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TopicAustralian PM Scott Morrison

Topic: Australian PM Scott Morrison

At review summit with Modi, Australian PM raises Russia’s ‘unlawful’ invasion of Ukraine

Australian PM expresses distress over the ‘terrible situation in Europe’, stresses on ‘implications and consequences’ of the developments for the Indo-Pacific region.

Quad leaders press for ‘free & open’ Indo-Pacific, in a veiled reference to China

PM Modi said cooperation by the four democracies will ensure peace & prosperity in the Indo-Pacific, while US President Biden said Quad countries have a common vision for the future.

US, Britain & Australia announce new trilateral Indo-Pacific alliance ‘AUKUS’

Under the first initiative of AUKUS, Australia will build a fleet of nuclear-powered submarines with US & UK's help as China's influence grows over the strategically vital region.

Anchored by democracy, unconstrained by coercion — first Quad summit sends message to China

US, India, Australia and Japan hold first virtual Quad meeting Friday to give grouping a formal agenda keeping in mind China’s increasing aggression in the Indo-Pacific region.

Modi should follow Morrison, demand Facebook and Google share revenues with news publishers

Social media companies are taking away most digital advertising revenues by leeching on content created by news organisations. The model is broken.

Australia’s influence in Pacific Islands grows as China’s wanes

PM Scott Morrison’s govt has promised to supply Australia's neighbours with Covid-19 vaccines as part of A$500 mn package aimed to achieve 'full immunization coverage' in the region.

China targets Australian wine, says ties have taken ‘nosedive’

China plans to impose anti-dumping duties on Australia wine, a move that follows a raft of other measures barring imports from coal to copper to barley this year.

Australia’s island state Tasmania is paying a high price for defeating coronavirus

Listed among the world’s most successful places in curbing Covid-19, Tasmania finds its economic cost mounting as the island has almost 1 in 5 jobs reliant on tourism.

China warns citizens against travelling to Australia over ‘safety’ concerns as ties sour

The warning follows China's imposition of tariffs on barley shipments from Australia, which led calls for an independent probe into the origins of the coronavirus.

India, Australia sign defence pact, upgrade ties to ‘Comprehensive Strategic Partnership’

The bilateral summit earlier scheduled to take place in India in January got postponed due to the bushfire crisis in Australia. PM Morrison said he missed 'Modi hug' & 'Gujarati khichdi'.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.