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It’s Official: Julian Assange Will Run for Office
And his chances are not that bad...
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Bridge climbers, Australia
Sydney Harbour Bridge climbers don special suits for the 2.5-hour climb. The suits are meant to blend in with the bridge and are designed not to distract passing traffic below. The climb starts from the southern end. The north shore suburb Kirribilli can be seen to the right of the bridge.
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Inside out: Google launches indoor maps
Google has launched indoor maps in Australia allowing users to find their way around inside using their mobile devices.
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Kangaroos
Mother kangaroo and her joey on the beach at Cape Le Grande, Esperance, Western Australia
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High-roller makes off with $33 million after hijacking casino cameras
Australia's biggest casino fell victim to a USD$33 million scam after its own surveillance systems were used against it to supply a high-roller with information on how he should play.
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Small town, big arches: Why one Australian town is fighting McDonald's
It seems that in at least one part of the world, the golden arches have lost a little luster.
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Billionaire Plans Park of Giant Dinosaurs
An eccentric Australian mining magnate who is building a replica of the ill-fated Titanic has unveiled his latest scheme -- a park of giant robotic dinosaurs. The world's biggest dinosaur exhibit will have 165 life-size animatronic dinosaurs.
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Handbag thief smashes through glass door in Australia
The thief ran straight through a glass door, knocking himself out. A criminal falls flat on his face as he unwittingly sprints straight through a glass door moments after attacking a woman.
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Australian Mogul Wants to Open Giant Dinosaur Park in Australia
Australian mining mogul Clive Palmer wants to establish an island filled with giant, robotic dinosaurs — and that’s not an April Fools’ joke, the AFP reports. Luckily, though, Palmer appears to have moved on from his original dream of cloning a dinosaur and instead has decided to fill his island with giant robotic ones. Perhaps someone finally showed the billionaire Jurassic Park.
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Australian Dinosaur Found To Have South American Heritage
Australia's links to South America have just gotten a bit closer, but not due to economic forces, rather fossil forces. University of Queensland palaeontologist Dr Steve Salisbury was part of an international team of palaeontologists from the US, Argentina and Australia that identified a fossil that had previously only been found in South America.
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Adam Scott wins the Masters with amazing 18th, dramatic playoff
The gray, rainy afternoon was one of the ugliest in years at Augusta, but for Adam Scott, it’s one of the most beautiful of his life.
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Mischievous Characters Painted On McDonald’s Packaging
Part illustrator, part graffiti artist and all-round mischief maker Australian artist Ben Frost has just created a mischievous new series of artworks, whereby he’s used the iconic McDonald’s french fries packet as his canvas.
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Australian Man Dead for 40 Minutes Brought Back to Life By New Resuscitation Technique
39-year old Colin Fielder from Victoria, Australia was clinically dead for 40 minutes—that is until a new resuscitation technique from The Alfred Hospital in Melbourne brought him back to life.
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Ancient discovery set to rewrite Australian history
Copper coins and a 70-year-old map with an ‘X’ marked on it may lead to a discovery that could change everything we've been led to believe about Australia's discovery.
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New Titanic II To Set Sail In 2016
It's either the most brilliant idea in the history of themed cruises, or the worst idea in the history of themed cruises, a recreation of the Titanic, now with extra added lifeboats. It is the brainchild of Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, a working replica of the Titanic with carry 2,600 passengers in 850 cabins and an additional 900 crew members, scheduled to set sail in 2016.
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Dubai jails Australian businessman Matthew Joyce for 10 years, issues $25 million fine
An Australian businessman has been jailed for 10 years and fined $25 million on discredited bribery charges in Dubai.
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Flo Rida: Australian court can't tell me what to do
US rapper Flo Rida says he shouldn't have to pay almost $400,000 for failing to appear at a music festival because the NSW court which ordered the payment had no jurisdiction over him at the time.
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Beer Fridge Blamed For Cellphone Network Blackou
Engineers for Australian cellphone provider Telstra say they recently found what was disrupting the mobile data network in several neighborhoods: a man's beer fridge. Technicians say an electric spark in the motor evidently created enough radio frequency noise to interfere with the network.
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Musical with a 20 Foot tall King Kong
When the stage musical King Kong opens at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, Australia, on June 15, the star will be the robot eighth wonder of the world: a 20-foot-tall, animatronic silverback gorilla that weighs more than 2,400 pounds.
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Incredible Time-Lapse of Graffiti Artist Sofles Covering a Warehouse in Street Art
Australian graffiti artist Sofles creates a series of stunning works on the walls of an abandoned warehouse in this motion control time-lapse. The video was created by Selina Miles for Ironlak, an Australian spray paint brand.
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