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 Tue, 03 Oct 2023 03:39:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFdI05BRHH-xJVjH6qdYdAk State Emergency Services Minister announced the start of an official bushfire danger period, with the ‘scorching’ heat lifting the risk for the week ahead, unusual for early October.]]> Sun, 01 Oct 2023 11:48:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFdI05BRHH-xJVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFgVGHl-GM7Tnn9ye8UNv30 The victim was pulled from the water off the coast of Sydney, while the vessel’s skipper is in hospital in a stable condition.]]> Sat, 30 Sep 2023 07:15:17 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFgVGHl-GM7Tnn9ye8UNv30 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHMMP3cIPYF2-zdsCmHakzH A delegation of Australian politicians this week travelled to Taipei and met President Tsai Ing-wen.]]> Fri, 29 Sep 2023 07:49:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHMMP3cIPYF2-zdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEfjjCU33v9IJs0ohxaO6Yr President Jose Ramos-Horta said upgraded bilateral partnership between Dili and Beijing will not be a security concern to the Southeast Asian nation’s neighbours.]]> Fri, 29 Sep 2023 04:20:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEfjjCU33v9IJs0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHFFW8BCxLNouT5HJgy6HUf The Central Pacific Cable would connect American Samoa with Guam and extend to up to 12 more Pacific islands.]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2023 05:42:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHFFW8BCxLNouT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEFZ_ERz8sUccb1naedg1wr Manasseh Sogavare said he attended a similar meeting last year where ‘they give you three minutes to talk and then you go and listen to them lecture you about how good they are’]]> Thu, 28 Sep 2023 03:17:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEFZ_ERz8sUccb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGk_BiXKF19VOT5HJgy6HUf Madeleine King, Australia’s minister of resources, says EU needs to stop haggling and reach a fair trade agreement.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 19:05:32 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGk_BiXKF19VOT5HJgy6HUf https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxF9QlpZ_IwF-V1cWWor9YPv Prominent Aboriginal Australian Warren Mundine suggested better use of funding and policies in helping the community, instead of a constitutional change.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 12:45:07 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxF9QlpZ_IwF-V1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFbLzMv7QRslsb1naedg1wr Covid-19 killed some 24 million people globally but the world is now ‘arguably worse off’ in terms of pandemic preparedness than it was before 2020, according to former New Zealand PM Helen Clark.]]> Tue, 26 Sep 2023 04:13:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFbLzMv7QRslsb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHdDLPsDTROzps0ohxaO6Yr Fewer than 2,000 people call isolated Niue home, while the Cook Islands has a permanent population well under 20,000. Biden has put a premium on improving Pacific ties amid rising US concern about China’s influence.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 05:06:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxHdDLPsDTROzps0ohxaO6Yr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxETcTgIFWnbhOzdsCmHakzH The airline’s new CEO has issued an apology and vowed to shell out for so-called passenger improvements in a bid to restore a reputation that’s been battered by passenger peeves at a time of record profits.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 04:04:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxETcTgIFWnbhOzdsCmHakzH https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFsBBn0txnFcV1cWWor9YPv Ordinary New Zealanders are struggling to pay the bills as the economy stagnates and interest rates are at their highest in years – with a national vote just weeks away.]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2023 03:30:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFsBBn0txnFcV1cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxH-1mrodGw7p11cWWor9YPv Green List visas can be offered for jobs such as welding, panel beating and vehicle painting. In addition, construction companies can recruit migrants at a lower wage than the normal work visa allows.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 13:24:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxH-1mrodGw7p11cWWor9YPv https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGSEqGwWfiXxZVjH6qdYdAk A crowd railed against the proposal, which would give Indigenous peoples the right to be consulted on policies that affect them, a measure dubbed ‘the Voice’]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 11:56:14 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGSEqGwWfiXxZVjH6qdYdAk https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEbhkYcFJWXMqCY3L745TL_ Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare called on Japan to find other options and warned of effects on his South Pacific archipelago.]]> Sat, 23 Sep 2023 09:00:12 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEbhkYcFJWXMqCY3L745TL_ https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFPv3v585w8xCejEQ2Mq9rY Singapore Airlines will refund a New Zealand couple who had sat next to a “snorting, drooling” dog during their flight.]]> Fri, 22 Sep 2023 06:46:09 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxFPv3v585w8xCejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGP9p7_xaCCzcb1naedg1wr Australia PM Anthony Albanese says an independent Covid-19 inquiry will look into the country’s response to the pandemic and that it would not be the last.]]> Thu, 21 Sep 2023 05:16:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGP9p7_xaCCzcb1naedg1wr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGvVu6bTk0IGyejEQ2Mq9rY In a full-page New York Times advertisement, they say the climate can’t cope with more than 100 extra mines and that the exporting nation has a ‘special responsibility’.]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 15:11:43 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGvVu6bTk0IGyejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEEtvVIWkLJriejEQ2Mq9rY The Australian government says it has failed to eradicate the destructive Varroa mite as experts warn of serious impact on agricultural industries.]]> Wed, 20 Sep 2023 10:55:29 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxEEtvVIWkLJriejEQ2Mq9rY https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGlXamokWLNUOzdsCmHakzH The rare gems are among the world’s most expensive stones, and more than 90 per cent of them have been found at the recently closed Argyle mine in Australia.]]> Tue, 19 Sep 2023 22:11:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/Vk1XXm9RJxGlXamokWLNUOzdsCmHakzH