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Australia to invest $77 billion in roads as part of ‘contribute and build’ budget

August 24, 2021 at 11:52 p.m.

PERTH (Reuters) - The Australian government will co-fund an A$82 billion ($77 billion) road infrastructure plan to help stimulate investment and create jobs as the impact of the country's mining...

Australian mistook cockpit for toilet, triggering hijack scare

August 24, 2021 at 11:21 p.m.

JAKARTA/PERTH (Reuters) - An Australian passenger mistook the cockpit door for the toilet, triggering Friday's hijack scare on a Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane to the Indonesian holiday island of...

Zimbabwe ambassador to Australia seeks asylum: media

August 24, 2021 at 6:36 p.m.

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ambassador to Australia has asked for political asylum just days before her term ends saying she fears for her safety if she goes home, media...

Teary Australia PM’s election campaign off to rocky start

August 23, 2021 at 10:29 p.m.

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's government was rocked by the surprise resignation of two of her most senior cabinet ministers on Saturday, just four days after...

Teary Australia PM’s election campaign off to rocky start

August 22, 2019 at 8:35 a.m.

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's government was rocked by the surprise resignation of two of her most senior cabinet ministers on Saturday, just four days after...

Australian radio station says no wrongdoing in royal prank call

August 23, 2021 at 7:11 p.m.

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - The Australian radio station behind a prank phone call to a London hospital that was treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate said on Saturday it had...

Australian radio station says no wrongdoing in royal prank call

December 25, 2018 at 8:59 a.m.

PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - The Australian radio station behind a prank phone call to a London hospital that was treating Prince William's pregnant wife Kate said on Saturday it had...

Britain's Prince William leaves the King Edward VII hospital with his wife Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, London December 6, 2012.

UK hospital says royal prank call appalling after nurse death

November 3, 2021 at 4:18 p.m.

LONDON/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - The London hospital that treated Prince William's pregnant wife Kate condemned on Saturday an Australian radio station that made a prank call seeking information about the...

UK hospital says royal prank call appalling after nurse death

December 24, 2018 at 12:50 p.m.

LONDON/PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - The London hospital that treated Prince William's pregnant wife Kate condemned on Saturday an Australian radio station that made a prank call seeking information about the...

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