Latest and Most Recent News from Oceania

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Australian shares and the country's currency struggled on Tuesday, as flooding in Queensland took a turn for the worse, resulting in loss of life, potentially raising the damage bill and crimping the nation's growth.

Asia Markets: Floods pressure Australian shares, dollar

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A local looks on as the Brisbane River rises rapidly on Jan. 11, 2011 in Brisbane, Australia.

Flood Relief: More than $32 Million Raised for Queensland Flood Relief

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QUEENSLAND businesses forced to close or constrain their operations for the floods say the full cost is still unknown.

Flood costs still unknown

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Based on a treasure trove of royal letters, appointment cards and photographs, a new book on the remarkable life of Australian speech therapist Lionel Logue fills many of the gaps left by the hit film "The King's Speech." Lionel's grandson Mark Logue was consulted for the script of the movie, starring Colin Firth as the stammering King George VI ...

Book tells inspiring tale behind King's Speech film

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As business houses large and small across Queensland begin to assess the devastation caused by the floods catastrophe, Caltex Australia says the shutdown of its Lytton Refinery in Queensland will cost the company up to $10 million in profit after tax in 2011.

Cost of deadly floods mounts for business

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Descended from the man who put down the mutiny on the Bounty, the state leader is facing choppy waters of her own Anna Bligh with the Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, at a press conference in Brisbane.

Profile: Anna Bligh, Queensland premier

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A strong earthquake has hit a group of New Caledonia islands in the South Pacific.

Strong quake hits New Caledonia islands in Pacific

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M 5.3, Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia

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In Australia, the clean-up after the worst floods in decades has begun. In Sri Lanka and the Philippines, flooding has displaced hundreds.

After the floods

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Australia began to tally the multibillion dollar toll of massive flooding that left fertile farmland in the northeast a boggy mess of rotting vegetation and swamped the third-largest city of Brisbane, where residents waded through stinking mud Friday in search of salvageable possessions.

Floods take major toll on Australian fa...