Tag: #ScottMorrison
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US, Australia seek New Military Cooperation in face of China
US and Australia are seeking new military cooperation in the face of China.
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Australia extends stimulus spending as ‘COVID recession’ looms
Sydney, July 21 (AFP/APP): Australia will extend record stimulus spending into next year, the government announced on Tuesday, outlining multi-billion-dollar measures to shield the labour market from the ravages of the rolling coronavirus crisis. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that supplements both to the unemployed and businesses struggling to retain staff would continue until at…
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Organized cyber attacks are taking place in Australia: PM
Friday, June 19th: The Prime Minister of Australia has said that large scale organized cyber attacks are being carried out in the country. According to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, the government and institutions are being targeted in a series of organized cyber attacks at the state level. Cyber attacks are widespread, targeting all government…
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Australia launches national inquiry into bushfires
Sydney, Feb 20 (AFP/APP): Australia set up a national inquiry Thursday into its five-month bushfire crisis that affected three in four Australians and prompted widespread criticism of the government for its sluggish response to the blazes. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the vast scale of the fires — which killed more than 30 people and…
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Bushfire crisis hit 75% of Australians: survey
Sydney, Feb 18 (AFP/APP): Three in four Australians — almost 18 million people — were affected by the country’s deadly bushfire crisis, according to a survey released Tuesday that also pointed to plummeting support for the government and for coal projects. The Australian National University study showed the vast human scale of the five-month crisis,…
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Australian bushfires extinguished, but climate rows rage on
Sydney, Feb 15 (AFP/APP): Australia’s “black summer” of devastating bushfires is finally coming to a close, but bitter arguments over how to tackle climate-fuelled disasters are raging on. When firefighters announced this week that all blazes in the hard-hit state of New South Wales were under control for the first time since September, the relief…
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Australia, Indonesia move to implement trade deal
Sydney, Feb 10 (AFP/APP): Australia and Indonesia announced a 100-day plan on Monday to implement a long-awaited trade deal, as the two countries hailed a “new beginning” for their sometimes troubled relationship. The two G20 economies hope to deepen trade currently worth a modest US$12 billion a year, in a region increasingly dominated by China’s…
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Firefighter dead in Australia blaze
Sydney, Jan 12 (AFP/APP): An Australian firefighter has become the latest victim of the months-long bushfire crisis, with authorities saying Sunday that the 60-year-old man died fighting a blaze in the country’s south. Chris Hardman, chief fire officer at Forest Fire Management Victoria, said a firefighter from Parks Victoria was “involved in an incident while…
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Australian Fires: Rainfall brings temporary relief
Canberra (7th Jan, 2020): Rainfall in parts of fire-ravaged Australia brings temporary relief. According to reports, rain shower in parts of fire-ravaged Australia has brought temporary relief. While temperatures have dropped, official have reportedly warned of a potential “take off” once more. Reports of “torrential” rain from Sydney to Melbourne have been reported, including parts…
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Troops deployed across fire-hit Australia after horror weekend
Eden, Australia, Jan 6 (AFP/APP): Reserve troops were deployed to fire-ravaged regions across three Australian states on Monday after a torrid weekend that turned swathes of land into smouldering, blackened hellscapes. The bushfires have now destroyed an area the size of Ireland, according to official figures, and authorities warned the months-long crisis is not over…