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 * Australia in today's world **

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Fun australian Lingo

 * __**Australian word**__ || **__Translation__** ||
 * Mate || Buddy,Friend ||
 * G'Day || Hello ||
 * Aussie || Australian ||
 * Bush || Land outside the City ||
 * Footy || Australian rules football ||
 * Oy! || Hey! ||
 * Sacked || Fired from your job ||
 * Bloke || Man ||
 * Ankle Biter || small child ||
 * Sheila || A woman ||



Recent Disasters
Recently Australia has had some battles with nature. Here are some of the disasters that Australia has encountered.

Black Saturday Bushfires
Australia has had its share of fires recently. In 2009 there were many bush fires that ignited and eventually let to a big forest fire. This fire killed 173 people and left 414 people injured. This fire also destroyed 2,030 houses and more than 3,500 structures. This day is refered to as Black Saturday because of this terible bushfire. To learn more about this devastating fire visit [|Black Saturday Bushfires]

Yasi
Australia has been the target of a big hurricane named Yasi just this past month in Feb 2011. People have had to evacuate their homes to prepare for this monster. Yasi was classified as a category 5 hurricane with winds reaching up to120 km/h (75 mph).

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**Floods** Australia has been the victim of many floods over the years. Here is one recent flood that Australia had.

March 2010 Queensland floods
In March 2010, the South Western and Central Queensland underwent major flooding. This flooding causing milions of dollars worth of damage. Some considered this to be the worst flood in 120 years. The flood grew the mosquitto and the Australian locust population which is damaging because the locusts may destroy the crops. To read more about this flood refer to [|Queensland Floods].

Recent News
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