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Australia Introduces 14-Day Self-Isolation for International Arrivals – Prime Minister

Posted on March 15, 2020March 15, 2020By Editor

Australia has introduced tighter travel restrictions, including self-isolation for 14 days for those coming to the country from abroad, amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday. … Read More >Australia Introduces 14-Day Self-Isolation for International Arrivals – Prime Minister

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Australia’s home affairs minister tests positive for coronavirus

Posted on March 13, 2020March 13, 2020By Editor

Australia’s minister for home affairs, Peter Dutton, has announced that he has contracted coronavirus. The senior Australian official said that he has been hospitalized. … Read More >Australia’s home affairs minister tests positive for coronavirus

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Plane advice: Pilot takes drastic measures to warn fellow Aussies of coronavirus threat (VIDEOS)

Posted on March 12, 2020March 12, 2020By Editor

While Australian politicians are calling for ever more “draconian” social-distancing measures to tackle Covid-19, including school closures and axing public gatherings, a message in the sky provides a somewhat calmer suggestion. … Read More >Plane advice: Pilot takes drastic measures to warn fellow Aussies of coronavirus threat (VIDEOS)

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Actor Tom Hanks announces he & wife test positive for coronavirus in Australia

Posted on March 12, 2020March 12, 2020By Editor

Oscar-winning actor Tom Hanks has become the latest high-profile victim of Covid-19, announcing on social media that he and his wife were feeling under the weather before they tested positive for the virus in Australia. … Read More >Actor Tom Hanks announces he & wife test positive for coronavirus in Australia

Russia may soon become world’s largest producer of colored diamonds

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

One of Russia’s top diamond producers, Alrosa, is poised to take the lead in the global colored-diamond market as soon as Australia’s Argyle mine – currently the largest supplier of the precious rare stones – closes. … Read More >Russia may soon become world’s largest producer of colored diamonds

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Assange’s Lawyers Appalled by Surveillance on WikiLeaks Founder’s Private Legal Talks

Posted on February 23, 2020February 23, 2020By Editor

Australian lawyers told the country’s ABC broadcaster it was “incredibly troubling” that undercover surveillance on privileged legal conversations between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his defence team members had been conducted during his stay in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. … Read More >Assange’s Lawyers Appalled by Surveillance on WikiLeaks Founder’s Private Legal Talks

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At least 2 dead as Aussie passenger train derails outside Melbourne, people feared trapped in wreckage

Posted on February 20, 2020February 20, 2020By Editor

Two people were killed and several others injured when a Sydney-Melbourne passenger train with 160 people on board derailed near the town of Wallan. … Read More >At least 2 dead as Aussie passenger train derails outside Melbourne, people feared trapped in wreckage

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‘Journalism is not a crime’: Australian MP says charges against Assange must be dropped after visiting him in UK prison

Posted on February 20, 2020February 20, 2020By Editor

Continued persecution of the WikiLeaks co-founder is a “crazy situation,” Australian lawmaker George Christiansen told RT, adding that Julian Assange did not commit any crime aside from running afoul of US elites … Read More >‘Journalism is not a crime’: Australian MP says charges against Assange must be dropped after visiting him in UK prison

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4 killed after two planes COLLIDE MID-AIR near Melbourne, Australia (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted on February 19, 2020February 19, 2020By Editor

A horrific plane crash has left four people dead after a mid-air collision over the town of Mangalore north of Melbourne, destroying both aircraft. Rescue workers are on the scene of both crashes. … Read More >4 killed after two planes COLLIDE MID-AIR near Melbourne, Australia (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

China accuses Australia of political bias against Huawei

Posted on February 17, 2020February 17, 2020By Editor

The Australian government’s decision to ban tech giant Huawei from its 5G rollout is “politically motivated,” according to the Chinese ambassador Cheng Jingye. … Read More >China accuses Australia of political bias against Huawei