Australian airline Qantas office executives have been asked to assist full-time with baggage handling at airports for three months. Due to the staff shortage, Qantas can operate fewer flights than planned. That is why assistance is needed. Operations Director Colin Hughes sent a memo to executives. It states that […]
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Australia Raises Interest Rates Again to Fight Inflation
The Australian central bank has again raised its key interest rate in the country. It was the second interest rate hike in a row. With the increase, the central bank wants to combat high inflation in the country. Like many other countries, Australia is struggling with rising food and […]
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Australian Labor Party Gains Majority in Parliament
Australia’s Labor Party has secured enough seats to secure a majority in parliament, new Prime Minister Anthony Albanian said on Tuesday. According to his party, it looks like Labor will get 76 seats, just enough for a majority. This number may increase to 77 seats. As a result, the […]
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Another Flood Threat and Evacuations on the East Coast of Australia
Once again, Australia’s east coast is experiencing heavy rainfall that poses the risk of flooding. In early March, the same area was hit by severe weather that killed at least 21 people and washed away hundreds of homes and farms. In some places in the north of the state […]
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Australia PM Calls Putin’s Arrival to G20 Summit Step Too Far
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is reluctant to sit down with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin later this year. On Wednesday, the Russian ambassador in Jakarta said that Putin plans to visit the G20 summit in Indonesia. Morrison thinks this is “going a step too far”. Morrison says Putin […]
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Australia Declares East Coast Flooding Emergency
On Wednesday, Australia will declare devastating floods along the east coast a national emergency, local media reported. Declaring the emergency, which has been legally possible since the devastating 2019 bushfires in Australia, will give the federal government the power to bypass bureaucracy and immediately deploy additional resources, such as […]
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New Zealanders Follow Lead Canadian Protesters
A convoy of cars and campervans has blocked streets around New Zealand’s parliament in Wellington’s capital. Some 2,000 protesters from across the country gathered in the capital to protest against corona measures, like the protesters in the Canadian capital Ottawa. The protesters block streets around the parliament building and […]
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Australia Releases Aboriginal Flag for Public Use
The Australian government has bought the rights to use the official Aboriginal flag. The flag was unique in that it was already nationally recognized, but the rights were still in the hands of an individual. Now people should not expect any legal problems if they print the design on […]
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French President Does Not Answer Australian Prime Minister’s Call
A phone call from Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to French President Emmanuel Macron went unanswered, Morrison told reporters in Washington on Wednesday. “We will be patient,” Morrison said of the troubled relationship with France. French President Macron is outraged by the AUKUS security pact between the United Kingdom, […]
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Australia Collects Refugee Afghans in Pakistan
Australia has now received more than 3,500 evacuees from Afghanistan. This includes dozens of Afghans who first fled to Pakistan. The Australian Air Force sent a plane to Islamabad to pick up that group, Australian broadcaster ABC reported. Prime Minister Scott Morrison told reporters in Canberra that the evacuation […]
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