Australia: Victoria Government Locks Out Melbourne Bar Patrons after 2 a.m.

By Larry Habegger | July 2nd, 2008 |

Street violence outside Melbourne bars among drunken revelers and thugs got so bad that the Victoria state government imposed a three-month trial for 2 a.m. lockouts on June 3, “lockouts”... [Read this entry]

New Zealand: Unsafe for Asians?

By Larry Habegger | July 2nd, 2008 |

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Three arrests in the 2003 murder of a Korean tourist have led to the reopening of an investigation into the disappearance of a 64-year-old Japanese tourist and a concern among... [Read this entry]

Australia: Spider Bite Could Cost Englishman a Kidney

By Larry Habegger | June 25th, 2008 |

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From snakes to crocodiles to sharks to jellyfish, Australia’s reputation for creatures that can sicken or kill is well known, but the effects of a recent spider bite on an... [Read this entry]

Fiji: Foreign Affairs Stamp Requirement Complicates Tourist Weddings

By Larry Habegger | June 19th, 2008 |

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Tourist weddings in Fiji have dropped by two-thirds since 2004 because of a government requirement for a special stamp on marriage certificates. For a marriage to be recognized in other... [Read this entry]

Australia: Sydney Train System Crime Cleanup

By Larry Habegger | May 21st, 2008 |

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In a campaign to clean up crime on and around Sydney’s train system, authorities launched a crackdown involving 1600 rail and police officers who over three months seized 63 weapons... [Read this entry]

Australia: Rocks Returned to Uluru (Ayers Rock)

By Larry Habegger | May 14th, 2008 |

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At least one package a day containing rocks taken from Uluru, or Ayers Rock, arrives by post at the landmark’s national park headquarters, in many cases because people feel they’d... [Read this entry]

Australia: Crocodile Awareness Needed in the Northern Territory

By Larry Habegger | April 17th, 2008 |

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Three near-misses with crocodiles in as many weeks in the “Top End” of the Northern Territory prompted a crocodile conservationist to call for a territory-wide public awareness campaign about the... [Read this entry]

Australia: Engineers’ Strikes Could Shut Down Qantas

By Larry Habegger | January 2nd, 2008 |

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Some 1700 engineers for Qantas airlines are threatening to strike January 9 in what would be the biggest disruption to Qantas operations since a pilots’ strike in 1989. All Qantas... [Read this entry]

Marshall Islands: Bikini Atoll May Close to Divers Because of Bankrupt Airline

By Larry Habegger | December 19th, 2007 |

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The top tourist attraction in the islands may be forced to close because there may no longer be an efficient way to get there. Bikini Atoll, home to a sunken... [Read this entry]

Australia: Fires on Kangaroo Island; Daintree Rainforest May Be Restricted

By Larry Habegger | December 13th, 2007 |

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Fires on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island burned for more than a week scorching 115 square miles of scrub and wilderness, with one fire in the Flinders Chase National Park still... [Read this entry]

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