An international news service reported that a private health insurer in Australia announced it was "back in the black with its first profit in three years."

VOA: special.2009.04.26

"Neither of us will let it get in the way of the strength of what is a fundamentally important relationship between Australia and Japan."

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

It has worked closely with the United States,Australia and its Southeast Asian neighbors to contain militant Islamists who wanted to use violence to establish a single Muslim nation across much of the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.24

The flu outbreak is starting to affect the tourism industry, with one major airline announcing plans to scale back services between Australia and Japan by one-third because of a slump in demand from Japanese passengers.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

The Pacific Dawn has been blamed for the recent increase in swine flu infections in Australia after health officials allowed hundreds of passengers to go home at the end of a previous cruise, despite a suspected outbreak onboard.

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

But last month,a computer programmer from Australia made an exciting discovery of an unusual event in Earth's solar system.

VOA: special.2009.08.25

Other lesser known acts include a fairly new band from Australia called Violent Soho and the Nigerian-German soul singer Nneka Egbuna.

VOA: special.2010.08.02

Two years ago, scientists discovered more than one hundred corals in the Great Barrier Reef and on a reef near northwestern Australia.

VOA: special.2010.08.10

Professor Prusinkiewicz is on sabbatical leave in Australia, but he sent us an e-mail suggesting a simple way to understand the process.

VOA: special.2009.10.13

Earlier this year, a professor at the University of Western Australia commented on the overuse of glyphosate.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

There are fringe events in Britain, Canada,Australia, the Czech Republic and Singapore, just to name a few of the more than eighty examples.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

In Australia, the city of Sydney begins each new year with a fireworks show at midnight.

VOA: special.2010.07.04

Last April, Australia's Productivity Commission considered the cost of bullying in a report on workplace safety.

VOA: special.2011.03.25

Women already serve on submarines in the national navies of Australia,Canada,Norway and a few other countries.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

She was OK. But earlier,in Australia, eight people were hurt and a performance was cancelled.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

Australia has set a November deadline to zero, for Japan to stop whaling in Antarctic waters, or face international court action.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

They have bred prolifically and have advanced across Australia's tropics at a rate of 40 to 50 kilometers a year.

VOA: standard.2010.02.07

More than 40 boats carrying refugees seeking asylum in Australia have been intercepted this year, a sharp increase from previous years.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Its lead singer is Australia's federal environment minister,Peter Garrett, who says the band was eager to help such a worthwhile cause.

VOA: standard.2009.03.14

As the love interest, Alex O'Loughlin joins a growing legion of hunky stars from Australia making it big on American screens.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

Health officials say trials have gone smoothly and Australia could be the first country anywhere to start a mass immunization program.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Australia,and other critics, say the annual hunt is merely a front for commercial whaling, which is banned under international law.

VOA: standard.2010.02.20

Scientists at CSIRO, Australia's government-funded scientific research institute, say that climate change has played a role in the increase.

VOA: standard.2009.11.09

Trade Minister Simon Crean says expanding Islamic banking would help Australia become a dominant player in regional financing.

VOA: standard.2010.02.15

In trading,Japanese stocks were up nearly two percent, while markets in Hong Kong, South Korea,and Australia were up about half a percent.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

Australia's newest natural burial site sits in a quiet corner at Kemps Creek, on the edge of Sydney.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22