SYDNEY (BLOOMBERG, AFP) - A second Chinese surveillance vessel is on track to enter waters off Australia s north-east coast, adding to Beijing s presence in the area as a joint military exercise between Australia and the United States kicked off last week, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported.
Approaching Australia through the Solomon Sea around Papua New Guinea, the vessel joins a larger Chinese auxiliary general intelligence ship that was earlier spotted heading towards the country through the Torres Strait, and is being monitored by Australia s defence force, it said.
The vessels are expected to monitor the Talisman Sabre exercise, a routine military collaboration training between the US and Australia which takes place every two years.
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Mr Morrison has failed on both counts.
The vaccine rollout is running months behind schedule in Australia. Targets have been missed. General practitioners have been unable to secure vaccine supplies. Vulnerable people in aged care facilities and disability group homes have been left unvaccinated.
And Mr Morrison has simply refused to step up to his Constitutional responsibilities on quarantine.
Instead of building dedicated quarantine facilities, he has instead left the state governments of Australia to quarantine people arriving from overseas in hotels that are designed for tourism, not quarantine.
These failures are so start, Australia is backsliding. Sydney and Melbourne are in lockdown.
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