Australian Prime Minister Congratulates Barack Obama After Historic Election Win

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The US election is finally over and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has congratulated the winner Barack Obama: PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd today congratulated US President-elect Barack Obama on his victory saying he brought a message of hope to the …

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Australian Dollars Falls Below 80 US Cents

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I hope all you Australians that wanted to take a trip to America did it before now considering how far the Australian dollar has dropped in recent weeks: THE dollar was trading lower this morning, falling below 80 US cents …

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New US Travel Regulation for Non-Visa Travelers Announced

For Australians thinking about visiting the US make sure you read this travel advisory before heading off or you might find yourself stuck at the airport: TRAVELLERS who do not need visas to enter the United States will have to …

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Take the American History and Civics Test

Much has been made about Australia’s citizenship test that features questions about Australian history and civics.  This just begs the question of how well Americans would do taking the same type of test.  As this studies shows it is a …

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Bush Attends “OPEC” Meeting and Thanks “Austrian” Troops

I don’t think President Bush is stupid as many people claim, after all he did graduate from Yale and has a master’s degree from Harvard which are universities that doesn’t just hand out degrees to anyone.  However, with that said, …

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Anti-Americanism in Australia

I was reading the Yanks Down Under Forum yesterday and noticed a thread that was started with a someone asking if Australians look down on Americans or not? From what I have noticed living here is that I have experienced …

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Are American Fire Fighters Wanted in Australia?

I was driving to work today and on the radio the commentator was taking phone calls about what people thought about Americans and other foreign fire fighters being paid to come to Australia and to help fight the bushfires.  A …

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