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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New Zealand Suspends Travel Bubble with Australia for Eight Weeks
New Zealand has closed its border with Australia as the neighbouring country struggles to contain new Covid-19 outbreaks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday. The so-called Trans-Tasman travel bubble started on April 19 and allowed Australians and New Zealanders to travel between the two countries without having to go […]
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Melbourne is Reintroducing Corona Rules After New Outbreak
For Melbourne and the rest of the Australian state of Victoria, additional corona measures will apply from Tuesday. This is a new outbreak of which it is not yet clear how everyone became infected. For that reason, the travel bubble between New Zealand and the state of Victoria has […]
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Thousands of More Evacuations Due to Severe Weather Australia
Australian authorities on Tuesday said they would have to evacuate thousands of more people because the severe weather in the east of the country is not decreasing. “Unfortunately, weather conditions have deteriorated last night and will only get worse in the coming days. Many communities will be faced with […]
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Facebook Signs Deal With Australian Media
Facebook has grasped an agreement with Australian media corporations on using their news and media in the country statement Tuesday. News Corp, owned by media mogul Rupert Murdoch, struck a three-year deal with the social media company that will pay to distribute news from the group’s Australian media through […]
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Thousands of Australians Demonstrate Against Violence Against Women
Thousands of Australians took to the streets on Monday to demonstrate violence and discrimination against women. The demonstrations started on Sunday in Perth and Cairns and continued on Monday in Sydney, Canberra, Brisbane and Melbourne. The demonstrations were prompted by recent allegations of an unsafe working culture for women […]
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Facebook Restrictions Hit Australian Emergency Services
Facebook’s restrictions on news sharing in Australia are also affecting Australian emergency services. Facebook pages warning of corona outbreaks, forest fires, and typhoons no longer work properly. Facebook imposed the restrictions in response to an Australian bill that should require the social media giant to compensate media companies for […]
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All Top Tennis Players Have Registered for the Australian Open
The world’s top ten men and women in professional tennis have registered for the Australian Open. The organization reported this. Roger Federer is also there, the twenty-time grand slam winner who is recovering from knee surgery. The American Serena Williams, who is still chasing the record of 24 grand […]
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3 Year Old Matilda Found Alive After Flooding Australia, Dog Kept Protecting Her
A massive search operation with only a minimal chance of success has ended wonderfully well. A 3-year-old girl who disappeared during floods in Pilbare in Western Australia was recovered in good health by a rescue team. Most particular of all: the dog that went missing with her for a […]