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Power failure hit HMAS Adelaide during aid mission to Tonga, after Covid-19 outbreak onboard Australia’s Department of Defence has confirmed that the country’s largest warship had a power failure while on a mission, after problems were reported by the local media. The HMAS Adelaide was affected while delivering humanitarian aid to the Pacific island nation […]
Canberra had kept Washington updated on its dealings with France, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison insists, despite US President Joe Biden earlier saying that he thought Paris knew about the AUKUS pact beforehand. France was left stunned and even said it was stabbed in the back after the surprise announcement of the AUKUS deal by […]
Australia’s Northern Territory has announced a Covid-19 vaccine mandate for those working in public-facing jobs, including hairdressers and shop workers, requiring they get jabbed or risk fines and being barred from the workplace. The territory’s chief minister, Michael Gunner, said on Wednesday that “anyone serving the public at work will have to be vaccinated,” including […]
Chinese state media has warned Canberra to stay out of its internal affairs as Australia’s former prime minister rallied behind Taiwan during a visit to the island, which Beijing deems an inherent part of China. Tony Abbott, who headed the Australian government between 2013 and 2015, delivered a speech at a conference in Taipei on […]
Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews has blasted protesters against a Covid-19 vaccine mandate on construction workers, calling the action that spiraled into violence an “unlawful” stunt and vowing to force jabs on more industries. Andrews claimed many of the people at Tuesday’s protest in Melbourne were agitators – not real construction workers – and their “appalling” […]
One of Australia’s largest islands is reverting back to its indigenous title, as Queensland’s environment minister admitted that the Western name is “quite offensive” to Aboriginal Australians due to its bloody history. Fraser Island – a World Heritage Site, and the sixth-largest island in Australia – will revert to its pre-colonization name K’gari, which translates […]
Canberra’s long-term interests are “best served” by a military partnership with Washington and London rather than by its previous deal with Paris, the Australian PM has said, claiming the French vessels were not good enough. Proceeding with the 2016 submarine deal with France would have been “negligent” and harmful to Australia’s strategic interests, Scott Morrison […]
A cluster of five new infections in Brisbane may require a lockdown in Queensland, the Australian state’s leader said. The enforcement of lockdowns in other parts of the country has already caused a lot of debate. There were eight cases of Covid-19 detected in Queensland on Saturday, including five local transmissions, provincial health authorities have […]