UN: The COVID-19 pandemic’s huge impact on women's health
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Australia announces nearly $40 billion in virus relief
Small businesses and non-profits will receive cash subsidies of up to Aus$100,000, unemployment payments will be temporarily doubled and pensioners will receive Aus$750 cash.
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'No need to decide today', Australia continues to plan for Tokyo
In a sometimes fiery news conference at AOC headquarters, chief executive Matt Carroll and Chef de Mission Ian Chesterman defended their decision to follow the advice of the IOC.
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Australia tells citizens to come home, and stop travelling abroad
Prime Minister Scott Morrison also ordered a halt to 'non-essential' indoor gatherings of more than 100 people, on top of an existing ban on outdoor events of more than 500 that has stunned the sports-mad nation.
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Australia unveils $1.6 billion health package to combat coronavirus
Australia also extended its travel ban for Italy from 1800 local time (0700 GMT) on Wednesday, after Italy expanded a lockdown to cover the entire country to contain the spread of the virus.
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Aussie watchdog sues Facebook over Cambridge Analytica breach
The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner said it had initiated proceedings against the tech giant and that Facebook committed 'serious and/or repeated interferences with privacy'.
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Chelsea's Kerr puts Australia on verge of Tokyo Olympics
The home captain got the ball rolling with a driving header on 10 minutes after a pinpoint cross from Ellie Carpenter, and then converted a penalty in the second half.
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Australia developing satellite to predict bushfire danger zones
The Australian National University said Wednesday a team is creating a "shoebox-sized" satellite that will measure forest ground cover and moisture levels using infrared detectors.
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Viral video prompts outpouring for bullied 9-year-old boy
A video of nine-year-old Quaden Bayles uploaded to Facebook by his mother showed him crying and repeatedly saying he wanted to die after being bullied at school.
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Australia to hold wide-ranging enquiry into disastrous bushfires
Australia has for months been battling hundreds of blazes that began in September which experts have attributed to climate change.
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Landmark case says Aboriginal Australians cannot be deported
The case marked the first time an Australian court has considered whether the government has the power to deport indigenous people.
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Cyclone Damien batters northwestern Australia
The category three storm brought winds of 150 kilometers per hour that were expected to strengthen to gusts of 220 kph as the cyclone further advanced toward the coast.
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Australia celebrates as heavy rains dampen huge bushfires
The deluge had the effect of calming the number of active fires in NSW by 20 in a single day, a success rate that NSW RFS said it was “over the moon” about.
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Australia to refuse entry to non-citizens arriving from China
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said only "Australian citizens, Australian residents, dependents, legal guardians or spouses" would be permitted into the country from mainland China from Saturday.
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Bodies of US firefighters retrieved from crash site in Australia
The crash of the C-130 tanker plane on Thursday added to national grief in Australia over bushfires that have since October killed 33 people and millions of animals as well as charred vast swaths of land.
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Australia mourns US firefighters as probe into plane crash begins
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said it would provide a preliminary report in about 30 days, after analyzing available recorded data, reviewing weather information and interviewing any witnesses.
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Australian air tanker feared crashed while fighting bushfires
Hundreds of wildfires in Australia have killed 29 people since September, as well as an estimated 1 billion animals while incinerating 2,500 homes and a total area of bushland one-third the size of Germany.
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Australia capital airport closed as bushfires flare anew
High temperatures and strong winds fuelled an outbreak of new blazes across several areas in eastern Australia on Thursday, ending a period of respite following several days of rains and cooler weather.
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Australian bushfires hit coal output, hazardous conditions to return
Scores of fires were still burning on the country’s east coast on Tuesday despite thunderstorms and rain in recent days.
