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Google Eyes Christmas Island For Massive AI Data Centre In Strategic Indian Ocean Move

Alphabet Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google plans to construct a large artificial intelligence data centre on Christmas Island, a remote Australian territory, in a move experts say could have both commercial and defence implications.

Benzinga

Claws out: booming population of red crabs on the march

Christmas Island's red crabs begin their famed annual migration as authorities report progress to control pests threatening the charismatic crustaceans.

AAP

Video: Millions of Christmas Island crabs begin epic migration

Millions of migrating red crabs have travelled across Christmas Island to reach the ocean.

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People use garden tools to protect millions of migrating red crabs on Australia's Christmas Island

Up to 100 million crabs are expected to make their way from their forest burrows to the shoreline where they breed.

Euronews

Locals get ready as tens of millions of red crabs begin annual odyssey across tiny island

The start of the Southern Hemisphere summer rains last weekend triggered the annual odyssey

The Independent UK

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

It’s official: the only Australian shrew is no more.

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Scientists fear this ‘cute’ and ‘chonky’ flying fox could be one cyclone away from extinction

Christmas Island flying fox numbers have declined as endangered species left without recovery plan

The Guardian - AU

Recently reunited refugee father mourns son's drowning

A Hazara Afghan father, who was detained on Christmas Island after seeking asylum in Australia, lost his teenage son on Father's Day in a drowning accident.

AAP

Home Affairs refuses apology to detainee over treatment

An immigration detainee held on Christmas Island was subject to unjustified force by security officers, but the Australian government will not apologise.

AAP

Number of asylum seekers on Nauru jumps as Australia transfers 37 people who arrived by boat

Deterrence policy against asylum seeker boats is under strain, with three vessels arriving in a week in May

The Guardian - AU

Four Vietnamese people found near Broome as Australia’s asylum boat policy under strain

Exclusive: ‘Unauthorised maritime arrivals’ arrive near WA town after two other boat arrivals in last week

The Guardian - AU

Australia's deep concerns about instability in Pacific

Australia's longstanding concerns about unrest in the Pacific have been outlined in cabinet papers from 2003, released to the general public after 20 years.

AAP

'Fascinating': red crabs marching on Christmas Island

Tens of millions of red crabs are scurrying to the coast of Christmas Island, in one of the world's most colourful annual mass migrations.

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Christmas Islanders remember worst refugee boat crash

Zainal Abdul Majid remembers December 15 as a fateful day when over 50 asylum seekers died crashing onto Christmas Island as they sought refuge in Australia.

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Christmas Island hydroponic farm dishes up fresh greens

Cost of living bites Christmas Islanders particularly hard with all their food imported but a budding hydroponic farm could grow into a sustainable solution

AAP

Christmas Island's rare Chinese time capsules

Preserved by their remoteness, Christmas Island's Chinese cemeteries stand as a rare moment in time to long lost traditions.

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Malay Muslim engineer leads Christmas, Cocos Isles

Farzian Zainal, a fourth-generation Malay Muslim, is the first locally-born and bred Australian administrator of the Christmas and Cocos Islands.

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Christmas Island: release date, cast, plot and everything we know about the Hallmark movie

Christmas Island features Andrew Walker in a new Countdown to Christmas 2023 movie. Here's everything we know about the new Hallmark Channel movie.

The Canberra Times

'Not what you might expect': Rough magic on Christmas Island

The new play will debut at The Street Theatre on November 10.

The Guardian - AU

Christmas Island now empty as all detainees brought to Australian mainland, border force says

Exclusive: detention centre will remain open and advocates question why government isn’t heeding UN call to close it

The Conversation

State and territory ballots will be counted differently at the Voice referendum – is that fair?

When Australians vote on the Voice to Parliament referendum on October 14, ballots from the Northern Territory and the ACT will be treated differently from those of the states. The same goes for votes cast by residents of Norfolk Island, Christmas Island and the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.

LiveScience

Watch cannibal crab gobble up baby crablets in Australia in David Attenborough's 'Our Planet II'

The rare footage was taken when filming the red crab migration on Christmas Island.

The Conversation

'We'd be getting it from both sides, which was horrendous': Australian political players on our brutal refugee policies

In September 2017, I interviewed a senior figure within the Australian Labor Party in his office in Canberra. At one point in our discussion he told me:

ABC News

How upside-down wheelie bins became crucial in the fight to rid Christmas Island of cats

Parks authorities are on track to remove most cats from the island by the end of 2023, but first they needed to stop giant crabs messing with their traps.

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