Early election results in Australia showed conservative Prime Minister Scott Morrison going to struggle to stay in power, as voters delivered a harsh rebuke of his party’s climate change inaction. Anthony Albanese’s center-left Labor Party was anticipated to be the largest party in parliament with about half of the votes counted, but a clear majority … Read more
Anthony Albanese, the center-left frontrunner for Australia’s next prime minister, predicted a “close” election result as he campaigned across the country to end a decade of conservative rule. Albanese concluded his four-state campaign by saying Australians “want some honesty in politics” and were “over” Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s soundbites. More than 17 million Australians have … Read more
Retired judges have blasted the Morrison government’s failed promise on the federal anti-corruption commission as a “massive policy failure”, saying the Coalition’s justification for backing away from the commitment was “spurious”. The Coalition is under criticism for its inability to present legislation creating its planned anti-corruption commission, after pledging to do so prior to the … Read more
SYDNEY – Australia hit Russia with a “second phase” of sanctions on Thursday over its assault on Ukraine, the first salvo in an expected battery of new international measures to punish Moscow. Prime Minister Scott Morrison condemned Russia’s “illegal invasion” as he announced sanctions against 25 individuals, four entities involved in developing and selling military … Read more
BEIJING – Beijing on Monday denied Australian allegations that a Chinese naval vessel shone a laser at one of the country’s surveillance aircraft in an incident that Prime Minister Scott Morrison termed an “act of intimidation”. A Chinese ship sailing off Australia’s northern coast last week illuminated the plane, Canberra’s defence department said Sunday, adding … Read more
CANBERRA, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has urged people to “stay calm and get boosted” amid surging coronavirus infections. Morrison on Wednesday met with state and territory leaders at the national cabinet to discuss the rapid spread of the Omicron variant in Australia. Following the meeting, he announced that one-quarter of … Read more
