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Almost 700 people have been interviewed during the police probe into the coronavirus outbreak on the ill-fated Ruby Princess cruise ship. More than 660 Ruby Princess passengers tested positive to COVID-19 and 28 deaths were linked to the ship after it was allowed to dock at Circular Quay, despite passengers showing flu-like symptoms on board in March. The contentious decision set off a blame game between government agencies about who made the call and why. About 2700 passengers were allowed...

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All that freedom, gone. All those opportunities, vanished. All that toilet paper, hoarded. Oh, and theres been a serious virus as well. In reviewing the year that was, Ive come to one conclusion: thank God its over. JANUARY 2020! What a year! Im beyond excited about the 12 months to come, 12 months that are ripe with travel possibility. As the clock strikes midnight on December 31st, I find myself in San Sebastian, Spain, where Ive been living for the past year with my small family. In early 20...

Save Share When it comes to travel, the wipeout that was 2020 has been so deeply etched that it hardly needs summarising. Virtually everyone has cancelled a holiday many times over, and the “credit points” bank is close to overflowing. Global international arrivals for the year dropped 75 per cent compared to 2019 figures – marking a return to 1990 travel volumes, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation. The Asia-Pacific suffered the biggest drop of any region ...

The usual scandals, crims and business movers and shakers dominated the headlines in 2020 across NSW, Australia and the world.

The prime minister visits Cobargo  As bushfires tore across Australia’s east coast - the prime minister visited the bushfire-ravaged town of Cobargo, in southeast NSW, on 2 January. His visit took place around a fortnight after he cut short a controversial family holiday to Hawaii in late December - a trip that he would later apologise for. Cobargo residents who felt neglected by the federal government met Mr Morrison with cries of anger and heckles of frustration.  The scenes of a woman ...

Australia has various advantages as an island continent. It is monumental and only accessible in the most impractical ways. It is discouragingly far and almost impossible to invade without a huge investment of personnel and material. The decision to place convicts on the island by the British was audaciously cruel and illogical, setting a precedent for future decisions by Australian governments to send undesirables to distant, inaccessible outposts, at cost. But distance has not spared the coun...

Opinion – Binoy Kampmark Australia has various advantages as an island continent. It is monumental and only accessible in the most impractical ways. It is discouragingly far and almost impossible to invade without a huge investment of personnel and material. The decision to place … Australia has various advantages as an island continent. It is monumental and only accessible in the most impractical ways. It is discouragingly far and almost impossible to invade without a huge investment of p...

Wednesday, 23 December 2020, 6:23 pm Australia has various advantages as an island continent. It is monumental and only accessible in the most impractical ways. It is discouragingly far and almost impossible to invade without a huge investment of personnel and material. The decision to place convicts on the island by the British was audaciously cruel and illogical, setting a precedent for future decisions by Australian governments to send undesirables to distant, inaccessible outposts, at cost...

In early March, the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) held what would be its last meeting in Parramatta, Sydney. Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, recently touched down from Melbourne, spoke to the media about the still-emerging threat of the coronavirus, admitting that the state would probably cancel the iconic Grand Prix. "From that moment on, everything in Australia changed, more than it had for the past hundred years," 9News political editor Chris Uhlmann said. The 9News federal poli...