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 Mon, 20 Mar 2023 18:39:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFqR2qm87nGF8b1naedg1wr The arrest comes more than two years after a damning internal investigation found that 39 Afghan civilians and prisoners had been unlawfully killed by Australian elite special forces.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 08:35:28 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFqR2qm87nGF8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFlYeY1YhrcbXn9ye8UNv30 The move follows weekend clashes between transgender rights protesters and neo-Nazis in Melbourne. Victoria became the first Australian state to ban the public display of the Nazi swastika last year.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 05:12:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFlYeY1YhrcbXn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEcNkx3mNjV2Js0ohxaO6Yr Daniel Duggan, who faces extradition to the US for training Chinese military pilots, had been issued a security clearance to return to Australia, but this was revoked and an arrest warrant issued while he was on the plane home, his lawyer said.]]> Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:04:35 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEcNkx3mNjV2Js0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxG5RNfpZzi8xHn9ye8UNv30 The way the submarine deal is structured sets a bad precedent of supplying a non-nuclear weapon state and NPT member with weapons-grade fuel. If the Aukus partners want to set good standards for non-proliferation, they should expand IAEA safeguards or abandon using nuclear submarine technology.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:30:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxG5RNfpZzi8xHn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGAm14q610lH8b1naedg1wr Yoshimasa Hayashi’s trip is the first time a Japanese FM has headed to the island state, which last year signed a security pact with Beijing.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 11:19:31 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGAm14q610lH8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHOnEl-rikvkeT5HJgy6HUf Several men performed Nazi salutes outside the state parliament in Melbourne after clashing with transgender rights activists.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 08:51:49 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHOnEl-rikvkeT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGLHmksDMyCuZs0ohxaO6Yr Defence Minister Richard Marles said there was ‘absolutely not’ a quid pro quo obligation on Canberra from the agreement.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 04:11:51 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGLHmksDMyCuZs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxE4an9g2zF4sqCY3L745TL_ As the trilateral submarine pact pushes ahead, analysts and former diplomats say its set to deepen Australia’s alignment with Washington as it reverts ‘to a mindset from the past’.]]> Sun, 19 Mar 2023 02:32:03 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxE4an9g2zF4sqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGq3JqMaQZioilmFkX7M1Jw Thousands of dead fish have been found this week in the Darling River near the town of Menindee, following fish deaths in same area in 2018 and 2019.]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2023 06:00:52 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGq3JqMaQZioilmFkX7M1Jw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEO9xD9eiBlncb1naedg1wr An alarmist series of articles warning of an impending war with China in two Australian newspapers has community members concerned about rising anti-Asian sentiment – as others warn it’s all a diversionary tactic.]]> Sat, 18 Mar 2023 02:30:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEO9xD9eiBlncb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxG8mcyCfZ8wqOzdsCmHakzH Keith Hartley, chief operating officer of the Test Flying Academy of South Africa, was suspected of providing military-style training to Chinese pilots.]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 07:30:13 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxG8mcyCfZ8wqOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEV9ZVdgCZEHpVjH6qdYdAk The short video platform will be banned on all devices with access to New Zealand’s parliamentary network by the end of March.]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 04:34:20 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEV9ZVdgCZEHpVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHd-bjB4ePPsOT5HJgy6HUf The State Department has approved a possible sale of the weapons systems worth US$895 million to Canberra.]]> Fri, 17 Mar 2023 03:21:42 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHd-bjB4ePPsOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGmmEYaaizu95s0ohxaO6Yr Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the deal was necessary given the build-up of Chinese military power in the region.]]> Thu, 16 Mar 2023 07:00:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGmmEYaaizu95s0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxH1J4IjSFOAoZVjH6qdYdAk Critics worry that the deal could set a dangerous precedent that can be used by other states to hide highly enriched uranium or plutonium from international oversight.]]> Thu, 16 Mar 2023 06:00:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxH1J4IjSFOAoZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEuUHuMb9d0HKCY3L745TL_ Workers from Wild Conservation were called to a Sydney home after the two-year-old spotted the eggs in the front yard.]]> Thu, 16 Mar 2023 03:30:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEuUHuMb9d0HKCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGf3jveOALlBps0ohxaO6Yr Canberra, Washington and London used ‘paragraph 14’ in Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to transfer nuclear material and technology to Australia, a non-nuclear weapon state.]]> Wed, 15 Mar 2023 14:00:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGf3jveOALlBps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHe3hIo-h8EN5VjH6qdYdAk The Aukus submarine deal, which could cost up to A$368 billion (US$245 billion), would be ineffective in the event of a war with China, Keating says.]]> Wed, 15 Mar 2023 12:24:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHe3hIo-h8EN5VjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHG1lbyXwF7p8b1naedg1wr Canberra approved US$16.7 billion of US deals in the last quarter of 2022, more than three times value of China deals over that period.]]> Wed, 15 Mar 2023 02:30:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHG1lbyXwF7p8b1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHJJDSzMuQBz5s0ohxaO6Yr Yeoh, who took part in the Miss World 1983 pageant in London, won a pageant hosted by Melbourne’s Moomba Festival in 1984.]]> Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:22:39 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHJJDSzMuQBz5s0ohxaO6Yr