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Australia will provide immediate health support to Indonesia as it battles its deadliest COVID-19 wave yet, amid growing pressure on the government to step up its response to the escalating crisis on its doorstep .
Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced on Wednesday night that medical supplies, including oxygen, as well as 2.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine will be sent to the Southeast Asian nation.
Minister Payne said she spoke with her Indonesian counterpart Retno Marsudi earlier that day, informing him of the immediate health support.
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The package will include $12 million for oxygen-related and other medical equipment, including 1,000 ventilators, up to 700 oxygen concentrators and more than 170 oxygen cylinders, along with 40,000 test kits.
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The Uluru Statement from the Heart has been awarded the Sydney Peace Prize, four years after it was delivered to the Australian people.
The landmark statement - an agreement of 250 Indigenous delegates that calls for a constitutionally-enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament - was issued to Australians on 26 May, 2017.
The prize was revealed on Wednesday, with the jury saying the statement brought together Australia s First Nations Peoples around a clear and comprehensive agenda for healing and peace within our nation .
“The Uluru Statement from the Heart is a powerful and historic offering of peace,” Sydney Peace Foundation chair, Archie Law, said in a media release.
Pushed out: Longtime Third Ward residents left scrambling to find homes by end of month
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Damian and his sister Mya, center, play on the front steps of the building their father lives in, at 2210 Barbee St. on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Houston. Residents have been given a deadline to move out of their apartments, following a change in ownership for the complex.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Residents at 2210 Barbee St. found a notice informing them they have until February 10 to vacate their apartments on Jan. 25. Photographed Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less