カテゴリー: Scott Morrison
Draft resolution to the World Health Assembly calling for impartial evaluation of responses to the pandemic does not mention China, but is backed by 122 countriesAustralia’s foreign minister insists a motion that has won support from more than 120 coun…
Scott Morrison announces mental health boost as he welcomes easing of Covid-19 lockdown in Australian statesSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsCoronavirus A…
PM says he does not believe draft decision on barley is retribution for Australia calling for Covid-19 inquirySign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsCoronavirus…
New Zealand PM will join meeting with Australia’s Scott Morrison and state premiers on Tuesday, as Covid-19 cases dwindle in both countriesFollow the day’s developments in Australia liveSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload t…
Both countries have flattened the curve, but Kiwis wonder if they have paid too high a price compared with AustraliansCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageLooking across the Tasman at their nearest neighbour’s Covid-19 eliminatio…
As Australia makes plans to gradually lift its coronavirus lockdown, we look at what the rest of the world is doingSign up for Guardian Australia’s daily coronavirus emailDownload the free Guardian app to get the most important news notificationsCorona…
The Morrison government’s contradictory messages have confused many, while the Ardern government has been clear and unequivocalOn Wednesday, Laney McLean, 65, and her husband, Murray, who is 70, fly home to New Zealand. They have lived on the Gold Coas…
NZ PM says she made a direct appeal for a temporary change to the rules to allow laid-off New Zealanders living in Australia to access benefitsFollow the latest Australia coronavirus blog for live news and updatesThe New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda…
The New Zealand prime minister was justified in taking Scott Morrison to task over a policy that is both spurious and damagingWe’ve seen this movie before.Then, in Love Actually, Hugh Grant played the unlikely prime minister of Britain, standing up to …
US president says cases could fall to zero in a ‘few days’ but Scott Morrison launches emergency plan to deal with threat of global outbreakCoronavirus outbreak – follow liveDonald Trump has sought to play down the threat from coronavirus despite mount…
Thorny issues await the two prime ministers when they meet in Australia this week As gang violence in New Zealand soars – partly fuelled by Australian deportees, police say – prime minister Jacinda Ardern is heading to Sydney for her annual bilateral w…
More than 200 people caught on Diamond Princess by the coronavirus outbreak will be taken to camp outside DarwinMore than 200 people stranded on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan by the coronavirus outbreak will be flown to the Northern Territo…
Australian citizens, permanent residents and their immediate family are exempt from the ban, which was due to expire on SaturdayThe Australian government has extended its travel ban on people who have travelled through China by another week, Scott Morr…
Lawrence spoke in English and Bahasa in a rare media appearance timed for Indonesian president Joko Widodo’s Australian visit Australian Bali Nine member, Renae Lawrence, who served 13 years in an Indonesian prison for drug smuggling, has used Joko Wid…
Qantas awaits final approval from China, with evacuees possibly being quarantined in Inpex mining village in Northern TerritoryCoronavirus: cruise ship cases rise to 61 – live updatesA second Qantas coronavirus evacuation flight is scheduled to fly ove…