Australian Council of Trade Union (ACTU) has said that they may take industrial action across the country if the businesses and the federal government do not make COVIDsafe working conditions a priority. The ACTU released a statement following a meeting with Australian work unions on Jan. 17 saying that the unions would do everything they…
Australian Unions Warn of Strikes as COVID-19 Workplace Safety Concerns Go Unaddressed
Government Works to Win Over Disillusioned Senators Concerned with Vaccine Mandates
The Coalition government is working to bring two disillusioned senators back on board after they vowed to withhold their vote on government legislation in Parliament in response to vaccine mandates. Vaccine mandates have finally taken centre-stage on the federal political scene in the final sitting weeks of Parliament after the prime minister weighed in and…
Australia Safer Today Thanks To the Sacrifice of Veterans: PM
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has thanked the 102,000 defence force veterans who gave their lives in service to make Australia a safer country today than it was in years past. Speaking at the Doncaster Returned Soldiers League (RSL) on Nov. 11, Morrison said Australians came together on Remembrance Day to honour the lives of those…
Australian PM Stands Ground in the Face of French Anger
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been forced to explain the circumstances leading up to the cancellation of the AU$90 billion submarine deal with France after extensive criticism from commentators and media outlets. French President Emmanuel Macron on the weekend accused Morrison of lying to him around the circumstances related to the scrapping of the…
Australia Accused of Breaking ‘Relationship of Trust’ by French President
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has spoken with French President Emmanuel Macron for the first time since a diplomatic row erupted over the cancellation of an AU$90 billion (US$65 billion) submarine contract with the European power. The Elysée Palace issued a statement of the phone call between the two leaders on Oct. 28, saying the…
Aussie Prime Minister Keen to Fast Track International Travel for Fully Vaccinated
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is pushing to fast-track the resumption of international travel once Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), readies its home quarantine program. In a Facebook live stream on Oct. 11, with NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet, Morrison discussed bringing forward the start date of international travel for fully vaccinated people by…
Australian PM Rejects Chinese Criticism of Nuclear Sub Deal
CANBERRA—Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday rejected Chinese criticism of Australia’s new nuclear submarine alliance with the United States, and said he doesn’t mind that President Joe Biden might have forgotten his name. China reacted angrily when Biden, Morrison, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson used a virtual news conference this week to announce a…
Biden Praises ‘Unsurpassed Friendship’ With Australia, Marking 70th Anniversary of ANZUS
U.S. President Joe Biden has praised the “unsurpassed friendship” between the United States and Australia, as both nations strive for a free and open Indo-Pacific region. The president’s video message, posted on the State Department’s Twitter account, marked the 70th anniversary of the ANZUS treaty’s signing in San Francisco on Sept. 1, 1951. “America will…
Over 2,000 Church Leaders Sign Letter to Prime Minister Against Vaccine Passports
Over 2,000 Australian church leaders have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Scott Morrison, pushing the government not to implement or mandate vaccine passports in the country. Morrison has thrown his support behind passports but has stopped short of mandating it from a federal level. Instead, businesses and the state governments will be responsible…
‘This Cannot Go on Forever’: Australian Leaders at Loggerheads Over Easing Restrictions
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has issued a public plea to break the cycle of lockdowns and has called on state leaders to abide by a National Cabinet agreement to ease restrictions once certain vaccination thresholds are met. “That is our goal—to live with this virus, not to live in fear of it,” he told reporters…
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