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Snap lockdown ordered in Australia’s Brisbane after virus outbreak

More than two million people in Brisbane were ordered into a three-day lockdown Monday after a cluster of coronavirus cases was detected in Australia’s third-biggest city. It is the second snap lockdown of the greater Brisbane area this year, and comes after seven people tested positive for COVID-19—the first significant community outbreak in Australia in […]

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These Are Australia's Most Popular Baby Names

There’s a few things the British royal family do best: nail polished glamour, rear corgis and apparently, pick baby names.  Charlotte—a name shared by the Duchess of Cambridge’s two-year-old princess—has topped the list of the most popular girls’ names in Australia for a second year in a row.  According to a study by social researchers McCrindle, 1817 girls were named Charlotte out […]

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Catherine Skinner Wins Australia's Third Gold Medal In Rio

Victorian shooter Catherine Skinner won a gripping sudden-death final this morning to become Australia’s third gold medallist at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. After a sluggish start against Kiwi Natalie Rooney, Catherine, 26, showed nerves of steel to claw her way back, nailing the last three clay targets to win by just one shot. It […]