SYDNEY (AP) — Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Thursday that Australians were “shocked, saddened and devastated” by the deaths of five people including three children after a car fire in apparent domestic violence. Hannah Baxter, 31, and her children Aaliyah, 6, Lainah, 4, and Trey, 3, died after their car was set alight on a […]
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Oilouch to travel to Australia to inspect PSS Remeliik’s replacement
Vice President and Minister of Justice Raynold Oilouch will travel to Australia this weekend to inspect the new patrol boat that will replace PSS H.I. Remeliik . Oilouch said that through the invitation of the Australian government, he will inspect the new patrol vessel together with Marine Law Director Victor Remengesau“ that is being built […]
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Green wins two titles as Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships conclude
GOLDCOAST, 17 FEBRUARY 2020 (INSIDE THE GAMES)—Australia’s home paddler Tom Green grabbed two titles as the Oceania Canoe Sprint Championships reached their conclusion today. The 20-year-old won the men’s K1 500 meters at Sydney International Regatta Centre and also teamed up with Jean van der Westhuyzen to win the K2 1,000m. It completed a superb […]
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A’s Liam Hendriks helps fire victims back home in Australia
MESA, Ariz. (AP) — A world away, Liam Hendriks had to do something to help everyone affected by the ravaging fires back home in Australia. The Oakland Athletics reliever campaigned on social media to do his part for the cause, no matter he grew up on the country’s West Coast in Perth where the massive […]
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Aid to the Pacific is the least value for money
SYDNEY, 13 FEBRUARY 2020 (DEV POLICY.ORG)—Late last year the Australian government pulled all of its bilateral aid money out of Pakistan. Less well known is the fact that it also pulled a significant amount of aid funding from Indonesia. These funds were appropriated from up and running programs so that the money could be diverted […]
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Australia scientists claim first re-creation of coronavirus outside China
MELBOURNE, 30 JANUARY 2020 (REUTERS) — A team of scientists in Australia said on Wednesday they have successfully developed a lab-grown version of coronavirus, the first to be recreated outside of China, in a breakthrough that could help combat the global spread of the illness. The researchers at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and […]