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Todd: Hello Michael. Michael: Hello Todd. Todd: We're going to talk about Australia. Or your going to talk about Australia. So first of all how any people live in Australia? Michael: Australia? Oh, there's about twenty million people in Australia rig
Todd: Hey, Rebecca, can you talk a little bit about Australia and just your thoughts about your home country? Rebecca: I guess I spend most of my time in Sydney, but one of the things l really love about Sydney is that it's very multicultural, so it'
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By Phil Mercer Sydney 11 May 2006 Australia is considering adopting controversial citizenship tests for immigrants. New settlers could be quizzed on their understanding of Australian cultural values a
The Australian flag has the Union Jack in the top left-hand corner. The rest of the flag is dark blue and then it has six white stars on it. I think they represent six different states in Australia, but I'm not really sure. My favorite city in Austra
Todd: Now, Aaron, Australia's a big place. Can you describe the Australian landscape? Aaron: No worries. In Australia, there are cities and then there is country. Not many people live in the country, and the desert. About 70% of the population live o
BEIJING, Dec. 13 (Xinhua) -- China and Australia pledged on Thursday to strengthen their militaries ties during a meeting between the two countries' senior military officials. The pledge was made when Xu Qiliang, vice chairman of the Central Military
Australia expects strong relationship with China CANBERRA, Oct. 30 (Xinhua) -- Australian Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer Wayne Swan said on Tuesday that Australia will continue to build and strengthen relationships with China. China is expected
Last week, a boat with 49 Afghan men on board, caught fire off the coast of Australia. The people on board the boat were asylum seekers. An asylum seeker is someone who wants to live in another country but is not an official refugee. This is an illeg
Australia's resources-powered economy is facing a year of challenges. Although the mining sector continues to soar, other industries - most notably manufacturing, tourism and finance - are shedding jobs in an increasingly two-speed economy. Although
The flooding in Queensland has now reached Brisbane. Some of the towns north of Brisbane, which had the earlier floods, have become flooded again. This time the Brisbane River has already flooded its banks. Workers in the central city were told not t
Australian police have launched a war crimes investigation into the deaths in East Timor in 1975 of the Balibo Five group of journalists. In 2007, an Australian coroner(验尸官) found that they were executed by Indonesian special forces in the town o
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