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Queen Elizabeth II

Quietly, Queen Elizabeth II prepares for the end

On the surface, it merely looks like a short statement from Buckingham Palace about the long-haul travel plans of Queen [...]

Posted in News
Tagged abdicate, Australia, Britain, canada, Commonwealth, monarch, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, royal family, Sri Lanka, succession, throne, united kingdom | Reply
Bono, lead singer of the band U2 and ONE organization co-founder once rented a mansion that just sold for $55 million. Must be nice.

Bono’s one-time Sydney holiday home sells for record $55.4 million

A harborfront mansion in Sydney, Australia that U2 singer Bono once rented has been sold for a record-setting $55.4 million to a Chinese-born businessman.

Posted in Entertainment, Music, News
Tagged Australia, Bono, mansion, U2
Australian Federal policemen arrest the self-proclaimed leader of the international hacking group LulzSec, the collective that claimed responsibility for infiltrating and shutting down the CIA website

Top LulzSec member arrested by Australian cops

Australian Federal Police have arrested the self-proclaimed leader of the international hacking group LulzSec, the collective that claimed responsibility for [...]

Posted in National, News
Tagged arrest, Australia, CIA, fox, hackers, LulzSex, Nintendo, Sony, Sydney
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French sailor fights crocodile latched onto his head

Yoann Galeran, a 29-year-old French sailor, had luck on his side when he came face-to-face with a crocodile.

Posted in International, News
Tagged Australia, crocodile, International | Reply
Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Miranda Tapsell and Shari Sebbens star in "The Sapphires"
Credit: Lisa Tomasetti/ The Weinstein Company

Wayne Blair puts Aborigines in the spotlight for ‘The Sapphires’

Director Wayne Blair talks to Metro about his new film “The Sapphires,” about a soul group comprised of Aboriginal sisters.

Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged aborigines, Australia, civil rights movement, martin luther king jr, rabbit-proof fence, The Sapphires, Wayne Blair | Reply
Tame Impala play "Late Night" with Jimmy Fallon on Monday, Feb. 18. They play a sold out show at Terminal 5 in NYC the next night, and have dates in Boston and Philly in the spring.

CREDIT: MATT SAVILLE

Tame Impala deliver ‘Lonerism’ for the masses

In print, a psychedelic band from Western Australia who call their latest album “Lonerism” don’t seem like the most likely [...]

Posted in Entertainment, Music
Tagged Australia, Kevin Parker, Lonerism, Music, PS 22, psychedelia, Tame Impala | Reply
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