Australia targets workshy surfers
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The Australian government is cracking down on welfare recipients in coastal areas where unemployment is high.
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With eight titles, Kelly Slater has twice as many as the next surfer on the all-time list and clinched this yearÂs world championship in November.
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A young Australian surfer has been killed in a horrifying attack by two great white sharks at a popular Adelaide beach, the second fatal attack in five days, rescue officials and witnesses say.
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CANBERRA, Australia -- The sweat-stained felt hats worn by Australian cowboys, as much a part of the Outback as kangaroos and sun-baked soil, may be heading for the history books. They fail modern industrial safety standards.
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The company has been rebuffed in Australia as it tries to grow.
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AUSTRALIAN specialists were today beginning the grisly task of identifying the bodies of up to 1,000 people killed by Sunday&#39;s tsunami in the Thai resort area of Khao Lak.
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Plans by Australia to enforce an extensive new offshore security zone are causing concern among its neighbors. The Maritime Identification Zone announced by Prime Minister John Howard will extend 18-hundred
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SYDNEY, Australia  - Australia plans to enforce a maritime security zone more than 1,700 kilometres out to sea, far beyond its territorial waters, in a move to boost defences against possible terror attacks on its soil and offshore oil and gas facilities, Prime Minister John Howard said Wednesday.
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Authorities said they would kill the shark that tore apart a young surfer near an Australian beach as his friends tried to save him by beating the fish with oars.
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Wildlilfe authorities in Australia are concerned by the beaching of dozens of whales in two separate incidents in waters off the state of Tasmania.
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SYDNEY, Australia  - A new Australian patrol ship armed with two machine-guns will scour the country's territorial waters in a "deadly serious" mission to stop illegal fishermen from taking Australia's fish, officials announced Friday.
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New report on offshoring points to greater acceptance among Australians.
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Australia is to boost its defence against terrorism by creating a 1000-nautical mile security zone around its coast to protect its shipping, ports and oil rigs from attack, it was reported here.
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ADELAIDE, Australia - The hunt for the great white shark that killed a teenage surfer here this week was stepped up Saturday despite an appeal by his family not to kill the giant predator.
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Surfing has become a status sport, and vacation packages, instruction, equipment and real estate are big business.
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Australia's dominant airline Qantas is attempting to lure overseas aircraft engineers and former staff back to combat a holiday season strike threat, reports said Monday.
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Organizers of an Australian night surfing competition used an electronic shield for the first time to protect surfers from sharks, which might otherwise have thought competitors were an easy meal.