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May
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Australia sticks by plan to re-open border in mid-2022

Australia sticks by plan to re-open border in mid-2022

WORLD
LIDIA KELLY AUSTRALIA is sticking to plans to start re-opening to the rest of the world only from the middle of next year, officials said on yesterday, resisting mounting pressure to end the closure of international borders. In March 2020, Australia closed its borders to non-nationals and non-residents and has since been allowing only limited international arrivals, mainly citizens returning from abroad. "All the way through we will be guided by the medical advice," Prime Minister Scott Morrison said at a televised briefing. "We will be guided by the economic advice." Earlier in the day, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg told the…
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May
05
2021
By The African Mirror
Cameroonian woman’s plea to Australian PM

Cameroonian woman’s plea to Australian PM

WORLD
A woman approached Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison in tears on Tuesday after he held a news conference in Queensland, as she made an emotional plea for him to help her family in Cameroon and asylum-seekers from Africa. The incident was caught on camera after Morrison had just finished a news conference in the city of Rockhampton, where he fielded questions about his travel ban on Australian citizens returning from COVID-ravaged India. Morrison, whose government has a hardline immigration policy, listened to the woman and told her that government officials would help her as he crouched down and held her…
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Mar
23
2021
By The African Mirror
Australia battles worst floods in 60 years

Australia battles worst floods in 60 years

WORLD
JILL GRALOW and RENJU JOSE AUSTRALIA is to evacuate thousands more people from suburbs in Sydney's west, battered by the worst flooding in 60 years, with torrential rains expected to continue for another day or two. Reuters images showed submerged intersections, marooned livestock and cars up to their windshields in water, out of which poked the tops of street signs, as three days of rain swelled rivers in the most populous state of New South Wales (NSW). "This is an ongoing situation that is evolving and is extremely dangerous," Prime Minister Scott Morrison told parliament. Two major insurers said most…
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