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Morrison told the woman that Queensland Liberal Senator Michelle Landry would take up her case with Immigration Minister Alex Hawke, before the pair helped the woman back to her feet
A distraught woman knelt at the feet of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday to plead for help with her family in Africa.
Morrison had just finished a news conference in the Queensland city of Rockhampton when the woman approached the prime minister.
Morrison crouched down next to the woman, holding her hands, as she explained she was from Cameroon. There s a genocide going there. I ve lost half of all my family. I ve got no family left if you don t help me. Everybody will die. Help me, help me, help me, the woman said.
First Published: 12:06 PM PDT, May 4, 2021
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is determined to protect blue carbon ecosystems that play an integral role in absorbing carbon from the atmosphere.
Australia will pay an additional $100 million towards ocean conservation to protect ecosystems that contain seagrass and mangroves, which live and grow along the shoreline.
As the world s only island continent, about 85 percent of the Australian population lives within 30 miles of the coast.
“The climate and the planet’s oceans are inextricably linked. This investment is a major contribution to domestic and international efforts to build healthier oceans and combat climate change,” said Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a statement last week.
Sydney: Australia’s prime minister fended off accusations of racism and having blood on his hands Tuesday, as he retreated from a threat to jail Australians trying to escape COVID-19-hit India.
Scott Morrison’s government moved to ban travellers from India from entering Australia until May 15, threatening rule-breakers - including Australian citizens - with prison time.
Amid a widespread backlash, Morrison on Tuesday said it was “highly unlikely” that Australians who skirted a ban would be jailed.
“I think the likelihood of any of that occurring is pretty much zero,” Morrison said in a breakfast-time media blitz on Tuesday.