Tag: Australia

• Monday, January 10th 2022 - 13:11 UTC

  Djokovic wins court case but Aussie Gov't may still expel him at discretion

  

  An Australian Circuit Court Monday ruled in favor of reinstating tennis' top player Novak Djokovic his visa, which was canceled by immigration officials on the grounds that he was not vaccinated against COVID-19.

• Wednesday, December 8th 2021 - 09:28 UTC

  Australia joins US in diplomatic boycott of China's Winter Olympic Games

  

  Australia will not be sending government officials to attend the Winter Olympics Games in China, joining the United States diplomatic boycott. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that Beijing had not addressed concerns raised by Canberra on several fronts, particularly human rights abuses.

• Tuesday, November 30th 2021 - 11:00 UTC

  Defending champ Djokovic to skip Australian tennis Open due to Vax mandate

  

  World tennis Number One and defending champion Novak Djokovic will not play the 2022 edition of the Australian Open in response to the vaccination requirement against COVID-19 imposed by local authorities and organizers.

• Thursday, September 23rd 2021 - 09:00 UTC

  Qantas announces historic nonstop repatriation flight from Buenos Aires

  

  Australia's flag carrier Qantas is planning a historic nonstop repatriation flight from Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport across the Southern Pole aboard a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, it was announced.

• Thursday, September 16th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  UK/US/Australia defense and security partnership in Indo-Pacific; nuke subs for Wallabies

  

  A landmark defence and security partnership was agreed on Wednesday by the leaders of the UK, the United States and Australia which will protect and defend shared interests in the Indo-Pacific.

• Monday, September 13th 2021 - 08:19 UTC

  Australian intelligence worked with the CIA in the Chilean coup of 1973

  

  Australia was involved in espionage operations in Chile during the seventies, in support of the United States CIA agency activities conspiring against the democratically elected government of Socialist Salvador Allende, ousted by the military 48 years ago.

• Thursday, July 22nd 2021 - 04:52 UTC

  IOC picks Brisbane for 2032 Summer Games - not quite a surprise

  

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is still not sure what will happen with the Tokyo 2020 Games due to start in a few hours as coronavirus cases surge in Japan, but they already know the 2032 Games will be held in Brisbane, Australia.

• Friday, June 18th 2021 - 06:42 UTC

  Scotland calls for UK/Australia trade deal to be ratified by Westminster and Holyrood

  

  Scotland's First Minister has raised concerns about the impact of the UK/Australia trade deal announced this week on Scottish farmers and called for the agreement to be ratified by Westminster and Holyrood, according to the Edinburgh media.

• Friday, June 4th 2021 - 09:10 UTC

  JBS US branch attacked by hackers paralyzing meat processing in US, Canada and Australia

  

  United States branch of Brazilian giant meat processor started to return to a plant in Texas, but with new instructions, get ready to do things a bit differently than normal: work by hand.

• Monday, April 19th 2021 - 08:34 UTC

  Two-way travel bubble opened between New Zealand and Australia

  

  Travel between Australia and New Zealand is once again quarantine-free as of this Monday, after measures in both countries against the spread of the coronavirus pandemic yielded results that made this achievement possible.