Sydney Boat

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  Ferry McFerryface Chosen As Name Of New Sydney Ferry

  Sydney has christened a new boat "Ferry McFerryface," following a public vote that took inspiration from the joke name "Boaty McBoatface" picked in Britain for a polar research ship last year. "Ferry McFerryface will be the harbour's newest icon, and I hope it brings a smile to the faces of visitors and locals alike," New South Wales Transport Mi...

• Australia turns back asylum-seeker boat: report

  Immigration Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday refused to discuss reports that the Australian navy turned a boatload of asylum-seekers back to Indonesia, which later ran aground.

• Australia gifts Sri Lanka boats to tackle asylum-seekers

  Australia on Sunday said it would give Sri Lanka two patrol boats to tackle people-smuggling operations in the Indian Ocean, hoping they can detect vessels before they leave the Asian nation's waters.

• Asylum seekers sink off Australia, boat smashes into rocks

  A wooden boat packed with dozens of asylum seekers smashed apart on jagged rocks in heavy seas off an Australian island Wednesday, flinging screaming women and children into churning whitewater and sending many people to their deaths. Christmas Island residents on cliffs above watched in helpless horror as the boat broke apart with a crack, dumping...