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TOPSHOT - People wave Australian flags as they watch the Anzac Day parade in Sydney on April 25, 2017. - Ceremonies are held annually on the April 25 anniversary of the ill-fated 1915 landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps in modern-day Turkey during World War I, known as Anzac Day. (Photo by PETER PARKS / AFP) (Photo by PETER PARKS/AFP via Getty Images)

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Australian slang terms every visitor should know

People ride e-scooters in Melbourne's central business district (CBD) on August 14, 2024. Melbourne has become the latest city to announce a ban on rental e-scooters, abruptly moving to end a trial contract with two firms after a community revolt. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) (Photo by WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)

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‘End the havoc’: Another major city has banned e-scooter rentals from its streets

<strong>Road trip: </strong>Australian couple Janell and Stu Clarke are riding around the world on motorcycles with their three rescue dogs, Shadow, Azra, Weeti, in tow.

This couple set off on a motorbike world tour with their beloved dog. Then tragedy struck

PARIS, FRANCE - AUGUST 09: B-Girl Raygun of Team Australia reacts during the B-Girls Round Robin - Group B on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Place de la Concorde on August 09, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images)

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Australian Olympic chief condemns ‘bullying’ online petition attacking Raygun’s breaking credentials

Witness Veronica Knight heard two explosions when the helicopter hit the Cairns hotel on Monday, August 12, 2024.

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Helicopter pilot in fatal Australia hotel crash was ground crew who’d attended a party the night before

Debris from a helicopter is seen after it crashed into the roof of the DoubleTree Hilton Hotel in Cairns, Australia, on August 12, 2024.

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Helicopter on ‘unauthorized flight’ crashes onto roof of Australian hotel, killing pilot

Raygun competes during the Breaking B-Girls Round Robin Group B battle between Logistx and Raygun on Day 14 of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at La Concorde on August 9, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Harry Langer/DeFodi Images via Getty Images)

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Australian breaker Raygun earns mixed reviews, praised for ‘courage’ and ‘character’ after viral performances at Paris Games

A general view of play during the Vitality Netball Nations Cup Final match between England Vitality Roses and Australia Origin Diamonds at First Direct Arena on January 28, 2024 in Leeds, England.

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This women’s sport has fought for more than 50 years to be in the Olympics. Could Brisbane 2032 change its fortunes?

NANTERRE, FRANCE - JULY 27: (EDITORS NOTE: Image was captured using an underwater robotic camera.) Summer McIntosh of Team Canada and Erika Fairweather of Team New Zealand compete in the Women's 400m Freestyle Heats on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 27, 2024 in Nanterre, France. (Photo by Adam Pretty/Getty Images)

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Five things to watch from the swimming competition at this year’s Olympic Games

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 27: Matthew Dawson of the Kookaburras passes during game 2 of the International Hockey Test Series between Australia and India at MATE Stadium on November 27, 2022 in Adelaide, Australia. (Photo by Mark Brake/Getty Images for Hockey Australia)

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Australian field hockey player opts to amputate part of his finger in order to compete in Paris Olympics

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<p>CNN visits a school in Queensland, Australia with a unique approach to the conservation of the world’s largest coral reef ecosystem.</p>

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The school breeding clownfish to help protect the Great Barrier Reef 4:02

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‘Devastating’: Raygun speaks out after Olympic performance backlash 1:09

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Coral seeding devices, Great Barrier Reef, 2024

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These devices are helping deliver 1 million baby corals to the Great Barrier Reef 5:23

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Watch fire and smoke engulf Melbourne sky after chemical explosion 0:30

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A heartbreaking crash ended her Olympic dream in Tokyo. Three years later, she wants to right the wrongs at the Paris Games 3:27

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 18: McDonald's Fawkner is seen re-opened on May 18, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. McDonald's has closed 12 restaurants across Melbourne for deep cleaning after an external delivery driver tested positive for COVID-19. The precautionary decision to close the stores was made after a truck driver delivering supplies to the restaurants while asymptomatic later tested positive for coronavirus. All staff have been asked to self isolate not to return to work for 14 days. The restaurant closures come after the closure of the Fawkner and Craigieburn McDonald's restaurants due to COVID-19 cluster outbreak last week. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)

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McDonald’s shortens breakfast time in Australia as bird flu causes egg shortage

Australia restricts vape sales to pharmacies in ‘world-leading’ move to cut nicotine use

Australia drops legal fight against X over church stabbing video

Qantas CEO: ‘We let our customers down’ on canceled flights scandal

China lifts ban on five Australian beef exporters

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Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

These Picasso pieces are on display in a ladies’ restroom inside a museum. Here’s why

Australia’s richest woman seeks removal of her portrait from exhibition

Vandals target ‘world’s oldest’ Chinese parade dragon in an Australian museum

Why the drag looks in ‘The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’ are still iconic, 30 years on

Aboriginal spears returned to Australia after 250 years in ‘momentous occasion’