Phil Mercer

Produced by Phil Mercer

• October 16, 2020

  Indigenous Australians Demand Government Acquire Rights to Aboriginal Flag

  Flag is the subject of copyright disputes

• October 15, 2020

  Ardern Tipped to Win Second Term in New Zealand Election

  Ardern has been praised globally for her response to the Christchurch mosque attacks in 2019 and the COVID-19 pandemic

• October 14, 2020

  Australia Concerns Over Reported China Coal Import Ban

  Coal is one of the major Australian commodity exports to China, behind iron ore and liquefied natural gas

• October 12, 2020

  Aboriginal Groups Address Inquiry into Destruction of Sacred Rock Shelters

  Aboriginal Australians consider the land to be the mother of creation, connecting them to their past, present and future

• October 10, 2020

  Australia to Reduce Refugee Intake Under COVID-19 Budget Cuts

  Documents suggest the cuts to the humanitarian program will save almost $700 million

• October 09, 2020

  Pioneering Citizen Survey to Map Australia’s Vulnerable Great Barrier Reef

  More than 30 boats will help examine up to 150 ecologically significant reefs over the next 10 weeks

• October 08, 2020

  Australia Warns COVID-19 Border Closures Could Last Into Late 2021

  COVID-19 has turned Australia into a fortress

• October 07, 2020

  COVID-19 Forces Closure of Australia’s Beaches in Sydney

  Australia has recorded about 27,000 COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, and 900 people have died

• September 28, 2020

  Australia Gradually Eases Its Toughest COVID-19 Lockdown in Melbourne

  A night-time curfew has ended, and all primary schools will reopen in two weeks’ time, while about 130,000 people will be allowed back to work

• September 27, 2020

  Vulnerable Marsupial Released into Predator-Free Enclosure in Australia

  The bilby, a vulnerable marsupial with rabbit-like ears, had been declared extinct more than a century ago

• September 24, 2020

  Australian Bank Agrees to Record Penalty for Mass Breaches of Money Laundering Laws

  Westpac was accused by government investigators of 23 million breaches of money laundering and counterterrorism financing laws

• September 23, 2020

  Australia Races To Rescue Beached Whales

  The stranding of about 470 pilot whales on the west coast of Tasmania is the largest ever recorded in the state's history

• September 23, 2020

  Australia Relaxes Internal COVID-19 Border Restrictions As Infections Fall

  Australia has recorded about 27,000 coronavirus cases since the pandemic began

• September 22, 2020

  New Zealand Eases COVID-19 Restrictions 

  Disease-control level lowered to alert level one; Auckland moves to alert level two   

• September 21, 2020

  Australia Vows to Protect Aboriginal Heritage After Destruction of Sacred Sites

  Mining company destroyed sacred rock shelters dating back 46,000 years, despite opposition from Indigenous groups

• September 20, 2020

  Australia to Allow More Citizens Stranded by COVID-19 Border Controls to Return

  Weekly cap to be increased by 1,500 by mid-October

• September 18, 2020

  Australia Warns Pregnant Women of Bushfire Smoke

  Doctors horrified by the effects of the smoke from last year

• September 16, 2020

  Inquiry Probes Australia’s Greatest COVID-19 Failure 

  Members of a judicial inquiry heard that breaches in security at two hotels allowed infected passengers to spread the disease into the community, causing a second wave of COVID-19

• September 15, 2020

  Humpback Whales Found In Crocodile-Infested Australian River, Baffling Scientists

  Experts believe one of the humpbacks has returned to the sea, and plans are being made to coax the others to follow

• September 14, 2020

  Slight Easing of Australia’s Toughest COVID-19 Lockdown  

  The Victorian state government has said there will be a staged easing of lockdown measures in the coming months if infection rates decline

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