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How does Australias vaccination efforts compare with other Asia-Pacific countries? Posted 2 Singapores vaccination rollout has been one of the most successful in the world. ( Print text only Cancel While Australia has fallen significantly short on its deadline to vaccinate 4 million people by the end of March, millions of people have already been vaccinated in other Asia-Pacific countries, including China, Indonesia and India. The number of vaccine doses administered per 100 people are highe...

    I’ve mentioned how Russia has frightened Sweden into taking serious steps to defend itself against a Russian attack. Sweden isn’t the only country afraid of being attacked by a neighbor.     Last month the Wall Street Journal had an article about how Australia is seeking to build its own guided missiles. The most immediate issue is that they rely of missiles that they buy from the United States, Europe and Israel and supply chain disruptions caused by the corona virus panic has t...

Date Time Tourism & hotel outlook: sectors hit hard by COVID, challenges remain, path to recovery underway While Australia has achieved so much in combatting the COVID-19 pandemic, success on the health and economic fronts has imposed a particularly heavy burden on the country’s tourism and hotel sectors. Releasing the 2021 edition of the Deloitte Access Economics Tourism and Hotel Market Outlook, Deloitte Access Economics partner and Deloitte national tourism leader, Adele Labine-Romain, sai...

Counter-Strike Match Fixing Is So Bad The FBI Is Getting Involved Share Image: Counter-Strike: Global Offensive To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Kotaku Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. Counter-Strike, but the problem is apparently so bad that the FBI is now getting involved to clean up North America. The revelation came ...

Time to tap coal bed methane Coal bed methane exploration has to be concurrent with the search for coal   -  Reuters× Systematic exploration, tech validation and global accreditation are key to harnessing this clean energy source Policy-makers in India are focussing on migration from a predominantly fossil driven energy economy to the cleaner renewable sources. This is a welcome move, especially with the country being a signatory to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Despite the increasi...

While Australias primary regional focus has to be Papua New Guinea, it is absolutely critical that we do not neglect the rest of the Pacific and especially the South Pacific. It is beyond coincidence that China is very active in the countries in our immediate region – PNG, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu and Fiji. All have signed up to the "Belt and Road" program which China is effectively, and in instances ruthlessly, to tie the governments of the region to China – principally by "concessional lo...

Paceman gets his first proper opportunity to lead at senior level and wants to implement lessons learned from those who have led him in the past

Israel began its COVID 19 vaccination program in December and now leads the world in coverage, with over 20% of the population having received two doses of the Pfizer jab. There is now early evidence that vaccinations are having an effect on case numbers and hospitalisations.

You can take a scenic day trip from Melbourne to Antarctica this summer And be back home before bedtime By Advertising While Australias borders remain indefinitely closed to international travel, theres still one way you can leave the country for a truly adventurous vacay – if only for a day.  You can now book your highly sought-after seat on a charter flight making its scenic way to Antarctica with travel operator, Antarctica Flights. How, you ask? Flights to Antarctica are classified as...

Latrell Mitchell has thrown his support behind a new version of Advance Australia Fair with lyrics that better reflect the nations indigenous cultures.  The song was performed by Aboriginal performer Kutcha Edward during a live theatre production in 2013 but has gained popularity after a video of the performance was shared by Indigenous fashion label Clothing The Gap on Monday. A number of well-known Australians pledged their support by commenting on the post, including paralympic swimmer Moni...