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                    [ArticleID] => 2306647
                    [Title] => Outback and beyond: Places to visit in Australia
                    [Summary] => Tourism Australia confirmed that large Filipino communities can be found in three major cities — Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide — and scattered ones are in smaller towns, indicating opportunities for Filipino tourists to venture around Australia when visiting loved ones.
                    [DatePublished] => 2023-10-28 10:27:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 1806731
                    [AuthorName] => Kristofer Purnell
                    [SectionName] => Travel and Tourism
                    [SectionUrl] => travel-and-tourism
                    [URL] => https://media.philstar.com/photos/2023/10/26/twelve-apostles-great-barrier-reef-australia_2023-10-26_01-21-56517_thumbnail.jpg
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                (
                    [ArticleID] => 1956267
                    [Title] => WATCH: Croc-spotting drone patrol takes off Down Under
                    [Summary] => Australia's rugged crocodile country could become safer thanks to world-first drones which were given a test flight Thursday. 
                    [DatePublished] => 2019-10-01 10:29:00
                    [ColumnID] => 0
                    [Focus] => 1
                    [AuthorID] => 
                    [AuthorName] => 
                    [SectionName] => News Videos
                    [SectionUrl] => news-videos
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                    [ArticleID] => 1526905
                    [Title] => First PAL flight to New Zealand on Dec. 2
                    [Summary] => 

Philippine Airlines will fly to New Zealand for the first time on Dec. 2, by opening four-times-a-week service to Auckland via Cairns (Australia), enhancing opportunities for three diverse peoples to explore each other’s rich cultures and traditions.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sunday Lifestyle [SectionUrl] => sunday-life [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/lifestyle/sunday-life/20151129/PAL-13.jpg ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 943936 [Title] => MasterCard exec upbeat on ‘world beyond cash’ in Asia [Summary] =>

A world beyond cash is emerging in Asia, and will continue to rapidly grow, predicts MasterCard Worldwide president for International Markets Ann Cairns, who visited Manila as part of her trip to major Asian cities.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-20 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Lifestyle Business [SectionUrl] => business-life [URL] => http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/3142/bl4yv.jpg ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 760770 [Title] => Fluffy the crocodile survives bus runover [Summary] =>

A veterinarian says a young crocodile named Fluffy is back to her cranky old self after being hit by a bus while duck hunting in a north Australian city.

[DatePublished] => 2011-12-22 14:04:36 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 653713 [Title] => Powerful cyclone strikes Australia's northeast [Summary] =>

A massive cyclone struck northeastern Australia early Thursday, tearing off roofs, toppling trees and cutting power to thousands, the most powerful storm to hit the area in nearly a century.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-03 02:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 653545 [Title] => Massive cyclone bears down on northeast Australian coast [Summary] =>

Strong winds and driving rain began buffeting northeast Australia as one of the country's biggest-ever storms bore down Wednesday while residents huddled in evacuation centers or hid at home in bathrooms behind piles of blankets and mattresses.

[DatePublished] => 2011-02-02 22:08:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 498592 [Title] => Aussie official: Glue on toilet seat a 'sick joke' [Summary] => CAIRNS (AP) -- A man who used a public toilet in a shopping mall was taken to a hospital to have the toilet seat removed from his backside after someone smeared it with glue in what an official condemned Monday as a sick joke. [DatePublished] => 2009-08-24 15:20:33 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 167317 [Title] => Peasant group calls for RP exit from Cairns Group [Summary] => A peasant-based research and advocacy group renewed yesterday its call for the government to withdraw its membership from the Cairns Group.

The Philippine Peasant Institute (PPI) made the call after Australia, using what the group described as "unreasonable" quarantine standards, effectively blocked the entry of Philippine bananas. This according to PPI, "clearly constitute a de factor non-tariff barrier."
[DatePublished] => 2002-07-06 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097177 [AuthorName] => Katherine Adraneda [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 162959 [Title] => RP to remain with Cairns Group [Summary] => The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is ready to follow the instruction of President Arroyo to retain the country’s membership with the Cairns Group.

This was disclosed yesterday by Trade Undersecretary Adrian Cristobal Jr. who said the DTI will follow what President Arroyo announced last Thursday.

Earlier, Trade and Industry Secretary Manuel Roxas II threatened the Philippines’ pull-out from the Cairns Group following its failure to help the Philippines negotiate for access to European markets for its tuna exports.
[DatePublished] => 2002-06-01 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1097285 [AuthorName] => Marianne V. Go [SectionName] => Business [SectionUrl] => business [URL] => ) ) )
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