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Tag: Australia

19Dec By AdminsNo Comments

Australian teams deployed to Vanuatu to help in earthquake aftermath

Australian teams have been deployed to Vanuatu to help with the mammoth search and rescue mission following two powerful earthquakes. The death toll from the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that rocked the island at midday yesterday climbed to 14 today. Army teams joined locals in search for survivors in Port Vila, where damage is widespread and affected infrastructure, but access was challenging due to repeated aftershocks. A view of destruction as search and rescue operations continue following a powerful 7.3-magnitude earthquake. (Getty images) "The city is completely out of electricity, it is completely out of water," World Vision Vanuatu country director Clement Chipokolo said. A specialist medical team that left Darwin to assist in the aftermath of the earthquak...
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19Dec By AdminsNo Comments

Jaclyn Symes to become Victoria’s first female treasurer

Jaclyn Symes will be sworn in as Victoria's new treasurer tomorrow, becoming the first woman to serve in the role. The Northern Victoria MP is currently serving as the attorney-general and emergency services minister. She will replace Tim Pallas, who resigned this week after a decade in the job. Victoria Attorney-General Jaclyn Symes defends public drunkenness law reform on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. (9News) Pallas, who said he was the longest-serving standalone state treasurer, having stepped into the job in 2014 when Daniel Andrews became premier, said it was a "great honour and privilege" to serve the people of Victoria. Reflecting on his career and explaining his decision to resign, Pallas said he felt it was "simply his time to go". His resignation ...
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19Dec By AdminsNo Comments

Australian ambassador to return to Kyiv at critical point in Russia’s war on Ukraine

Australia's ambassador will return to Kyiv next month, almost three years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine prompted the embassy's evacuation. The announcement by Foreign Minister Penny Wong on her first visit to Ukraine since the unprovoked assault, followed repeated calls from Ukraine, including President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to relocate Canberra's diplomatic representatives from Poland. The visit and reopening came at what Wong called "such an important time for your country and for the future of your people", amid huge uncertainty about what impact US President-elect Donald Trump will have on the war. Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha‎, right, and Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong talk before a flower laying ceremony at the Memory Wall o...
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15Nov By AdminsNo Comments

Australia backs Palestinians’ ‘permanent sovereignty’ at UN in significant foreign policy shift

Australia has voted to recognise Palestinians' "permanent sovereignty" over their natural resources in a significant foreign policy shift that breaks with the US and Israel. Votes in favour of two United Nations draft resolutions on Wednesday (Thursday AEDT) are the latest in a series of more pro-Palestinian votes Australia has taken at the global body, angering local pro-Israel groups but draw praise from Palestinian advocates. The draft resolution in the UN's Second Committee recognised the "permanent sovereignty of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and of the Arab population in the occupied Syrian Golan over their natural resources". Votes on both resolutions will now go to the UN's General Assembly. (AP Photo/Julia Ni...
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22Sep By AdminsNo Comments

Biden ‘chuffed’ by PM’s gift as leaders meet at President’s home ahead of Quad Summit

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined US President Joe Biden for a meeting at his home in Wilmington, Pennsylvania the day before the Quad Leaders' Summit. Albanese is the first, and so far only world leader to be invited to meet the outgoing President at his home. "It was wonderful to be invited into his home for a one-on-one firstly, and a bit of a look around his home," Albanese said. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joined US President Joe Biden for a meeting at his home in Wilmington, Pennsylvania the day before the Quad Leaders' Summit. (Supplied/Instagram) Albanese is the first, and so far only world leader to be invited to meet the outgoing President at his home. (Nine) The two then opened up their meeting to the Australian delegation and some of Biden's ke...
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22Sep By AdminsNo Comments

‘The Quad is here to stay’: Joe Biden’s vow as Indo-Pacific powers gather in USA for summit

The safety of Australia's backyard is the top priority for Anthony Albanese during the PM's visit to the US for the all-important Quad summit meeting. Albanese was hosted by US President Joe Biden at his home in Delaware before meeting with leaders of the Quad alliance: Australia, the United States, Japan and India. This week's meeting is the final chance for Biden to shore up the alliance for future administrations and the president made it clear it was a priority as his time in power comes to a close. President Joe Biden talks with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as he leaves the Quad leaders summit at Archmere Academy in Claymont, Del., Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) (AP) "The Quad is here to stay," Biden said during his...
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