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WikiProject Australia Australian Wikipedians' Notice Board Australian Wikipedians Wikipedians in Australia Australian Collaboration of the Fortnight New Australian articles WikiProject Australian places New South Wales Riverina Northern Territory Queensland South Australia Tasmania Victoria Western Australia Australian Antarctic Territory Australian WikiProject Cities Adelaide Canberra Melbourne Perth Geelong Sydney Other Australia-related WikiProjects The 5000 Challenge Biota Cinema Crime Demographics Education History Exploration Maritime Military Indigenous peoples Noongar Law Literature Music Crowded House Kylie Minogue Powderfinger Politics Sports Association football Australian rules football Baseball Basketball Motorsport Television Transport Roads WikiTowns Freopedia Toodyaypedia	7 January 2025 – A light aircraft crashes near Rottnest Island, Western Australia, killing the pilot and two tourists from Denmark and Switzerland while injuring three other passengers. (Reuters) 5 January 2025 – 2025 United Cup In tennis, the United States wins its second United Cup title after defeating Poland 2–0 in the final at the Ken Rosewall Arena in Sydney, Australia. (Reuters) 24 December 2024 – 2024–25 Australian bushfire season Residents of the Grampians region of Victoria, Australia, evacuate due to bushfires, with more than 41,000 hectares (100,000 acres) already burnt by the bushfires. (BBC News) 23 December 2024 – A man is arrested and charged with animal cruelty for shooting and killing 98 kangaroos on a military base in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia. (news.com.au) 20 December 2024 – Australia–Solomon Islands relations Australia agrees to provide Solomon Islands with financing, training, and infrastructure support worth AU$190 million (US$118 million) over four years to strengthen its police force as part of a renewed security partnership between the two countries. (France 24) 16 December 2024 – 2024 Australia heat wave Walpeup, Victoria, Australia, reports a temperature of 47.1 °C (116.8 °F), the hottest temperature reported in the state since 2019. Extreme heat wave and fire risk warnings are also issued for areas across Australia. (The Guardian) (ABC News Australia)
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Should National Socialist Network rallies be included in Mount Warning and Corowa articles?

Editors are invited to comment at Talk:Mount_Warning#historical_irrelevance and Talk:Corowa#If_the_rally_is_historically_insignificant_why_was_it_all_over_the_news_for_weeks_then? as to whether or not to include the National Socialist Network rallies in those articles. Mitch Ames (talk) 02:05, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Sorry but I dont think a lack of "historical relevance" is a sound argument for or against the inclusion of events that otherwise meet the WP:GNG and are readily verifiable because of WP:CRYSTAL. We also need to be careful about WP:NPOV if we arent telling the whole story. See my comments at the Mount Warning talk page discussion. Dfadden (talk) 12:19, 24 December 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for 2015 Australian Grand Prix

2015 Australian Grand Prix has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 22:08, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund/Youpla

Was rather surprised to find the Aboriginal Community Benefit Fund/Youpla scandal completely missing from Wikipedia, so I put together an article, please chip in and help link it where relevant. Jpatokal (talk) 04:45, 27 December 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Arthur Phillip

Arthur Phillip has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 22:12, 30 December 2024 (UTC)

Excessive out-of-scope information and SYN on Esperance articles re traditional ownership

Editors are invited to comment at WT:WA § Excessive out-of-scope information and SYN on Esperance articles re traditional ownership on the inclusion of unnecessary details and synthesis with respect to traditional ownership of the land in specific localities in the Shire of Esperance, in WA. Mitch Ames (talk) 08:14, 3 January 2025 (UTC)

Topic suggestion

If I may make a suggestion, for New Zealand, we have complete lists of honorary doctorates conferred. Maybe that's something to aim for to cover the Australian universities. Schwede66 00:49, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

FYI

This project has tagged the Boomerang talk page. So I am notifying you of Talk:Boomerang#No_boomerang_thower_bios.-19:53, 4 January 2025 (UTC) TonyTheTiger (T / C / WP:FOUR / WP:CHICAGO / WP:WAWARD) 19:53, 4 January 2025 (UTC)

How to handle Jervis Bay in heritage listings

Hi, I've just created (the semi-finished) Commonwealth Heritage List in the Australian Capital Territory. The CHL lists four JB entries under the ACT.[1] What's the best way to deal with this? (Split out JB to a separate list and add it to the CHL article? use "(including Jervis Bay Territory)" at the ACT article? Leave it as is?) Thanks, ^~Hydronium^~Hydroxide^~(Talk)~ 08:45, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

Perhaps move to Commonwealth Heritage List in the Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory, then note in the article that the CHL groups them together although they are separate territories? Not sure a standalone list for four items is I T B F 📢 08:55, 7 January 2025 (UTC)

While JBT is technically a separate Commonwealth Territory, for legal, administrative, political and service delivery purposes, it functions as an exclave of the ACT. I think it is reasonable that the JBT entries are included in the ACT listing, but perhaps an explainer in the lead paragraph and footnotes with a caveat for these entries is warranted? I'm not sure 4 entries is really enough to justify a separate article and listing either. Dfadden (talk) 07:03, 8 January 2025 (UTC)