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More than 100 needles were found in strawberries in Australia

NZ store pulls Australian strawberries over needles

Strawberries / 17 hrs

Authorities have suggested strawberries be cut up before they are eaten

Make strawberry pavlova, PM urges Australians

News Lens / 19 Sep

A photo from Australia's Queensland Police, as they investigate a suspected copycat incident as part of the investigation into the contamination of strawberries in Queensland

Probe as Australia strawberries sabotaged with needles

Officials remove a body from the crime site in the suburb of Australia's western city of Perth

Man charged after family murdered in Australia

Australia / 10 Sep

Australia's economy grew by 0.9% in the second quarter of 2018

Australia's economy storms ahead in second quarter

Business / 05 Sep

Former archbishop of Adelaide, Philip Wilson, was convicted earlier this year of failing to report child abuse outside the confessional

Australian church rejects child abuse reporting law

Australia / 31 Aug

Malcolm Turnbull was deposed in a Liberal Party coup last week driven by a hardline conservative faction

Deposed Australia PM Turnbull 'to quit parliament'

Australia / 28 Aug

Scott Morrison is Australia's seventh PM in 11 years

'Stop the boats' Morrison: Australia's latest PM

Australia / 24 Aug

Scott Morrison takes the oath of office as he becomes Australia's 6th PM in less than 10 years

Scott Morrison wins battle to become Australian PM

Australia / 24 Aug

Malcolm Turnbull has said if enough party members sign a petition calling for a leadership ballot, he will not contest the vote

Australian PM threatens to quit amid leadership crisis

Australia / 23 Aug

The father of Australia's most famous outlaw, Ned Kelly, was among those convicted and transported

Records provide 'insight' into transported Irish

Ireland / 22 Aug

No leader has managed to serve out a full term since John Howard lost the 2007 election

Australian PM faces second potential leadership contest

Australia / 22 Aug

Mr Turnbull was forced to shelve plans to embed carbon emissions targets in law

Australian PM Turnbull survives leadership challenge

Australia / 21 Aug

The sensitive documents were saved in a folder called 'hacky hack hack'

Apple reassures customers after Australian hack report

Business / 17 Aug

Almost 650 firefighters are battling the blazes

Continuing Australian drought fuels bushfires

Fraser Anning stunned politicans with his call for 'a final solution' to immigration

Australian politician calls for Muslim immigration ban

Philip Wilson remains an ordained bishop but has no official role

Former archbishop avoids jail over sex abuse cover-up

Australia / 14 Aug

About 90% of new arrivals settle in Melbourne and Sydney

Australia's population hits 25 million

News Lens / 07 Aug

Charles McCarthy was allegedly struck on the head with an object as he was walking with his wife and a friend

Date set for trial over murder of Cork man in Perth

Courts / 02 Aug

Police arrested Daniel Holdom following the discovery of the girl's body

Australian man pleads guilty in child suitcase murder

Philip Wilson was convicted in May of failing to disclose to police abuse by another priest

Australian archbishop accused of abuse cover-up resigns

Catholic Church / 30 Jul

Experts say Theresa May's decision to seek a free trade deal with the EU on agricultural and manufactured goods would make CPTPP membership unlikely

UK warned Chequers plan might impede trade deal

Brexit / 27 Jul

Experts say the reef could have suffered irreparable damage

Cloud brightening and sun shields to save Barrier Reef

Great Barrier Reef / 20 Jul

Malcolm Turnbull made the call ahead of a meeting today with senior Catholic officials

Australian PM calls on Pope to sack archbishop

Australia / 19 Jul

A once-unthinkable alliance between the arch rivals - News Corp and Fairfax Media - has been announced

Australian giants set aside rivalry to share presses

Business / 18 Jul

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