The lockdown, the fifth imposed in the state over the course of the pandemic, will not be lifted as scheduled, Victoria state Premier Daniel Andrews said on Monday. “It would be perhaps a few days of sunshine and then there is a very high chance that we’d be back in …
Read More »Australia CANCELS Katie Hopkins’ visa after quarantine breach, reveals TV star was allowed in on basis of ‘economic benefit’
Hopkins, who had already been booted from the upcoming season of Australia’s Big Brother VIP show for allegedly breaching Sydney’s strict quarantine, will be getting home in no time, this is according to Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Karen Andrews. In an interview to ABC News Breakfast’s Michael Rowland on Sunday, …
Read More »Australia completes full withdrawal from Afghanistan, leaving behind trail of war crime allegations
Defense Minister Peter Dutton announced on Sunday that over the past several weeks, Australia had pulled 80 support personnel from Afghanistan, formally ending the country’s military presence there. Canberra said in April that it would follow Washington’s lead by pledging to remove its remaining troops by September. Dutton noted Australia …
Read More »Sydney faces further lockdown extension as Australia reports 77 new cases in NSW & first Covid-19 death this year
“Tragically, we’ve seen one older person die and I want to extend my deepest condolences to their families and loved ones,” NSW State Premier Gladys Berejiklian told a daily press conference on Sunday. The victim was a woman in her 90s who apparently contracted the disease in her household and …
Read More »‘People’s PM’ Bob Hawke’s slavish service to US intelligence shows Australia has never been independent, let alone a democracy
The shocking disclosure was made by academic Cameron Coventry, who analyzed diplomatic cables from official archives, and found that, while serving as leader of the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), and President of the Labor party, the man who would later be known as the “people’s Prime Minister” passed …
Read More »China lodges complaint with WTO against Australia over trade tariffs
Ministry spokesman Gao Feng said that Beijing would now appeal against Australia’s duties on imports of railway wheels, wind towers and stainless-steel sinks. “(China) hopes that the Australian side will take concrete action to correct the wrong practices and avoid distortions to the trade of related products, so that trade …
Read More »Beijing complains to WTO over Australia’s ‘wrong practices,’ citing historic moves against Chinese products
Speaking on Thursday, Gao Feng, a Chinese commerce ministry spokesman, said that Beijing would be appealing against Australian measures which added additional duties to imports of Chinese railway wheels, wind towers, and stainless-steel sinks. “(China) hopes that the Australian side will take concrete action to correct the wrong practices and …
Read More »Pregnant women in Australia & New Zealand need not wait until after delivery to get Pfizer jab, updated vaccination advice says
The updated medical advice was issued on Wednesday by the Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI), an expert health panel advising the Australian government, and the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG). Noting that “the risk of severe outcomes from Covid-19 is significantly higher …
Read More »Not even wildlife can go undetected: Australia trains AI road cameras for KOALA ‘facial recognition’
A team of artificial intelligence specialists from Griffith University in South East Queensland have been working on high tech cameras they plan to install at koala crossings on the east coast of Australia. Their aim is to train the equipment to use ‘facial recognition’ technology on the animals, to be …
Read More »Australia’s Victoria state pushes ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown into 2nd week after 15 new Covid cases in last 2 days
After imposing a “circuit breaker” lockdown last week that was meant to expire on June 3, Victoria health officials extended the containment policies for another week on Wednesday, the state’s acting premier, James Merlino, announced during a press conference. “If we let this thing run its course, it will explode,” …
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