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Flights warned to beware warships

Australia has warned airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships conducting a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea, Foreign Minister Penny Wong says. Australia has been monitoring the Chinese naval task group that was sailing almost 280 kilometres off Sydney in a projection of power, as experts warn the nation must invest in its maritime capabilities.

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21 Feb 2025

Asia

22 Nov 2024

Methanol tragedy claims second teen

A second Melbourne teenager poisoned by suspected methanol during a holiday in Laos has died. The family of Melbourne teenager Holly Bowles confirmed her death in a public statement. The 19-year-old passed away with her parents by her bedside in a Bangkok hospital on Friday, one day after her best mate Bianca Jones, also 19, died in another hospital in the Thailand capital with her family close by.

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22 Nov 2024

Indonesia

14 Nov 2024

Flights resume after ash cloud lifts

Jetstar is resuming flights between Australia and Bali after a conditions from a volcanic eruption improved. Six return Jetstar flights will fly to Denpasar from across Australia on Thursday, made of four scheduled services and two ad-hoc recovery flights. “Our teams have been working through the night to closely monitor the evolving situation and assess when it’s safe to fly,“ the airline said.

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14 Nov 2024

Australia

22 Oct 2024

Senator slammed for tirade at King

The fallout over Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe, who challenged King Charles during a welcome reception in Australia’s parliament, continues with more MPs stepping up to defend the monarch. At a gathering in Parliament House in Canberra on Monday, the Independent senator for Victoria told the monarch he was not her king.

AAP Newswire/AP

22 Oct 2024

New Zealand

07 Oct 2024

Clean-up priority as ship probe begins

New Zealand’s defence force has launched a formal court of inquiry into the “shocking” sinking of the HMNZS Manawanui, which sank after striking a reef in Samoa’s south. An oil spill is “highly probable” after the New Zealand navy ship sank and caught fire off the coast of Samoa, the Pacific island nation’s acting prime minister said.

AAP Newswire/AP

07 Oct 2024

New Zealand

04 Oct 2024

Dunedin’s wettest day in 100 years

More than two months’ worth of rain in one day has brought flooding and a state of emergency to the New Zealand city of Dunedin. Forecasters MetService issued the a rare red weather warning on Thursday, its first anywhere in New Zealand for in 18 months, warning of threats to life and property. While no loss of life or injuries have been reported, the deluge arrived and then some: the South Island city was lashed with its wettest day in more than a century.

AAP Newswire/AP

04 Oct 2024

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Flights warned to beware warships

Methanol tragedy claims second teen

Flights resume after ash cloud lifts

Senator slammed for tirade at King

Clean-up priority as ship probe begins

Dunedin’s wettest day in 100 years