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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison stopped short of endorsing a 2050 target for net zero greenhouse gas emissions ahead of U.S. President Joe Biden s climate summit this week.
In a speech on Monday, he said only that Australia, the highest per capita carbon emitter among the world s richest nations, will achieve net zero as quickly as possible and preferably by 2050 . We don t make commitments lightly in this country. We prepare our plan to achieve them and then we follow through, Morrison said at a major business event in Sydney.
Analysts took those comments as a sign Australia would not commit to ambitious carbon emissions reduction targets at the virtual summit on April 22-23, defying pressure from the United States.
People wait in line at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) testing clinic in the city centre after new cases were reported in Sydney, Australia, May 6, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Australia will lift a ban on its citizens returning from COVID-ravaged India next week, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday, as state officials reported that an outbreak in Sydney appeared to be contained.
Morrison stood by his decision to impose a biosecurity order last month barring all travel to and from India, a policy that drew heavy criticism from lawmakers, expatriates and the Indian diaspora.
Morrison said the travel ban, which was controversially backed by jail terms and financial penalties for anybody who attempted to circumvent it by flying via a third country, had prevented Australia’s hotel quarantine system from being overwhelmed.
Australia s COVID-19 travel ban on citizens returning home from India challenged in court
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Last Updated: May 06, 2021, 02:12 PM IST
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The Australian government, for the first time in history, recently imposed a ban on its citizens from returning home, if they have spent time in India up to 14 days before flying back.
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The move has left over 9,000 return travellers stranded in India
Australia s controversial temporary ban on citizens returning home from coronavirus-hit India was challenged in the federal court in Sydney on Thursday by a 73-year-old Australian, who has been stranded in Bengaluru since March last year.
The Australian government, for the first time in history, recently imposed a ban on its citizens from returning home, if they have spent time in India up to 14 days before flying back.
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