates

August 14

• Australian government announces measures to reduce fuel costs
• Erroneous newspaper report garners publicity for Moon landing tapes

August 15

• Australian company to make solar power with space technology
• Victoria, Australia - fuel theft on the increase

August 19

• War on Terrorism could continue longer than the Cold War: Australia's Treasurer
• All Blacks win 2006 Tri Nations rugby series

August 20

• Australia's "most powerful" windfarm approved
• 400 Australian soldiers sent to Afghanistan
• "Jihad" Jack Thomas acquitted of terrorism conviction

August 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

August 22

• Bomb scare on China-Australia flight

August 23

• Pakistani-born Australian sentenced to 20 years over terrorism offences
• Australia to subsidise Herceptin for early-stage breast cancer

August 25

• NASA announces official search for the missing Apollo tapes

August 30

• Rebel leader, 56 inmates escape from East Timorese jail