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Volunteers save beached whalesWestern Australia - Volunteers help to save dozens of false killer whales stranded in western Australia. |
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Australia-Canada Red Cross to Clean Up MaldivesCanberra, Australia - The Red Cross will help the Maldives deal with growing mountains of debris and rubbish that have piled up as a result of the Dec. 26 tsunami that swamped the low-lying island chain. |
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Plan to clone extinct tiger revivedSydney, Australia - Australian researchers are reviving a project to bring an extinct animal known as the Tasmanian tiger back from the dead through cloning. |
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Queensland to crack down on child labourQueensland, Australia - New laws are to be introduced in Queensland to protect children from work place exploitation. |
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New Australian reefs discoveredSydney, Australia - Australian scientists have reported the discovery of coral reefs stretching 100km (62.5 miles) in the Gulf of Carpentaria, off the north coast. |
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Australian Company Offers Carbon Offsets for TravelersSydney, Australia - An Australian company has developed a program that allows "carbon-neutral" traveling. Greenfleet's program allows people to pay for trees to be planted to compensate for the carbon emissions that result from their travel. |
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Doctors reattach boy’s foot, handsSydney, Australia - An operation to simultaneously reattach an Australian boy's foot and both his hands after a freak basketball accident was a success with the boy's fingers and toes alive and pink, surgeons said on Monday. |
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From little pines big pygmy possum colonies growNew South Wales - Scientists are recreating a bonsai-like forest on the summit of one of the nation's highest mountains in a bid to save a highly endangered possum. |
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Maldives Coral Reef Left Unscathed by Tsunami -ReportSydney, Australia - The coral reefs of the Maldives, backbone of the island nation's tourism-dependent economy, survived the Dec. 26 tsunami virtually unscathed, according to an Australian marine report released Wednesday. |
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New prehistoric crocodile discoveredQueensland, Australia - Researchers have discovered a new species of prehistoric crocodile after unearthing 40-million-year-old remains in south-east Queensland. |
news from Oceania
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- Raglan leading the way towards an eco-friendly society
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- Australian scientists in potential leukaemia breakthrough
