Category: Oceania

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgMar 7, 202110:56 pm

Austria halts injections of AstraZeneca Covid vaccine batch as authorities probe death

Austrian health officials have flagged a batch of AstraZeneca as a precaution while probing the death of a nurse who received the vaccine. Authorities say they have yet to find evidence linking the fatality to […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgMar 6, 202112:24 am

Australian reporters ‘angered’ after advice to stop using term ‘pedophile’ to refer to accused serial child molestor

Reporters for Australia’s ABC Tasmania have reportedly been warned to avoid using the term ‘pedophile’ when referring to an accused serial child molestor, for fear of “discouraging” non-offending pedophiles from seeking help. In an email […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgMar 2, 202112:05 am

Canberra should reflect on reasons for poor relations with China, says Beijing, as Chinese investment in Australia falls by 60%

Beijing has urged Canberra to take a look at the reasons behind worsening relations between the two nations and called on Australia to abide by the free-market conditions and trade rules it has always advertised. […]

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgMar 1, 20211:14 pm

New Zealand PM urges public to ‘call out’ family & friends who break Covid-19 rules, who let down ‘team of five million’

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has urged obedient members of the public to call out violators of coronavirus rules, as it emerged people have been concealing Covid-19 contacts. Speaking on Monday about recent Covid-19 […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgFeb 28, 20217:52 pm

“Socialism On A Global Scale”: Sky News Host Demolishes Davos Elites And ‘Great Reset’ Scheme

Sky News Australia host Cory Bernardi has just taken a flamethrower to the global elite, telling us we need to be mindful “of any organization with the term “world” in their name” in a monologue which […]

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgFeb 27, 202111:22 pm

New Zealand PM Ardern plunges Auckland into 2nd LOCKDOWN in a month after new Covid-19 case detected

New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has imposed another lockdown on the city of Auckland and placed the remainder of the country under Level-2 restrictions, after another new case of Covid-19 was confirmed. A seven-day […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgFeb 24, 20214:36 pm

Australian defense minister hospitalized ‘as precaution’ amid scandal over alleged rape of young staffer

Australian Defense Minister Linda Reynolds has unexpectedly taken sick leave just as she was about to answer questions about a young staffer’s claims that she was raped by a male colleague inside the minister’s office. […]

Economics by GeoPolitic.orgFeb 18, 202112:15 pm

Changes to Sharing and Viewing News on Facebook in Australia

In response to Australia’s proposed new Media Bargaining law, Facebook will restrict publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content. The proposed law fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between our platform and publishers who […]

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgFeb 13, 20218:31 pm

‘Be respectful’: Victoria government asks media not to hound asthmatic whose use of nebulizer caused snap Covid-19 lockdown

Victoria’s top quarantine official asked that compassion be shown to the corona-infected asthmatic believed to be the source of an outbreak at a Holiday Inn hotel that prompted a strict five-day lockdown in the Australian […]

SARS-COV-2 by GeoPolitic.orgFeb 12, 20211:55 pm

Victoria headed for new 5-day ‘circuit-breaker’ lockdown as state bans public gatherings & limits travel

The Australian state of Victoria will enter a new five-day lockdown due to the discovery of a new cluster of Covid-19 cases, its premier said. The capital, Melbourne, endured one of the world’s harshest lockdowns […]