Prime Minister Scott Morrison has issued an open invitation to Chinese President Xi Jinping to talk about the new security partnership with the UK and the US.
"I believe and hope we share the same objective of a peaceful Indo-Pacific where the sovereignty and independence of nations is understood and respected and enables their citizens to flourish. That's what we all want," he said. “It’s pleasing at the moment to see our case numbers are stable. We do know they bounce around a little bit," Dr Marianne Gale said.“I can’t hand on heart say that we’ve peaked, I’d like to think we have but we have a conservative approach.
“We understand there will be a segment of the population who feels very strongly about it, but I feel very confident that the vast majority of the population in the area is really embracing vaccination,” Dr Gale said.The Lismore area has a 63 per cent first dose vaccination coverage, below the state average of 80 per cent.
"As noted we will not be continuing with the 'Attack' class submarine program and have advised Naval Group and the government of France and President Macron of that decision. I want to stress that France remains an incredibly important partner in the Pacific," Mr Morrison said. Mr Morrison said a rising spend on defence capabilities will be necessary to keep the region stable, with Australia's spend already increasing to 2 per cent of GDP.
He said this technology was not available back in 2016, when a $90 billion deal with France-based Naval Group was started, and the decision now to switch track was "not a change of mind, it's a change of need"."I stress again, this is about propulsion. This is not about acquiring nuclear weapons. Australia has no interest in that.
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard said the local government areas of Lismore and Albury would be subject to stay-at-home orders from 6pm today.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Boys love talking about boats. Scomo is really getting off on this war stuff. I wonder if the girls and Jen play boats with him.
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