The Netherlands won the tournament Competition for a seventh time after defeating Hostile_encounter Australia 2–0 in the final .

It was held Hold from August 25 to August 29 , 2008 in the suburb of Leederville in Perth , Australia .

Singapore captured Hold the 2008 Asia Pacific Floorball Championship by defeating Preventing_or_letting Australia in the finals Competition .

The 2005–06 KFC Twenty20 Big Bash was the inaugural season of the official Twenty20 domestic cricket competition Competition in Australia .

The arrests Arrest case triggered Causation Australia , Colombia , Costa Rica , Germany and Switzerland to open Process_start or intensify Cause_change_of_strength separate Hold criminal investigations Criminal_investigation into top FIFA officials for corruption .

Severe Tropical Cyclone Catastrophe Winifred was the worst tropical cyclone Catastrophe to make Causation landfall Arriving in northern Queensland since Cyclone Catastrophe Amy in 1971 and the first since Althea to inflict Causation significant damage Damaging on the northeastern coast of Australia .

Meanwhile , the Commonwealth of Australia initiated Process_start a three-year , $ 150 million program to provide Supply relief Assistance to damaged Damaging areas .

The 2013 New South Wales bushfires Catastrophe were a series of bushfires Catastrophe in Australia across the state of New South Wales primarily starting Process_start , or becoming Becoming notable , on 13 October 2013 ; followed by the worst of the fires Catastrophe beginning Process_start in the Greater Blue Mountains Area on 16 and 17 October 2013 .

The tour visited Traveling metropolitan and regional areas in Australia .

The 1999 Australian Open was a tennis tournament played Competition on outdoor hard courts at Melbourne Park in Melbourne , Australia .

British nuclear tests Testing at Maralinga occurred Presence between 1956 and 1963 at the Maralinga site , part of the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia and about 800 kilometres north-west of Adelaide .

The tour was initially planned Arranging to reach Arriving Australia in January 2013 but was cancelled Change_event_time ; Madonna apologized Judgment_communication through a video letter on her official YouTube account .

The 2011 Tri Nations Series was the sixteenth annual Tri Nations rugby union series between the national rugby union teams of New Zealand , Australia and South Africa , respectively nicknamed Name_conferral the All Blacks , Wallabies and Springboks .

Australia won the series Competition for the first time in ten years .

India 's 2003–04 tour Competition of Australia was composed of seven first-class matches , including four Tests .

India also participated Participation in an ODI tri-series with Australia and Zimbabwe .

Captain Sourav Ganguly made Action his first test Testing century against Australia , a 144 in Brisbane that gave Giving his team a lead of 86 after they were in trouble .

This series was also the last for Steve Waugh , who had captained Australia to a record equalling 16 consecutive test match victories and had 41 victories in 57 Tests .

It formed Coming_to_be part of the MCC tour of Australia in 1954–55 and the English team in matches outside the Tests were styled Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC ) .

England were captained by Len Hutton , the first professional cricketer to lead an MCC tour of Australia .

England were the first touring team to win Earnings_and_losses a series in Australia since 1932–33 and the last until 1970–71 .

They were the second of only three touring teams to win Earnings_and_losses a series in Australia from behind , the other two being England in 1911–12 and the West Indies in 1992–93 .

The tour is best remembered for the bowling of Frank Tyson , who was at the time regarded as arguably the fastest and most frightening bowler ever seen Perception_active in Australia .

The 2015 Sampson Flat Fire was a bushfire Catastrophe in Australia in the state of South Australia , the area Surrounding affected Influence was predominantly the Northern Adelaide Hills and the outer Adelaide metropolitan area .

The 2015 Sampson Flat Fire was a bushfire Catastrophe in Australia in the state of South Australia , the area Surrounding affected Influence was predominantly the Northern Adelaide Hills and the outer Adelaide metropolitan area .

Ballarat Heritage Weekend is a community cultural festival held Hold annually in Ballarat , Victoria , Australia .

Cyclone Tracy was a tropical cyclone Catastrophe that devastated Destroying the city of Darwin , Northern Territory , Australia from 24 to 26 December 1974 .

Europe , Australia and Asia were added Cause_to_be_included to the itinerary for 2012 .

The Ash Wednesday bushfires Catastrophe , known Know in South Australia as Ash Wednesday II , were a series of bushfires Catastrophe that occurred Coming_to_be in south-eastern Australia on 16 February 1983 , which was Ash Wednesday in the Christian calendar .

The Ash Wednesday bushfires Catastrophe , known Know in South Australia as Ash Wednesday II , were a series of bushfires Catastrophe that occurred Coming_to_be in south-eastern Australia on 16 February 1983 , which was Ash Wednesday in the Christian calendar .

Within twelve hours , more than 180 fires Catastrophe fanned Motion by winds of up to 110 km/h ( 68 mph ) caused Causation widespread destruction Destroying across the states of Victoria and South Australia .

Years of severe drought Catastrophe and extreme weather combined Cause_to_amalgamate to create Creating one of Australia 's worst fire Catastrophe days in a century .

There were 28 deaths Death in South Australia .

Up to 8,000 people were evacuated Emptying in Victoria at the height of the crisis and a state of disaster was declared Expressing_publicly for the first time in South Australia 's history .

Ash Wednesday was one of Australia 's costliest natural disasters Catastrophe .

The emergency saw the largest number of volunteers called Request to duty from across Australia at the same time—an estimated 130,000 firefighters , defence force personnel , relief Assistance workers and support Supporting crews .

Australia in Group B qualified Becoming_a_member for the semi-finals , with their win against New Zealand , to give them three wins Getting from three matches .

In the first semi-final , the West Indies faced Hostile_encounter Australia , with England and India playing Competition each other in the second semi-final .

Australia beat Competition the West Indies by 71 runs and England beat Competition India by 8 wickets to progress Cause_to_make_progress to the final Competition .

Australia won their fourth title after beating Competition England in the final Process_end by 8 wickets .

Australia 's Alyssa Healy was named Name_conferral the player of the tournament Competition .

Severe Tropical Cyclone Catastrophe Bobby set numerous monthly rainfall records Recording in parts of the Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia , dropping Motion_directional up to of rain in February 1995 .

The storm Catastrophe rapidly deepened Cause_change_of_strength as it approached Arriving the coast of Western Australia , and attained Achieve its peak intensity of 925 mbar ( hPa ; 27.32 inHg ) at 0900 UTC on 24 February with 10-minute maximum sustained winds of 195 km/h ( 120 mph ) .

After making Creating landfall as a somewhat weaker cyclone near Onslow , the remnants of Bobby drifted Motion southeastward , gradually weakening Cause_change_of_strength , before dissipating Cause_change_of_strength over the southern reaches of Western Australia .

Bobby inflicted Causation minor damage Damaging throughout Western Australia , dropping Motion copious rainfall and forcing Causation the closure Process_end of many facilities and roads .

Flooding disrupted Hindering mining and drilling operations throughout southwestern Australia , costing Cost the industry upwards of $ 50 million ( 1995 AUD ; $ 38.7 million USD ) .

Overall , the cyclone Catastrophe caused Causation eight deaths Death and $ 11 million ( 1995 AUD ; $ 8.5 million USD ) in damage Damaging along its course across Western Australia .

The Woodford Folk Festival is an annual music and cultural festival held Hold near the semi-rural town of Woodford , 72 km north of Brisbane , Queensland , Australia .

It is one of the biggest annual cultural events of its type in Australia .

Defending champions Australia won the tournament for the third time after defeating Conquering the Netherlands 6–1 in the final .