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Threat from 'devastating' South Australian bushfire downgraded
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], January 12 (ANI/Xinhua): The threat from a fast-moving grass fire in South Australia (SA) has eased after thousands of hectares of land were burned.
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BBL 10: 3 matches moved from Sydney to Canberra due to border restrictions
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], January 8 (ANI): Big Bash League (BBL) on Friday confirmed that three matches will be moved from Sydney venues to Manuka Oval, Canberra as a result of state border closures to contain the spread of coronavirus.
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Australian health minister announces earlier start for COVID-19 vaccine ro
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's Health Minister Greg Hunt announced on Wednesday that the country's coronavirus vaccine rollout will begin weeks earlier than previously planned.
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COVID-safe election to cost Aussie taxpayers additional 22.9 million USD,
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], January 5 (ANI/Xinhua): Australia's next federal election is likely to cost the country about an additional 30 million Australian dollars (USD 22.9 million) due to COVID-19 measures.
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We are one and free: Australia amends anthem to honour indigenous people
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], January 2 (ANI): Australia brought in the New Year differently this year by tweaking their national anthem 'Advance Australia Fair' slightly to recognize the country's Indigenous history and communities, said Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
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BBL 10: Adam Zampa suspended for a match over 'audible obscenity'
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], December 31 (ANI): Melbourne Stars spinner Adam Zampa has been suspended for one Big Bash League (BBL) match after he accepted a charge for an audible obscenity during his team's match against the Sydney Thunder on Tuesday.
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Majority of Australians willing to pay for early COVID-19 vaccine: Survey
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], December 21 (ANI/Xinhua): A majority of Australians would pay to receive coronavirus vaccine early, a survey has found.
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Senior officials of Quad countries hold discussions on Covid-19, India-Pac
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], December 19 (ANI): Senior officials of Australia and foreign ministries of India, Japan and the US held a virtual meeting on Friday to review the progress of the initiatives agreed by the ministers at the second Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in Tokyo on Octobe
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Australians stranded abroad remain govt's priority: PM Scott Morrison
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], December 16 (ANI/Xinhua): Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told Australians stranded overseas that they remain his "first priority."
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Brisbane Heat, Lynn and Lawrence fined for breaching CA's COVID protocols
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], December 15 (ANI): Cricket Australia on Tuesday confirmed that Brisbane Heat and players Chris Lynn and Dan Lawrence have been sanctioned under the CA Code of Conduct following the completion of an investigation into an incident in Canberra on Saturday, December 12.
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Nearly 2 mn Chinese Communist Party members working for global companies i
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], December 14 (ANI): A recent investigation has revealed that global companies across the world, which hold billions of dollars worth of sensitive defense contracts in Australia and the US, have almost 2 million members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in their employ
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BBL: Mujeeb Ur Rahman joins Brisbane Heat after recovering from Covid-19
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Canberra [Australia], December 12 (ANI): Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb Ur Rahman who had tested positive for coronavirus while in mandatory hotel quarantine joined the Brisbane Heat squad on Saturday after being released from a Gold Coast hospital.
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