Follow South China Morning Post - Australasia, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/scmp23 Sat, 03 Dec 2022 18:51:06 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFpfIQYmHIeLOzdsCmHakzH The lawmakers will on Sunday fly to the self-ruled island to meet President Tsai Ing-wen and discuss issues including security and trade.]]> Sat, 03 Dec 2022 03:08:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFpfIQYmHIeLOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFdAugDErhVH8b1naedg1wr Bruce Lehrmann was accused of raping his colleague Brittany Higgins inside the parliament office of a minister in 2019.]]> Fri, 02 Dec 2022 03:01:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFdAugDErhVH8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxE5UPSY-JBk6ezdsCmHakzH Vanuatu is one of the countries most susceptible to natural disasters like earthquakes, storm damage, flooding and tsunamis, according to the annual World Risk Report.]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:17:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxE5UPSY-JBk6ezdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEFXteDZJPv711cWWor9YPv Australian economist Sean Turnell was given a standing ovation by lawmakers, and praised for his courage, optimism and resilience by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:53:46 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEFXteDZJPv711cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGXIq4dLIrCgps0ohxaO6Yr US Space Force lieutenant general Nina Armagno said Australia’s location represented a ‘pot of a gold at the end of the rainbow’ for the two nations’ space cooperation.]]> Thu, 01 Dec 2022 09:59:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGXIq4dLIrCgps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFq8hT4kd9nJeT5HJgy6HUf Health New Zealand has taken the parents to court, seeking guardianship of the child to be transferred to the courts so the baby can be given the surgery.]]> Wed, 30 Nov 2022 16:04:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFq8hT4kd9nJeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGfDU4ieDiCUcb1naedg1wr A poorly-worded notice outside an Adelaide post office, which meant to convey that technical issues kept it from taking photos that met requirements of Indian passport authorities, has sparked online backlash.]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:31:48 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGfDU4ieDiCUcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGAPvP1OsJFF8b1naedg1wr Other gems added to the Macquarie Dictionary this year include ‘spicy cough’ for a Covid-19 infection and ‘orthosomnia’ for insomnia caused by a preoccupation with tracking your sleep.]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 08:02:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGAPvP1OsJFF8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFPT-_w9tatTZVjH6qdYdAk The children’s bodies were discovered in August when an Auckland family bought abandoned goods, including two suitcases, from a storage unit in an online auction.]]> Tue, 29 Nov 2022 06:03:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFPT-_w9tatTZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHWlwQmbLB2gKCY3L745TL_ Australia has had 11 terrorist attacks, and disrupted another 21 plots, since the threat assessment was elevated from ‘possible’ to ‘probable’ in 2014.]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 08:04:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHWlwQmbLB2gKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGUSGADBxCYp8b1naedg1wr The committee urged Canberra to stop handling asylum claims offshore, raise the country’s ‘low age’ of criminal responsibility, and identify why indigenous people are over-represented in its prison population.]]> Mon, 28 Nov 2022 05:32:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGUSGADBxCYp8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGY-GFbnScoY6CY3L745TL_ Australia will introduce rules to increase transparency in ministerial appointments after it was found that former leader Scott Morrison had secretly accumulated five ministerial roles during the pandemic.]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 23:00:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGY-GFbnScoY6CY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFsVPFuT21txeT5HJgy6HUf The Galilee Coal Project would add 1.58 billion tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere over its lifespan – more than triple the nation’s annual domestic emissions.]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 11:49:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFsVPFuT21txeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEhGp4j0J_m0Zs0ohxaO6Yr Beau, 5, was playing by the edge of a swimming pool in Byron Bay when the snake struck from nearby vegetation.]]> Fri, 25 Nov 2022 04:21:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEhGp4j0J_m0Zs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFmBFiUlPtx8qCY3L745TL_ Sean Turnell, a former adviser to deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, spent nearly two years in a Myanmar prison accused of gun-running and working for British intelligence.]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2022 08:02:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFmBFiUlPtx8qCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEM6LkYSVMIVcb1naedg1wr The alleged misconduct also included exports to Japan, South Korea and India, according to a lawmaker citing thousands of documents from a whistle-blower.]]> Tue, 22 Nov 2022 04:07:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEM6LkYSVMIVcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFvXv7Z4YtAISejEQ2Mq9rY Indonesia remains neutral diplomatically and in maintaining relationships with major powers including China and Russia, said Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto after meeting US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday.]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 13:35:10 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFvXv7Z4YtAISejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHh3pnvBEY-leT5HJgy6HUf The country’s Supreme Court said not allowing 16- and 17-year-olds to vote amounted to age discrimination. Lawmakers will now decide if the voting age should be lowered from 18.]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 09:03:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHh3pnvBEY-leT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHkmcfCyAZnGOT5HJgy6HUf Experts are combining ancient knowledge with new technology in efforts to save the 1,400-mile long colossus that’s visible from space, home to thousands of species and which attracts a US$6.4 billion annual tourism industry.]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2022 15:23:38 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHkmcfCyAZnGOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFPSmgQ8J9zusb1naedg1wr Speaking at the Apec summit in Bangkok, the president said the French offer to cooperate with Canberra on submarines ‘remains on the table’.]]> Thu, 17 Nov 2022 08:45:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFPSmgQ8J9zusb1naedg1wr