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Pro-Palestine Protestors Climb Australian Parliament House's Roof: Report
A group of four Pro-Palestine protesters ascended to the roof of Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday morning where they hung banners on the facade of the building accusing the government of complicity in war crimes.
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Sex, Drugs, And More: All About The Defamation Case Gripping Australia
This started back in 2021 when Bruce Lehrmanns co-worker, Brittany Higgins, accused him of raping her in Parliament House in 2019.
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Australia PM Backs Parliament Motion Calling For Julian Assange's Release
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese voted in favour of a motion in parliament's lower house calling for the return of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to Australia, ahead of a hearing next week at London's High Court on his extradition.
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Australian Lawmaker Accused Of Sexual Assault, Suspended
An Australian lawmaker was suspended by his party Thursday after a fellow senator accused him of sexual assault in Parliament House and declared it was "not a safe place" for women to work.
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Australia Denies Russia's Request For New Embassy Near Parliament
Australia blocked Russia from building a new embassy in the shadow of Parliament House Thursday after intelligence officials warned it posed a spying risk and security threat.
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Australia Bans Foreigners From Parliament Internships
Foreigners have been banned from working as interns for Australian members of parliament, a spokesman for the Senate said on Thursday, in a reform apparently aimed at blocking Chinese prying into Australian affairs.
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Australian PM Searches For Creator Of Rainbow-Coloured Bike. Here's Why
Hours after Australian parliament passed a bill to legalise same-sex marriages in the country, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull began his search for the creator of a rainbow-coloured, crochet-covered bike left outside his house two months ago.
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Watch: Oz Lawmaker Proposes To Partner During House Debate On Same-Sex Marriage
A lawmaker from Australia's conservative ruling party proposed to his gay partner in parliament Monday just moments after a bill paving the way for same-sex marriage was introduced.
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Lawyers Take Chinese Organ-Harvesting Claims To Australia
Two Canadian lawyers came to Australia's Parliament House on Monday to persuade lawmakers to pass a motion urging China to immediately end the practice of what they say is organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience.
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Aboriginal Woman Goes From 'Non-Citizen' To Australian Parliament
Wearing a cloak decorated with the goanna lizard, the first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's lower house took her seat in parliament this week, saying that as a child she was a "non-citizen".
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Australian Parliament Elects New Speaker
Australia's parliament has elected a new speaker of the House following the resignation of former speaker Bronwyn Bishop last week.
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Indian High Commission in Australia to Organise Yoga Events
Ahead of the International Yoga Day on June 21, the Indian mission in Melbourne has organised a curtain raiser for the event in front of Victoria's Parliament house where several people gathered and performed 'Surya namaskaars'.
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Australia Abandons Controversial 'Burqa' Segregation Plan
A controversial plan to make women wearing the burqa or niqab sit in separate glassed public enclosures at Australia's Parliament House due to security concerns was abandoned on Monday after an outcry.
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Australia's Parliament House Lifts Face Veil Ban
Australia's Parliament House on Monday lifted a short-lived ban on facial coverings including burqas and niqabs after intervention from the prime minister.
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Talks on Missing Malaysian Airliner Begin in Australia
The trilateral ministerial talks among China, Malaysia and Australia on the search of missing Malaysian Airline flight MH370 has started in the parliament house in Canberra Monday morning. It is expected to cover the search arrangement in the next phase.
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Pro-Palestine Protestors Climb Australian Parliament House's Roof: Report
A group of four Pro-Palestine protesters ascended to the roof of Parliament House in Canberra on Thursday morning where they hung banners on the facade of the building accusing the government of complicity in war crimes.
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Sex, Drugs, And More: All About The Defamation Case Gripping Australia
This started back in 2021 when Bruce Lehrmanns co-worker, Brittany Higgins, accused him of raping her in Parliament House in 2019.
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Australia PM Backs Parliament Motion Calling For Julian Assange's Release
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese voted in favour of a motion in parliament's lower house calling for the return of WikiLeaks' founder Julian Assange to Australia, ahead of a hearing next week at London's High Court on his extradition.
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Australian Lawmaker Accused Of Sexual Assault, Suspended
An Australian lawmaker was suspended by his party Thursday after a fellow senator accused him of sexual assault in Parliament House and declared it was "not a safe place" for women to work.
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Australia Denies Russia's Request For New Embassy Near Parliament
Australia blocked Russia from building a new embassy in the shadow of Parliament House Thursday after intelligence officials warned it posed a spying risk and security threat.
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Australia Bans Foreigners From Parliament Internships
Foreigners have been banned from working as interns for Australian members of parliament, a spokesman for the Senate said on Thursday, in a reform apparently aimed at blocking Chinese prying into Australian affairs.
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Australian PM Searches For Creator Of Rainbow-Coloured Bike. Here's Why
Hours after Australian parliament passed a bill to legalise same-sex marriages in the country, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull began his search for the creator of a rainbow-coloured, crochet-covered bike left outside his house two months ago.
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Watch: Oz Lawmaker Proposes To Partner During House Debate On Same-Sex Marriage
A lawmaker from Australia's conservative ruling party proposed to his gay partner in parliament Monday just moments after a bill paving the way for same-sex marriage was introduced.
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Lawyers Take Chinese Organ-Harvesting Claims To Australia
Two Canadian lawyers came to Australia's Parliament House on Monday to persuade lawmakers to pass a motion urging China to immediately end the practice of what they say is organ harvesting from prisoners of conscience.
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Aboriginal Woman Goes From 'Non-Citizen' To Australian Parliament
Wearing a cloak decorated with the goanna lizard, the first Aboriginal woman elected to Australia's lower house took her seat in parliament this week, saying that as a child she was a "non-citizen".
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Australian Parliament Elects New Speaker
Australia's parliament has elected a new speaker of the House following the resignation of former speaker Bronwyn Bishop last week.
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Indian High Commission in Australia to Organise Yoga Events
Ahead of the International Yoga Day on June 21, the Indian mission in Melbourne has organised a curtain raiser for the event in front of Victoria's Parliament house where several people gathered and performed 'Surya namaskaars'.
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Australia Abandons Controversial 'Burqa' Segregation Plan
A controversial plan to make women wearing the burqa or niqab sit in separate glassed public enclosures at Australia's Parliament House due to security concerns was abandoned on Monday after an outcry.
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Australia's Parliament House Lifts Face Veil Ban
Australia's Parliament House on Monday lifted a short-lived ban on facial coverings including burqas and niqabs after intervention from the prime minister.
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Talks on Missing Malaysian Airliner Begin in Australia
The trilateral ministerial talks among China, Malaysia and Australia on the search of missing Malaysian Airline flight MH370 has started in the parliament house in Canberra Monday morning. It is expected to cover the search arrangement in the next phase.
