Tag: Australia
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Australia PM cancels parliament sitting amid Covid-19 spike
Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison has cancelled the next planned sitting of the federal parliament in Canberra due to the growing spread of COVID-19 cases, especially in the country’s two largest cities of Melbourne and Sydney. Morrison announced on Saturday he was cancelling the sitting on the advice of the chief medical officer who warned…
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Australians flock to tennis courts after lockdown relaxed
Australians have flocked to tennis courts in record numbers since social distancing measures put in place to contain the COVID-19 outbreak were relaxed, Tennis Australia (TA) said on Saturday. Australia has been generally successful in containing the new coronavirus, even if the populous southern state of Victoria on Friday experienced a 10th straight day of…
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4 die in mid-air plane collision in Australia
Four people died after two small planes crashed mid-air at a regional airport in Australia, then Police said. The incident took place near Mangalore Airport, some 120 kilometres north of Melbourne on Wednesday morning. “Emergency services were called to two separate crash scenes. “It is believed that two aircraft collided mid-air before crashing,’’ Victoria Police’s leading Senior Constable,…