Australia

• Minister Rejects Calls To Slash Australia’s Hotel Quarantine Program

  1 week ago - by Lawrence Agbo

  Australia’s Health Minister Greg Hunt has rejected calls to slash the number of people allowed to enter the country via hotel quarantine. Hun...

• New Zealand Declares Fresh COVID-19 Lockdown

  1 week ago - by AllNews Nigeria

  New Zealand is locking down for the first time since October. The country declared lockdown restrictions on its largest city, Auckland which is a...

• New Zealand Suspends Political, Military Contact With Myanmar After Coup

  2 weeks ago - by Lawrence Agbo

  New Zealand has suspended all high-level political and military contact with Myanmar following the coup in the country. A travel ban on Myanmar&rsq...

• Minimum Wage In New Zealand Increased Amid Pandemic

  2 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  New Zealand will from April 1, 2021, raise the national minimum wage to 14.26 U.S. dollars per hour, Workplace Relations and Safety Minister, Michael ...

• Shark Attack Kills Man Off Australia's Northwest Coast

  3 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  A man has died after being bitten by a shark at a beach popular with tourists on Australia’s northwest coast, authorities said Sunday. Police...

• Jacinda Ardern Wins Re-Election As New Zealand's PM

  4 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s Labour Party overwhelmingly won the country’s general election on Saturday, her opponent Judit...

• Former PM Of Cook Islands Is Dead After Contracting COVID-19

  5 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  The Pasifika Medical Association announced on Saturday the death of Joseph Williams, a former prime minister of the Cook Islands after contracting the...

• Queensland: Two Snakes Crash Through Roof

  5 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  A resident of Queensland in Australia, said that he came home to find that two snakes had fallen through his roof. The man identified as David Tate...

• COVID-19 Immunisations Should Be Made Compulsory - Australian PM

  6 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Australia’s leader called Wednesday for coronavirus immunisations to be mandatory, wading into ethical and safety debates raging around the worl...

• After 102 COVID-Free Days, New Zealand Orders Lockdown On Auckland

  6 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  New Zealand residents brace-up for another lockdown, as the country, experiences new COVID-19 infection numbers. The fresh lockdown order comes aft...

• 'Racism Protesters Should Be Arrested For Violating Lockdown Directive'

  8 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  The Australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has said that the Black Lives Matter protesters in the country should be arrested for violating the loc...

• Protesters In New Zealand To Face Prosecution For Violating Social Distancing Rule

  8 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Over 2,000 New Zealand nationals who took to the streets to protest the killing of George Floyd, an African American killed by Derek Chauvin, wil...

• Coronavirus: Fiji Airways Halves Staff Strength

  9 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Fiji Airways has more than halved its workforce on Monday, as the airline, like many others in the industry, continues to receive some negative hits f...

• Coronavirus Fear: Australian Shoppers Fight Over Toilet Paper

  11 months ago - by Kindness Udoh

  A fight over toilet roll ended with a man being tasered, Australian police said Thursday, as coronavirus concerns drive panic buying.  Police ...

• Three Dead As Firefighting Plane Crashes In Australia

  1 year ago - by Kindness Udoh

  Three American crew helping to battle Australia’s devastating bushfires were killed Thursday when their water-bombing plane crashed in mountaino...