Melbourne; 17 Nov 2020 (UMMN): The Humanism Project (THP) of Australia, a human rights and political advocacy organisation of the Indian diaspora based in Australia, has written to the Australian PM Scott Morrison expressing its disappointment at the visit by Australian High Commissioner to India, Barry O'Farrell to the headquarters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on 15 November 2020.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — High-profile Australian journalists and large media organizations went on trial on Monday on charges that they breached a gag order on reporting about Cardinal George Pell’s sex abuse convictions in 2018 that have since been overturned.
A total of 18 individual journalists, editors and broadcasters face potential prison sentences and 12 organizations face fines if they are found guilty in the Victoria state Supreme Court of breaching a judge’s suppression order on Pell’s case. They have all pleaded not guilty.
New Delhi, Nov 6 (PTI) A biography of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who has recently been re-elected in a landslide victory, will be published next year which will explore the influences that have shaped her and made her a leader with a different way of doing things.
HarperCollins Publishers India has announced the acquisition of book, which will be authored by Supriya Vani and Carl A Harte.
SYDNEY, Nov 5 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Australian officials granted approval today, for one of the world’s largest lithium-ion batteries, to be built in the State of Victoria, helping drive the region’s renewable energy push and COVID-19 recovery.
Expected to be roughly as large as a medium-sized football stadium, the Tesla type battery will be the largest in the country and help Victoria meet its renewable energy target of 25 percent by the end of 2020.
WELLINGTON, Nov 2 (NNN-XINHUA) – New Zealand reported four new cases of COVID-19 from managed isolation, and no community cases.
One case is an international mariner, staying at the Sudima in Christchurch, detected at day 15 testing, as a close contact of a day-six case. The person is now in quarantine, according to the Ministry of Health.
One case arrived on Oct. 19 from Milan via Singapore and tested positive to routine testing at around day 12. The person is now in the Auckland quarantine facility, said a ministry statement.
CANBERRA, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Australia remains "on track" to have domestic borders open by Christmas, Health Minister Greg Hunt has revealed.
As of Monday afternoon, there had been 27,602 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia, and the number of new cases in the last 24 hours is eight, according to the latest figures from the Australian government Department of Health.
Canberra, Nov 1 (AP/PTI) Australia has recorded no new locally transmitted coronavirus infection for the first time in five months.
In Melbourne, the capital of Victoria state, which had the highest number of cases in the country, residents were enjoying the first weekend of cafes, restaurants and pubs reopening to walk-in customers.
The city only has one mystery case without a known source. There are 61 active cases left across the state, down from 70 on Saturday.
WELLINGTON, Oct 30 (NNN-XINHUA) — The New Zealand government is moving to provide further protection against the chance of COVID-19 entering New Zealand through the maritime border.
After consulting with the maritime sector on tightening of the requirements for international maritime crew entering the country, Health Minister Chris Hipkins said on Friday that mandatory testing would be required for all replacement maritime crew arriving in New Zealand, regardless of the time they spend in transit.
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An investigation into Australia’s catastrophic wildfire season on Friday recommended greater efforts to forecast the impacts of climate change on specific parts of the country, warning fire behavior was becoming more extreme.
The Royal Commission into National Natural Disaster Arrangements began in February while wildfires were ravaging vast swathes of the nation’s southeast in a fire season that is now known as Black Summer.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealanders voted to legalize euthanasia in a binding referendum, but preliminary results released Friday showed they likely would not legalize recreational marijuana use.
With about 83% of votes counted, New Zealanders emphatically endorsed the euthanasia measure with 65% voting in favor and 34% voting against.
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