Tag: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison

Australia Prepares to Discuss Vaccination Targets to Avoid Lockdowns

Scott Morrison and state and territory leaders are set to discuss vaccination targets to eliminate lockdowns and border restrictions. The prime minister will chair a virtual national cabinet meeting from Canberra on Friday. Mr Morrison has spent weeks arguing there is no magic number of vaccinations that will trigger Australia to reopen its international borders…


Australia’s Vaccination Task Force Commander Sets Record Straight Amid Political Squabbling

The head of the Vaccination Taskforce, Lieutenant-General John Frewen, has cleared up the controversy surrounding eligibility for vaccinations after Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Queensland’s Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Chief Health Officer Dr. Jeannette Young appeared to give conflicting advice to Australians about the AstraZeneca vaccine. On Monday, the prime minister said that people aged under 40 could…


Australia’s Vaccination Task Force Commander Clarifies ATAGI Advice Amid Political Squabbling

The head of Australia’s Vaccination Taskforce, Lieutenant-General John Frewen, has clarified the expert advice about eligibility for vaccinations after Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk and Chief Health Officer Dr. Jeannette Young appeared to give conflicting advice to Australians about the AstraZeneca vaccine. On Monday, the prime minister said that people aged under 40 could…


Australia Will Take Its Own ‘Path to Aggressively Suppress’ COVID-19

Scott Morrison says his government will continue to traverse an “Australian path” to aggressive COVID-19 suppression, emphasising there’ll be no international travel until medical experts say so. The prime minister is attending the G7 summit in Cornwall in the UK as an observer and told reporters on Sunday that Australia wouldn’t change its virus approach….


Scott Morrison Extends Condolences to Indonesia Over Lost Submarine Crew

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has extended his deepest sympathies to Indonesia after the Indonesian authorities confirmed the loss of submarine KRI Nanggala and its 53 person crew. In a post on Twitter on April 25, Morrison conveyed his deepest sympathies to President Joko Widodo and “all our Indonesian friends” on the loss of the…


Those Under 50 Should Avoid AstraZeneca Vaccine: Australian PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called an urgent press conference to advise Australians aged under 50 against receiving the AstraZeneca vaccine. The prime minister instead, recommended they go for the alternative Pfizer vaccine, while those over 50 were clear to receive the AstraZeneca jab. “The advice here today is not to not have the AstraZeneca…


US Sen. Rick Scott Calls on Australian PM to Support Relocating Winter Olympics

U.S. Senator Rick Scott (R-Fla.) has written to Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison encouraging him to join the senator’s push for the Winter Olympic Games to be relocated away from China over its human rights violations. The U.S. senator says he has also written to U.S. President Joe Biden, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, and…


Australian Liberal Party Divided Over PM’s Call for Female Quotas

The Australian Liberal Party has not decided whether to go with gender quotas for its preselection of political candidates, despite the call from Prime Minister Scott Morrison and other members of Parliament over the past week. The call by some Liberal politicians comes as the Morrison government is under increasing scrutiny over its handling of…


Microsoft Urges US to ‘Copy’ Australia’s Big Tech Media Law

Microsoft is calling on the United States to adopt Australia’s media payment law. In a blogpost, Microsoft President Brad Smith wrote that Australia’s News Media Bargaining Code “deserves serious consideration” and that the United States should not object to the law, but “copy it instead.” Smith indicated that Microsoft would support similar proposals in the…


Australian COVID Vaccine Program Receives $1.9B Boost

Almost $2 billion will be spent equipping hospitals and other health centres to administer COVID-19 vaccines. Prime Minister Scott Morrison will make the funding commitment during a major speech to the National Press Club in Canberra on February 1. Morrison says vaccinating 26 million Australians by the end of the year will be one of…