Coronavirus pandemic Australia has reported its first locally contracted coronavirus death this year. The authorities said a woman, in her 90s, died in Sydney. She had contracted the virus in a family setting. New South Wales reported 77 new cases on Sunday. There are now 52 people in hospital, with 15 in intensive care. Sydney […]
Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE, July 10 (Reuters) – Australia’s New South Wales state reported its biggest daily rise in locally acquired coronavirus infections this year on Saturday, with authorities warning that worse may yet to come for Sydney, which is in a three-week hard lockdown. There were 50 new cases of community transmission in the country’s […]
Coronavirus pandemic The Australian city of Sydney has gone into a two-week lockdown after a rise in the number of coronavirus cases. More than one million people in central and eastern suburbs were already under restrictions imposed on Friday following a jump in cases. The lockdown now covers the whole city and some surrounding areas, […]
Australia is under pressure to release a refugee family from a Christmas Island detention centre after their three-year-old child had to be medically evacuated to the mainland. Tharnicaa Murugappan was taken to a Perth hospital after being unwell with a fever, vomiting and dizziness. Advocates say she has since been diagnosed with sepsis and pneumonia, […]
Cardinal Pell sex abuse case A court has fined 12 Australian media groups a total of A$1.1m (£600,000; $840,000) for their coverage of Cardinal George Pell’s now-overturned conviction in a sexual abuse case. The outlets admitted to breaching a legal order in 2018, which banned them from reporting the verdict at the time. A judge […]
By Karishma Vaswani Asia business correspondent Countries should unite against China’s growing economic and geopolitical coercion or risk being singled out and punished by Beijing, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has told the BBC. Mr Rudd said governments in the West should not be afraid to challenge China on issues such as human rights. […]
Coronavirus pandemic Australia has carried out its first repatriation flight from India after ending its controversial travel ban from the Covid-hit country. The government said 80 people arrived in Darwin on Saturday, and would be quarantined for a fortnight. Their Qantas flight was originally scheduled to carry 150 people onboard. But 70 passengers were later […]
Dozens of passengers booked on Australia’s first repatriation flight from India will reportedly not be able to take it after testing positive for Covid or being close contacts of cases. The flight was supposed to bring 150 Australian citizens home following a backlash over a three-week ban on anyone entering from Covid-hit India. But local […]
Coronavirus pandemic Australia has fallen 3.4 million doses short of its target of delivering four million Covid vaccinations by 31 March, prompting criticism of the government. The 85% shortfall comes two days after Brisbane entered another snap lockdown to combat a small outbreak. Last week the government said the vaccine rollout did not demand urgency […]
By Reuters Staff GENEVA (Reuters) – China on Friday said it was “deeply concerned” by what it described as the Australian government’s operation of offshore detention centres, and it called for the sites to be closed immediately. Ties between the two countries soured in 2018 when Australia became the first nation to publicly ban China’s […]
