Tag: Australian

  • Australian police chase koala through strain station

    Australian police chase koala through strain station

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    SYDNEY — A wayward koala led police on a low-speed, early morning chase through a Sydney train station, video released on Tuesday showed, surprising commuters in the city. Video provided by Transport for New South Wales showed the koala ambling through Casula station on Friday, around 21 miles south-west of the city’s central business district. The video showed the koala checking out an elevator before opting to descend a stairway. Trains in the area were…

  • Australian court upholds order for Musk’s X to pay fine over anti-child abuse inquiry

    Australian court upholds order for Musk’s X to pay fine over anti-child abuse inquiry

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    SYDNEY, Australia — A court in Australia upheld an order on Friday for Elon Musk’s X to pay a fine of 610,500 Australian dollars ($418,000) for failing to cooperate with a regulator’s request for information about anti-child-abuse practices. X had challenged the fine, but the Federal Court of Australia ruled that it was obliged to…

  • Australian TV host announces her own death in posthumous social media post

    Australian TV host announces her own death in posthumous social media post

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    Australian TV host Fiona MacDonald announced her own death at the age of 67 in a posthumous social media post on Thursday. The beloved host, who worked on the children’s program “Wombat” and gameshow “It’s a Knockout,” died three years after being diagnosed with a motor neuron disease.  “Farewell my friends. My sister Kylie is posting…

  • Pesto the chonky Australian penguin chick captivates Katy Perry and the internet

    Pesto the chonky Australian penguin chick captivates Katy Perry and the internet

    SYDNEY, Australia — Pesto the huge king penguin chick has drawn hundreds of visitors to an Australian aquarium, and now the bird can count Katy Perry as one of his biggest fans. The U.S. pop star, in Melbourne to perform at the Australian Football League Grand Final on Saturday, told Channel Seven she wanted to…