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• Three Brits to fly to Oz for final stage of ‘Best Jobs in the World’

  

  Three lucky contenders from the UK are among 18 finalists for Tourism Australia’s ‘Best Jobs in the World’ and will travel Down Under next month to spend a week competing in the final stage of the global competition.

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• Natalie Bennett’s Green Party celebrates election results

  

  The UK’s Green Party, led by Australian Natalie Bennett, is celebrating today’s local election results of 11 councillors with some seats still to be announced

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• London’s Royal Academy of Arts to host major Australian art exhibition

  

  The Australian landscape is set to be the unifying theme of an unprecedented exhibition of Australian art to be held at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in September 2013.

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• UK police question Sydney woman over Rolf Harris claims

  

  Scotland Yard detectives have travelled to Australia from the UK to interview a Sydney woman in relation to the current investigation into sexual abuse claims made against Australian entertainer Rolf Harris.

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• Treatment of Indigenous Australians our “dirtiest little secret”, says Pilger

  

  An upcoming documentary, Utopia, produced for ITV by expat John Pilger is set to lift the veil on Australia’s “racist” treatment of its indigenous population, with the journalist calling the conditions faced by Australian aborigines the country’s “dirtiest little secret”.

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• UK govt rules out compo for Maralinga nuclear testing victims

  

  The UK government have ruled out paying “act of grace” compensation to veterans exposed to nuclear bomb testing at Maralinga in South Australia 61 years ago.

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• Australian DJ to appear at inquest into death of royal prank call nurse

  

  Embattled Aussie radio host Mel Greig has confirmed that she will appear at the inquest into the death of nurse Jacintha Saldanha in London later this year to answer questions on the royal hoax call transferred by Ms Saldanha to the ward treating the Duchess of Cambridge for morning sickness at King Edward VII Hospital. A suicide note left by Ms Saldanha blames the 2DayFM DJs for her death.

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• Devon gallery showing Rolf Harris art attacked by vandals

  

  Male vandal sought by police after £300 criminal damage to Torquay gallery window after anger at Rolf Harris artworks on display. The artist was recently named as a suspect in Operation Yewtree, the police investigation established following the Jimmy Saville enquiry.

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• Aussie photographer wins top prize for London Olympic shots

  

  Australian sports photographer Adam Pretty has won a prestigious award for his coverage of the 2012 London Olympics at the Sony World Photography Awards in London. Fellow Australian Ryan Pierse has been named in second place for his series ‘Fish Out of Water’.

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• Prince Harry may serve six months with Australian Army

  

  Australian news organisations have reported that Prince Harry will join the Australian Army for a six-month period on secondment later this year, with UK royal officials currently assessing the security risks that such a deployment would involve.

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• Twenty three Brits to compete for Australia’s ‘Best Jobs in the World’

  

  Twenty three candidates from the UK have made it through to the next stage of Tourism Australia’s ‘Best Jobs in the World’ competition.

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• Australia House to host charity quiz night for spinal research

  

  Australia House will open its doors in the name of charity on Thursday 16 May, as it plays host to a quiz night to raise money for the Spinal Research Foundation.

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• Aussie paralympian Kurt Fearnley powers to win in London Marathon

  

  Kurt Fearnley spent most of the London marathon hiding from the wind and conserving energy before exploding past his rivals out of the last corner.

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• Rolf Harris named as suspect arrested in Savile inquiry

  

  Australian Rolf Harris has been revealed as the previously unnamed 83-year-old entertainer arrested for historical allegations of sexual offences in March.

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• Britain pays final respects at Thatcher’s funeral

  

  Thousands of mourners turned out across London today to pay their respects to Baroness Margaret Thatcher, while others took the chance for one final protest.

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• Victorian sports minister visits London community sports facilities

  

  The Victorian Minister for Sport, Recreation and Veteran Affairs visited Westminster City Council’s Little Venice Sports Centre in London as part of a fact-finding trip to the UK on best practices in community sport.

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• John Howard to represent Australia at Thatcher’s funeral

  

  Former Australian Prime Minister John Howard will represent Australia at the London funeral of the late British leader Margaret Thatcher.

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• Former Australian PM John Howard invited to Thatcher’s funeral

  

  Former Australian prime minister John Howard has been invited to attend Margaret Thatcher’s funeral in London next Wednesday.

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• Hooroo: Australia Shop in London set to close

  

  The Australia Shop in London has long been a beacon for homesick Aussie expats. In a shock announcement this week, after 35 years of trading it will close the doors of its retail store in Covent Garden.

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• Thatcher’s beliefs ‘half-baked’: Geoffrey Robertson

  

  Margaret Thatcher wasn’t a great conviction politician but rather someone incapable of empathising with the poor, lawyer Geoffrey Robertson says.

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