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Australia to Kanye: Get jabbed or stay away

MELBOURNE: Hip-hop artist Kanye West will have to be fully vaccinated if he wants to play concerts in Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday, after media said the performer planned an Australian tour in March.

Bangkok Post · Jan 29, 2022

Australia Wants Kanye West Fully Vaccinated Before Any Tour

Hip-hop artist Kanye West will have to be fully vaccinated if he wants to play concerts in Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Saturday, after media said the performer planned an Australian tour in March. The warning comes just two weeks after tennis superstar Novak Djokovic's hopes for a…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 29, 2022

NSW has deadliest day of pandemic; widespread flooding causes damage – as it happened

NSW records 49 Covid deaths, Victoria 31, Queensland 12 and South Australia five. This blog is now closed

The Guardian - AU · Jan 28, 2022

Australian PM's $700M Great Barrier Reef plan slammed for failing to address climate crisis

The PM said he's "backing the health of the reef," the future of tourism operators, communities "at the heart of the reef economy."

Axios · Jan 28, 2022

Australia to spend A$1bn (£520m) improving the water quality of the ailing Great Barrier Reef

Australia will spend a further A$1bn (£520m; $700m) on protecting the Great Barrier Reef, the country’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday.

Evening Standard · Jan 28, 2022

$1b plan to save Great Barrier Reef will fail without climate change action, expert says

The Morrison government's funding commitment has been criticised by a scientist who says it will mean nothing if global carbon emissions are not reduced.

ABC News · Jan 28, 2022

Scott Morrison Responded To That Grace Tame Pic & Surprise, It’s A Steaming Hot Pile Of Yikes

Colour me shocked!

Pedestrian.tv · Jan 28, 2022

International tourists back by Easter: PM

Prime Minister Scott Morrison said international tourists could be allowed to return to Australia before Easter, once Omicron cases drop.

AAP · Jan 28, 2022

Aged care executive condemns Scott Morrison’s strategy of ‘pushing through’ Covid crisis

Omicron has magnified systemic flaws with staff ‘exhausted’ and residents ‘endlessly’ isolated, Baptistcare chief executive says

The Guardian - AU · Jan 28, 2022

Great Barrier Reef gets $700 million as Morrison eyes election

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia has pledged A$1 billion ($700 million) in funding to help protect the Great Barrier Reef as the government looks to burnish its green credentials ahead of a national election due by May.

Tribune News Service · Jan 28, 2022