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(ATR) The Brisbane bid for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games has cleared its most significant hurdle in the ‘targeted dialogue’ phase with the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) Future Host Commission.
John Coates, Thomas Bach, Australian prime minister Scott Morrison & Australian ambassador to Japan Jan Adams in Tokyo in November. (Australian NOC)
Australian politicians have announced that the Federal government and the Queensland government will jointly fund the critical infrastructure projects contained within their Olympic proposals to the IOC.
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The Indian cricket board (BCCI) is looking to move Australian players involved in the postponed 2021 Indian Premier League (IPL) to Sri Lanka and Maldives before sending them home, Cricket Australia CEO Nick Hockley said on Wednesday. What the BCCI is working to do is to move the entire cohort out of India where they will wait until it s possible to return to Australia, Hockley told reporters in a press-conference Sydney.
Also Read The BCCI has been working on a range of options. That s now narrowed down to the Maldives and Sri Lanka. The BCCI is committed not only to the first move but also to putting on a charter to bring them back to Australia, he further said.
Port of Darwin Lease to Chinese Company ‘Unfathomable’: Sen. Abetz
Liberal Senator Eric Abetz has welcomed a review into the Port of Darwin’s 99-year lease to a company with strong ties to Beijing and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), saying it was a “serious mistake that must be rectified.”
This comes amid tense relations between Canberra and Beijing, which sharply declined after Australia called for an inquiry into the origins of COVID-19 and implemented measures to protect its national interests, including reviewing the port lease. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference following a national cabinet meeting at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on April 22, 2021. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch)
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Repatriation flights from India may resume as planned by 15 May, Scott Morrison said
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who is under pressure to overturn rules barring travel from Covid-19 ravaged India, said it was highly unlikely travellers would face maximum penalties of five years in jail and a A$66,000 (€42,000) fine.
Australia last week banned all travellers from India, including its own citizens, from entering the country until 15 May due to the surge in Covid-19 cases there, and warned offenders will be prosecuted and penalised.
The temporary restrictions have been excoriated by politicians, expatriates and the Indian diaspora.