Restrictions ease on Australia’s Victorian abattoirs but peak industry bodies frustrated with timeline
MELBOURNE, Sep 27, 2020, ABC News. Meatworks in both metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria will…
Australia
Australia is an economy of 24 million people and is one of the 12 founding members of APEC. When it co-founded the forum in 1989, Australia’s real GDP was USD 590 billion. Its per capita GDP was USD 35,000. In 2016, its real GDP has risen to USD 1.3 trillion, while its per capita GDP stood at USD 55,600.
PM Scott Morrison ‘proud’ of Australians and its Covid-19 response
CANBERRA, Sep 26, 2020, NCA NewsWire. Scott Morrison has flagged infrastructure and manufacturing as the…
Rescuers save 108 whales in Australia’s biggest mass stranding
CANBERRA, Sep 26, 2020, SCMP. Rescuers on Saturday confirmed they saved a total of 108…
China comes out of COVID-19 ‘absolutely laughing’: Aussie journalist
CANBERRA, Sep 24, 2020, News.com.au. A journalist who was recently forced to flee China on…
Queensland opens borders to parts of New South Wales from Oct 1
SYDNEY, Sep 22, 2020, 9News. Queensland will shift its border zone, bringing in five New…
Australia’s PM planning November Japan visit to meet PM Suga
SYDNEY, Sep 22, 2020, Kyodo. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison plans on traveling to Japan…
Japan’s PM Suga, Trump vow to boost Japan-US security alliance
TOKYO, Sep 21, 2020, Kyodo. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed…
Hong Kong’s first cannabidiol cafe opens its doors to customers
HONG KONG, Sep 20, 2020, AP. Cannabis may be illegal in Hong Kong, but a…
Australia to allow more citizens stranded by Covid-19 border controls to return
SYDNEY, Sep 20, 2020, VOA. Australia will allow more of its citizens stranded overseas by…
DroneShield wins Southeast Asia counter unmanned aircraft system deal, possibly with Singapore
SINGAPORE, Sep 19, 2020, ASEAN Military Review. Australian counter unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) developer announced…
[Analytics] Tourism, lockdown key to deep New Zealand recession
Is New Zealand’s recession worse than Australia’s due to a dependence on international tourism and…
Australia in race against UK, Canada, China to keep university students
CANBERRA, Sep 18, 2020, SMH. Universities overseas are chartering flights for thousands of Chinese international…