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Thousands of sheep stranded on coronavirus export ship in WA to be sent to Middle East – ABC News
The majority of the sheep can now travel on a different ship, which meets the animal welfare requirements, leaving by Wednesday.
Thousands of sheep stranded in Western Australia after the crew of an export ship contracted coronavirus will be sent to the Middle East, despite a shipping ban.
- The Federal Government had …
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Aussie health minister expects COVID-19 vaccinations to commence in early 2021 – Xinhua | English.news.cn – Xinhua
CANBERRA, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) — Australian Health Minister Greg Hunt said on Monday that a COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be made available in the first quarter of 2021.
The Australian government announced in September that it had secured onshore manufacturing agreements for two candidate vaccines being developed by the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca and the University of Queensland/CSL in deals worth a combined 1.7 billion Australian dollars (1.2 billion U.S. dollars).
“So progressing well. We…
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As it happened: Melbourne, regional Victoria lockdown restrictions to be eased for retail, hospitality sectors as state records zero COVID-19 cases for first time in more than three months – The Sydney Morning Herald
The Prime Minister led a chorus of criticism after Premier Daniel Andrews delayed a highly anticipated announcement about the next stages of Melbourne’s reopening….
“Everybody wants to spend money right now,” he said. “Our concern is what will happen when that bounce slows down, and when JobKeeper ends in March.”
Mr Piper said it was crucial the Victorian budget was “different to normal state budgets”.
“We need a different type of spending coming; it cant just be infrastructure.”
Mr Piper said the “psychological benefit” the announcement of widespread re-opening would create in Victoria “will be as substantial as anything else”.
“People have been wanting to…
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Cameron Smith ‘lucky not to be sin binned’ as NRL Grand Final referee slammed – NEWS.com.au
Cameron Smith ‘lucky not to be sin binned’ as NRL Grand Final referee slammed
NRL 360 host Paul Kent has slammed 2020 Grand Final referee Gerard Sutton after a controversial performance in Sunday nights decider.The 2020 NRL Grand Final had its fair share of controversy with a penalty try, bunker blunder and late sin bin drawing the ire of the football world.
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But amid all the calls, Kent said the referee “second guessed himself” all night…
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