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182nd Day Of Lockdown
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New Zealand sees first case-free day in five weeks
Friday’s report also marked the fourth consecutive day without any cases of community transmission
18 Sep 2020 10:07 AM
Australia's Victoria reports lowest COVID-19 cases since June
Residents in the state can now have outdoor gatherings of up to 10 people, and cafes will be able to seat up to 50 people outside
17 Sep 2020 10:43 AM
New Zealand to lift virus curbs in most of country on September 21
New Zealand on Monday reported one new case of coronavirus in the community, taking the total number of cases to 1,447 and 24 deaths
14 Sep 2020 11:00 AM
Humpback whales stray up tropical Aussie river
Park authorities have set up a partial exclusion zone to protect unwitting boaters and whales, which can grow up to 16 metres long
12 Sep 2020 2:42 PM
Antarctica is still free of COVID-19. Can it stay that way?
Until this year, conversations with incoming visitors focused on preparing the newcomers. Now the advice goes both ways
12 Sep 2020 2:02 PM
Koala row threatens leader of Australia's biggest state
The uniquely Australian political stoush comes months after unprecedented bushfires destroyed vast swathes of koala habitat
10 Sep 2020 12:24 PM
New Zealand government to honour Maori New Year if reelected
Many people have argued that marking the day would help recognise the nation's indigenous people
07 Sep 2020 1:08 PM
Melbourne will remain in lockdown until at least October 26
Scuffles between protesters and police resulted in more than 160 fines for contravening lockdown measures or not wearing a mask
06 Sep 2020 11:22 AM
Anti-lockdown protests erupt in Australia just as cases start to come down
Four men were arrested and charged with incitement over the so-called 'Freedom Day' protests planned for several Melbourne locations
05 Sep 2020 2:15 PM
New Zealand records first COVID-19 death in over three months
Health officials said the man was part of a second-wave cluster of infections that emerged in Auckland last month
04 Sep 2020 2:09 PM
2 pythons weighing 100 pounds collapse kitchen ceiling in Australia
The house owner found the culprits, one 2.8 meters and the other 2.5 meters long slithering into a bedroom and living room
02 Sep 2020 2:29 PM
7 Air India passengers test COVID-19 positive in New Zealand after arrival from Delhi
Hong Kong had earlier barred Air India flights from landing after the same thing happened there
29 Aug 2020 9:58 AM
New Zealand court sentences Christchurch mosque shooter to life imprisonment without parole
Tarrant admitted to 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act in 2019
27 Aug 2020 8:50 AM
China feels betrayed by Australia’s push for coronavirus origin enquiry
The envoy quoted the play Julius Caesar in which the dictator realizes that his friend Brutus is among those who are about to knife him
26 Aug 2020 2:48 PM
Christchurch shooter has nothing to say at court sentencing
Tarrant watched the speakers, occasionally giving a small nod or covering his mouth as he laughs at jokes, often made at his expense
26 Aug 2020 2:25 PM
Court told New Zealand shooter planned to burn down mosques
The gunman pleaded guilty in March to 51 counts of murder and one count of terrorism — the first terrorism conviction in New Zealand history
24 Aug 2020 9:44 AM
Chinese mining company used COVID-19 vaccine in PNG
National Pandemic Response Controller banned COVID-19 vaccine testing or trials in Papua New Guinea on Thursday
21 Aug 2020 12:13 PM
Coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory in Australia: PM
Anticipating a backlash from vocal anti-vaccine activists, Morrison said the stakes were too high to allow the disease to continue unchecked
20 Aug 2020 1:22 PM
New Zealand PM postpones election after virus return
PM Ardern also acknowledged concerns from rivals that curbs on campaigning would unfairly weigh the election in favour of her government
17 Aug 2020 8:58 AM
Australian surfer repeatedly punches shark to save wife
Police said the couple were surfing at a beach near Port Macquarie on Saturday morning when she was bitten twice and injured her right leg
16 Aug 2020 2:02 PM
Columns
Heritage and history need to be respected, even by those determined to rewrite both
The Black Lives Matter upheaval has resulted in this reappraisal of history
Its defining feature can be summed by a phrase in it: “nothing about us without us”
Their petition to Bombay High Court says there are sinister designs behind the campaign