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Whether to Attend Beijing Winter Olympics a ‘Moral Decision’: Australian Senator

November 22, 2021
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Another Australian Senator has joined the international call to boycott Beijing Winter Olympics, which will be held in February 2022. Liberal Senator Jim Molan said on Sunday that those who attend the Beijing Olympic Games will be “handing China a propaganda victory.” “We’ve got to remember if you go to the Olympics, you are making…

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‘Out of Date’: Australian Politicians Rebuke Former PM’s China Views

November 10, 2021
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Liberal and Labor politicians in Australia have rebuked the views of former Labor Prime Minister Paul Keating, who said Australia had “lost its way” regarding its China policies. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Keating’s views were typical of Labor and that the former leader couldn’t “see things clearly.” Morrison said that his government had “taken…

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Australia to Acquire Tomahawk Cruise Missiles Amid Historic US, UK Alliance

September 15, 2021
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Australia will acquire Tomahawk missiles from the United States as part of the freshly minted AUKUS security agreement inked with America and the United Kingdom. The new Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) agreement will see Australia become one of the only countries in the world to operate nuclear-powered submarines, despite ratifying the non-nuclear…

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Australia to Acquire Tomahawk Cruise Missiles, 8 Nuclear Subs Amid Historic US, UK Alliance

September 15, 2021
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Australia will acquire Tomahawk missiles and at least eight nuclear submarines from the United States as part of the freshly minted AUKUS security agreement inked with America and the United Kingdom. The new Australia, United Kingdom, and United States (AUKUS) agreement will see Australia become one of the only countries in the world to operate…

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Former Australian PM Quick to Back Historic AUKUS Security Alliance

September 15, 2021
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Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has called the newly announced trilateral security partnership between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom “historic and important.” “Historic because it overturns decades of strategic caution and announces to the world that we take national security seriously,” he said in a statement on Twitter on Sept. 16….

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Australia’s Proposed Curriculum Must Be Rewritten With ‘Fundamental Changes’: Education Minister

August 19, 2021
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Australian Education Minister Alan Tudge has told the Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) that it must substantially rewrite its draft national curriculum or it will not be approved. The proposed curriculum that was released in April attracted heavy criticism across all subjects, including the removal of all references to Australia’s democratic and Judeo-Christian…

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Tasmania Becomes Third Australian State to Pass Euthanasia Law

March 24, 2021
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Tasmania will become the third Australian state to legalise euthanasia after the law was approved by the state Parliament’s upper house on Tuesday night. It comes as state-level parliamentarians across the country continue to push for the practice to be legalised. The Tasmanian upper house’s vote comes just weeks after the lower house approved the…

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