Eastern state travellers pose ‘significant risk’ to Riverland’s $1.3B horticulture industry, despite border closure: Minister
ADELAIDE, Oct 9, 2020, ABC News. South Australia’s Primary Industry Minister says fruit coming from…
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Surfer vanishes in suspected shark attack in Australia
CANBERRA, Oct 9, 2020, AP. A surfer vanished in a suspected shark attack on Friday…
[Analytics] Cross-border trade: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Informal cross-border trade (ICBT) between sovereign states may be illegal, but it is not necessarily…
Australia’s PM comment that made parliament erupt in laughter
CANBERRA, Oct 8, 2020, News.com.au. Scott Morrison has had the chamber in stitches during Question…
Japan, US, Australia, India vow to build free, open Indo-Pacific
TOKYO, Oct 6, 2020, Kyodo. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and the foreign ministers of the…
New Zealand PM says ‘we beat the virus again’
WELLINGTON, Oct 5, 2020, AFP. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared on Monday New Zealand “beat…
Thousands flock to Sydney beaches as temperatures rise above 30C, raising concerns about social distancing
SYDNEY, Oct 5, 2020, 9News. The first of Sydney’s beaches has closed as temperatures rise…
Micronesian nations to withdraw from Pacific Islands Forum if concerns not heeded
NGERULMUD, Oct 4, 2020, RNZ. Leaders of five Micronesian nations say they will withdraw from…
East Asia allies likely to bide time as US election looms over Pompeo trip
WASHINGTON D.C., Oct 3, 2020, Reuters. A warm welcome and expressions of solidarity against China…
New Bougainville president forms a 14 member Cabinet
PORT MORESBY, Oct 2, 2020, RNZ. The new President of the Autonomous Region of Bougainville…
[ANalytics] India to lose more than it gains from Quad
The foreign-ministerial meeting of the member states of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, commonly known as…
‘The beers are cold’: Australia to open up to New Zealanders
SYDNEY, Oct 2, 2020, Reuters. New Zealanders will soon be able to travel to Australia…