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No safety net and now no jobs for many New Zealanders who call Australia home

As the coronavirus pandemic destroys jobs across Australia, New Zealanders who have lived and worked here for years are finding they have no access to welfareLess than a month ago, New Zealand citizen Sven Nielson was working full-time in the tourism i…

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Coronavirus: Australia extends travel ban on people entering from China for a week

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…

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Australia to join major Asia-Pacific trade deal RCEP but India holds out

Scott Morrison says 15-country Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership would be ‘bigger and better’ with India in itAustralia will sign on to a major free-trade deal involving 15 countries from the Asia-Pacific region, albeit one diminished by Indi…

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Mike Pompeo urges Australia to stand up for itself over trade with China

US secretary of state dismisses warning by top security analyst, arguing ‘you can sell your soul for a pile of soy beans or you can protect your people’The US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has declared “you can sell your soul for a pile of soy beans, …

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