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Australia is a continent and also a country, governed by a bicameral parliament much like its mother in Westminster.

The continent was populated by hundreds of Aboriginal groups whose ancestors arrived, the latest research suggests, more than 60,000 years ago, and they fundamentally altered the environment with fire stick farming, and possibly wiping out the unique megafauna.

It is now recognised that since the arrival of the British colonisers in the 18th century, the rate of damage has greatly accelerated, with water shortages and the destruction of the river systems having been hastened by global warming.

Culturally, Australia is known for a love of, and success at, many sports. Traditionally the nation has seen its foundation in the bush (countryside), in male mateship, which was cemented by the Anzac military tradition. That's despite it being one of the most urbanised countries in the world.

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  • Australian Senate blocks cap-and-trade system


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 176
    The big fight in the anthropogenic global warming debate took place yesterday Down Under, where the Australian Senate had been expected to pass a cap-and-trade system backed by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. The bill created a leadership fight in the opposition, though, and the bill died after the new leader of the Senate ...
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  • DNA DUDES: POOL PARTY


    Dude Flesh — Authority Authority: 475
                           It may have been cooling down here in the states, but the temperature soared down under as DNA and Hautes Vacances threw their very first pool party at the exclusive Ivy Pool Club in October. It was a chance for DNA readers to get together, ...
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  • MSF – Aceh


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  • Watch ABC Kids Online Live Internet TV Stream Children And Cartoons Channel from Australia free


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    Watch ABC Kids Online Live TV Stream Children And Cartoons Channel from Australia free.
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  • Danny Green vs Roy Jones Jr from Sydney, Australia 02/12/09 (video)


    ShowHype - Top Movies News, Videos, and Blogs — Authority Authority: 171
    Danny Green vs Roy Jones Jr from Sydney, Australia. December 2, 2009. HoodHype.coms Urban Music News Blog found this 2 hours ago on youtube.com Find more top entertainment news, videos, and blogs on ShowHype: Movies , Australia
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  • Classic Adelaide Rally 2009


    VeloceToday.com — Authority Authority: 119
    Story and Photos by Vince Johnson November 18-22 2009 South Australia’s Classic Adelaide Rally celebrated its 13th anniversary with the tried and true formula of four days of loops into the hills and surrounding country on closed public roads. Home base was once again the Hilton Hotel in the center of the city. ...
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  • The ARU need to embrace social media


    The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority Authority: 501
    Browsing through the Wikipedia’s, Twitter’s, Facebook’s, MySpace’s and other communication media on the web, I happened to notice the lack of dedicated new media communication channels. Could this be a missing link between the public and Australian Rugby? I think so. One of the main problems found in the ...
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  • Woman in compo battle over 500 rapes


    Legally Kidnapped — Authority Authority: 159
    Woman in compo battle over 500 rapes A NSW woman who was raped about 500 times from the age of five to 16 when in foster care has won the latest round of her battle for appropriate compensation.
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  • Garner urges Windies rebranding


    CricketViewer.com — Authority Authority: 143
    The cricketing world has a short memory. As Joel Garner recalls, it wasn’t that long ago the likes of Australia and England relied upon West Indian tours to drag otherwise underwhelmed spectators through the turnstiles.“When other teams weren’t doing so well, and we were playing exciting cricket, we were relied ...
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  • Anarchists are w e i r d too!


    slackbastard — Authority Authority: 137
    First, Peni Moore. Disturbing assessments of Bainimarama are tempered by Peni Moore, a self-declared anarchist who runs the Women’s Action for Change lobby and sat on the committee that drafted his charter for Fiji’s future. “I’m quite extreme in my views, but they were taken on board in the charter process ...
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  • DREAM THEATER Releases Documentary Road Video for New Single ‘Wither’


    The Silver Tongue — Authority Authority: 146
    Progressive Metal band Dream Theater released their video for the new single ‘ Wither ‘. The documentary style video was directed by Ramon Boutviseth and shot on location in the U.K. (London, Manchester), France (Paris, Lille) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands) as part of DREAM THEATER’s September/October ...
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  • Monica’s Mayhem: Survey Results Live From London England


    Tony Batman.com — Authority Authority: 144
    First of all, I’d like to thank all of you who filled out and completed my survey ‘What do men really want’. I have selected, randomly, a lucky winner of my autographed DVD ‘Deep Inside Monica Mayhem‘ and a poster, congratulations to Phil from Forest Hills, NY! A lot of you guys filled in just about every ...
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  • Research and Markets: Pipettes & Pipettors – A Global Market Perspective


    Your Story — Authority Authority: 591
    DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/648ebf/pipettes_pipetto) has announced the addition of the "Pipettes & Pipettors - A Glob
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  • Get out and go: Events around the world (December 2-5)


    Gadling — Authority Authority: 702
    Filed under: Arts and Culture , Festivals and Events , Food and Drink , Europe , North America , Oceania , United Kingdom , United States , Australia , Caribbean Its time to look at the festivals and events happening around the world, and this week has a particularly international selection of happenings. ...
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  • Climategate Fallout: Australia’s Parliament Shoots Down Cap-and-Trade


    Doctor Bulldog & Ronin — Authority Authority: 443
    Whew!  Australia dodged the bullet on that one: Australia’s Parliament defeats global warming bill By ROHAN SULLIVAN, Dec 2, 2009 – AP via Yahoo News SYDNEY – Australia’s plans for an emissions trading system to combat global warming were scuttled Wednesday in Parliament, handing a defeat to a ...
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  • Good On You, Mates


    Bloodthirsty Liberal — Authority Authority: 151
    If you can keep your head when all around you are losing theirs, you’ll be an Australian, my son:Australia’s Senate has rejected a bill on the government’s flagship climate change policy for a second time.Two opposition senators crossed the floor but it was not enough to secure passage of the Emissions Trading ...
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  • Global Warming Revolt (Obama is too politically blind to follow suit)


    Stupidica — Authority Authority: 176
    The global revolt keeps building against carbon cap and trade, not that youd know it from the U.S. media. First the U.S. Senate postpones its bill, next countries meeting in Copenhagen this month cant agree on emissions cuts, then emails among climate scientists reveal rigged peer-review, and now comes a political ...
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  • So Windy You Can Hit It Backwards!


    GeoffShackelford.com — Authority Authority: 123
    If theres any consolation Tiger , you arent at New South Wales for the Australian Open this week playing in this wind! From the Australian Golfer blog :
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  • FIFA Announces World Cup Seeds; Karma Announces French Retribution.


    World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 — Authority Authority: 540
    The seedings for the World Cup draw were announced today and there were a couple of surprises . Namely the news that the great Fabio Capello has effectively wiped Euro 2008 from statistical history and that France will need a small miracle not to be drawn into a Group of Death. Going into today’s meeting it was ...
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  • Dust over Southeast Australia Seen from Space


    International Space Fellowship — Authority Authority: 602
    Dry, windy weather sent clouds of dust across southeastern Australia on November 29, 2009. The tan dust reduced visibility and prompted the New South Wales Government to issue health warnings asking people to stay inside as much as possible. Blowing dust can irritate the eyes, nose, and throat and can make breathing ...
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