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Did you know? consists of a series of "hooks", which are interesting facts taken from Wikipedia's newest or recently expanded Australian related articles. The choice of articles is subject to a series of criteria, see DYK rules for more information.

... that in the 1920s, Australian journalist E. George Marks predicted military conflict in the Pacific between Japan and the United States?
... that Towa Tei's "Sometime Samurai" remained unfinished for eight years until Australian singer Kylie Minogue re-recorded the song in 2004?
... that audience members interrogated suspects in an Australian Cluedo game show based on the board game?
... that Australian senator Ben Small had been a ship's officer, bar owner, paramedic, ambulance trainer, and logistician before entering politics?
... that to learn the rules of American football, Australian Adam Korsak, who was named the best college punter in 2022, played Madden NFL 06 and watched Any Given Sunday?
... that Australiformis semoni is a parasite that infests marsupials in Australia and New Guinea and whose infestation could cause debilitating ulcerative granulomatous gastritis?
... that the Rhodesia Information Centre spread propaganda about Rhodesia in Australia?
... that Bill Dunn, an Indigenous Australian pastoralist approaching retirement, sold his station at half-price to the Jigalong community despite receiving full-price offers from non-Indigenous people?
... that Sarah Cox brought the first breach of promise suit in Australia, during which she was represented by her future husband William Wentworth?
... that Scottish painter Gordon Coutts left Australia without paying maintenance to his estranged wife, but was arrested in New Zealand?
... that politician John D'Orazio helped to secure a three-year trial of daylight saving time in Western Australia?
... that Australia has three major Japanese language schools?
... that the Victoria State Government has ordered 100 G-class trams, which is the largest domestic order in Australian history?
... that Baillieu Myer and his siblings were born in California because their father's prior divorce was not recognised under Australian law?
... that Lord Stonehaven, Governor-General of Australia, called Hay War Memorial High School the "finest war memorial in the British Empire"?
... that Bessie Anstice Baker, a convert to Catholicism, was the first Australian woman to receive a Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal?
... that Barcroft Boake, the author of one of Australia's most anthologised poems, hanged himself with a stockwhip a few months after it was published?
... that an Australian state premier said he would be taking a spear to meetings on a tax-distribution dispute?
... that a newspaper in Kentucky reported that the solar eclipse of November 22, 1900, would pass over Austria instead of Australia?
... that St Mary's Anglican Church, Busselton, Australia, has been a part of six dioceses, namely Canterbury, Calcutta, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth and Bunbury?
... that Victorian post office official William Rundell also collected stamps in his spare time, acquiring 48 copies of the "Sydney view" stamps of New South Wales?
... that South Australian Labor premier Des Corcoran was mentioned in despatches for courage and skill in evacuating casualties during the Korean War?
... that politics in The Simpsons have caused controversy in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and Japan?
... that Australian rules football coach Sampson Hosking named himself in Port Adelaide's team at the age of 48?
... that "one of early Australia's biggest manhunts" was organized to catch Chinese Australian bushranger Sam Poo?
... that in 2007, Arthur Gray's £2 Kangaroo and Map stamp sold for a world record price for a single Australian stamp?
... that John Dique constructed the machine used by the first Australian patient to receive dialysis?
... that Western Australia was the second Australian state to legalise voluntary assisted dying?
... that Tom Eastick was the first Australian artillery officer to use survey procedures to accurately engage targets without ranging?
... that the only ever hijacking of a Royal Australian Air Force aircraft began at Baucau Airport, East Timor, in 1975?
... that Nixon's "Slaughtergate" scandal involved selling kangaroo meat as beef?
... that the specific epithet of Platycephalus endrachtensis is from an old word for Australia?
... that the developers of Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number suggested that Australian customers pirate their game?
... that Able Seaman Rex Julius was the lowest-ranked Australian official war artist of World War II?
... that Collingwood coach Robert Harvey gave Anton Tohill his AFL debut in 2021, having played International Rules Series against Tohill's father in the 1990s?
... that the Greco-Australian dialect, a variety of Modern Greek, blends words with English roots into the Greek language?
... that Paddy Morgan conceded the final of the 1976 Australian Professional Championship rather than play with Eddie Charlton's balls?
... that Walter Bassett arranged for the construction of the first wind tunnel in Australia?
... that the Leschenault Lady, which is believed to be the oldest operational Australian-built steam locomotive, is returning to steam today (22 August) after a lengthy overhaul?
... that the Australian case Bradley v Commonwealth held that it was unlawful to unilaterally cut off telephones to a Rhodesian information office?
... that the memorabilia of Jennie Scott Griffiths, a Texan who died in California, are housed in the National Library of Australia?
... that indigenous Australian artist Daniel Boyd has depicted colonial figures including Captain James Cook and Governor Arthur Phillip as pirates?
... that author Ann Howard interviewed more than 100 Australians about their experiences as child evacuees sent inland during World War II when a Japanese invasion seemed imminent?
... that the Scottish Register of Tartans has registered district tartans for Australia as a whole, and also a state district tartan for each of Australia's six states?
... that the blind cave eel is the longest cavefish in Australia?

More current events - (scrolling list)

27 December 2023 –: At least 10 people are killed by thunderstorms and strong winds in the eastern Australian states of Queensland and Victoria. (ABC News Australia)
21 December 2023 – Yemeni Crisis: At least 10 more nations, including Australia and Greece, join the United States-led Operation Prosperity Guardian task force to counter Houthi attacks in the Red Sea. (Reuters)
28 November 2023 – Regulation of electronic cigarettes: The Australian government announces a ban on the import of disposable electronic cigarettes, effective January 1, 2024, in an effort to reduce nicotine addiction in children and young adults. (BBC News)
27 November 2023 –: The Australian government dismisses Mike Pezzullo as Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs for breaching the public service code of conduct, following an investigation into Pezzullo's alleged encrypted communications with other politicians. (AFP via New Vision)
26 November 2023 – 2023 ATP Tour: In tennis, Italy wins its first Davis Cup title since 1976 after defeating Australia 2–0 in the finals. (The Guardian)
19 November 2023 –: Optus CEO Kelly Bayer Rosmarin resigns following a network outage in Australia that took down its phone and internet services nationwide for 14 hours earlier this month. (The Guardian)
19 November 2023 – 2023 Cricket World Cup: In cricket, Australia wins a record sixth World Cup title after defeating host nation India by six wickets in the final. India's Virat Kohli is named player of the tournament. (AFP via France 24)
12 November 2023 – 2023 Israel–Hamas war: Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong calls on Israel to stop its attacks on hospitals, expressing concern about the number of civilian deaths from Israel's assault on Gaza, saying that "international humanitarian law does require the protection of hospitals, of patients and of medical staff". (Sydney Morning Herald)
10 November 2023 –: Logistics company DP World, which accounts for around 40% of Australia's freight transport, suspends operations at four ports in Brisbane, Fremantle, Melbourne, and Sydney, after a cyberattack was reported, which federal police is investigating. (The Independent)
10 November 2023 – Australia–Tuvalu relations: Australia grants "special" freedom of movement and defence rights to Tuvaluans for residence and employment due to climate reasons. (AFP via Barron's)
9 November 2023 –: The Guinness World Records and the World Surf League confirm that Australian surfer Laura Enever has set a new surfing record for the largest wave ever paddled into by a woman, with a 13.3-metre (44-foot) wave surfed in Hawaii, U.S., on January 22, surpassing American surfer Andrea Moller's previous record. (CNN)
8 November 2023 – 2023 Optus outage: A telecommunications outage by Optus leaves more than 10 million people in Australia without internet and mobile phone service for more than nine hours. (Reuters)
5 November 2023 –: A car crashes into a beer garden in Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, killing five people and injuring four others. (ABC News)
31 October 2023 – International reactions to the 2023 Israel–Hamas war: Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong expresses concern over growing attacks by residents of settlements on Palestinians in the occupied West Bank, saying that "such violence threatens to only inflame tensions and those responsible must be held accountable". (Al Jazeera)
31 October 2023 –: Football Australia formally end their bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup, leaving Saudi Arabia as the only confirmed bid before FIFA's deadline for declarations of interest expires. (BBC Sport)
28 October 2023 – 2023 Darling Downs fires: Evacuations are ordered for the towns of Tara, Wieambilla, and The Gums, Queensland, Australia, after more than 32 buildings are destroyed by ongoing bushfires. (7 News)
25 October 2023 –: Two people are killed, and more than five buildings are destroyed, as more than forty out-of-control bushfires continue to burn in the Darling Downs in Queensland, Australia. (ABC News)
16 October 2023 –: Australia's internet safety commissioner fines American technology company X Corp. for AU$610,500 (US$385,000) for inadequately addressing child sexual abuse content on Twitter. (AFP via The Manila Times)

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